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• The UK has called on China to allow UN observers "immediate and unfettered access" to the Xinjiang region.


• It follows a data leak that revealed how hundreds of thousands of Muslims were mistreated in high-security camps.


• The official documents, seen by BBC Panorama, show how inmates are locked up, indoctrinated and punished.

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• A federal judge has ruled that White House staff can be made to testify before Congress, rejecting the Trump administration's claims of immunity.


• The ruling specifically compels former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify in the inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 US election.


• When Congress sent him a subpoena in May, Mr. McGahn refused to attend.


• A Department of Justice spokesperson told Reuters news agency that they would appeal against the ruling.

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• The Chief Rabbi has strongly criticised Labour, claiming the party is not doing enough to root out anti-Jewish racism - and asked people to "vote with their conscience" in the general election.


• In the Times, Ephraim Mirvis said "a new poison - sanctioned from the very top - has taken root" at the party.


• Labour's claim it had investigated all cases of anti-Semitism in its ranks was a "mendacious fiction", he added.

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• US impeachment investigators said they could present their report of presidential wrongdoing as early as next week but do not rule out calling new witnesses in the case against Donald Trump.


• The three panels heading the probe have been preparing a file to deliver to the committee that will consider whether to draft articles of impeachment against the president.


• It will be sent to the Judiciary Committee soon after Congress returns from the Thanksgiving recess, beginning, House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff told colleagues in a letter.

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• China and the United States are "moving closer to agreeing" on a "phase one" trade deal, the Global Times, a tabloid run by the ruling Communist Party's official People's Daily, reported.


• But the report noted that Washington and Beijing had not agreed on specifics or size of rollbacks of tariffs on Chinese goods. Beijing's insistence that Washington roll back the Trump administration's tariffs has been a major sticking point.


• US President Donald Trump said November 8 he had not yet agreed to roll back tariffs. He is expected to have the last word in the United States in terms of any "phase one" deal.

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• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said the Air Force should focus on developing strategies to deal with future challenges facing India and lauded all air warriors for giving the country the most competent and combat worthy force.


• Mr. Singh inaugurating a two-day conference of top commanders of the IAF.


• "I urge the IAF commanders to use the conference for developing strategies against future challenges and enhancing IAF's capability. The IAF is growing steadily towards becoming a truly strategic aerospace power," the defence minister said.

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• The construction of a railway track from Tripura to Bangladesh is underway to run the first train from the state to the neighbouring country, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said.


• The cross-border train service, which is expected to start next year, was discussed by Mr. Singh and Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, who called on the minister.


• The Union minister for development of the northeastern region (DoNER) discussed with Mr. Deb the progress of the railway track's construction, according to an official statement.

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• Jammu and Kashmir will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of India on November 26 for the first time after the scrapping of provisions of Article 370 that ended the J&K Constitution that was in place since 1957.


• "To acknowledge the contribution of the framers of the Constitution and sensitize people regarding the exalted values and the precepts enshrined in it, November 26 is being observed as Constitution Day.


• This year will mark the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution," Additional Secretary, General Administration Department (GAD), J&K, Subash C Chhibber said in an order issued by the government.

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• President Ram Nath Kovind will address the joint session of Parliament, called to commemorate the Constitution Day.


• The government is celebrating ‘Constitution Day’ or ‘Samvidhan Diwas’ in the Central Hall of Parliament to mark the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution by the Constituent Assembly in 1949.


• Apart from the President, vice president M Venkaiah Naidu, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also address the joint sitting.

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• The Supreme Court is expected to give its verdict on holding a floor test that will decide the fate of the two-day-old Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in Maharashtra.


• The Shiv Sena, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress, who filed the petition challenging Maharashtra Governor BS Koshyari’s decision to invite Devendra Fadnavis to form the state government, on Monday evening claimed to have the numbers in an unprecedented show of strength.


• Legislators from the three opposition parties publicly pledged their support to their Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi front at a Mumbai hotel as senior leaders claimed the support of 162 MLAs, well above the halfway mark of 145 in the 288-member assembly.

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• President Ram Nath Kovind remembered the victims of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks on its eleventh anniversary and said that the nation is committed to defeating all forms of terrorism.


• “On the 11th anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks, we remember everyone who lost their lives and mourn with their families.


• A grateful nation salutes the security personnel who made the supreme sacrifice. We remain firm in our resolve to defeat all forms of terrorism,”

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• Sainik School Society has opened application portals only for girl students for admission to Sainik Schools at Bijapur (Karnataka), Chandrapur (Maharashtra), Ghorakal (Uttarakhand), Kalikiri (Andhra Pradesh), and Kodagu (Karnataka).


• The application portal opens today and will close on December 6, 2019. Sainik School Society had, earlier, concluded the application process for All India Sainik School Entrance Exam (AISSEE) on October 31, 2019.

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• Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) will conclude Specialist Officer (SO) recruitment application today.


• This year IBPS has announced 1,163 SO vacancies in participating banks. IBPS SO 2019 recruitment is for 6 different posts which include I.T. Officer, Agricultural Field Officer, Rajbhasha Adhikari, Law Officer, HR/Personnel Officer, and Marketing Officer posts.


• The eligibility requirement varies according to the post.


• Candidates can check the eligibility criteria from the official recruitment advertisement. Those who fulfill the eligibility criteria can apply for the recruitment form the official IBPS website, 'ibps.in'.

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• The Central GST collection so far this fiscal stood at Rs 3.26 lakh crore, which is around half the government's target for 2019-20, Parliament was informed.


• "The Budget Estimates for Central Goods and Services Tax (GST) for 2019-20 has been fixed at Rs 6,63,343 crore.


• The actual net GST collection for the Centre till October 2019 in current fiscal year is Rs 3,26,490 crore," Minister of State for Finance Anurag Singh Thakur said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.

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• Indian archer Atanu Das clinched a bronze in the men's recurve individual event of the Asian Championships in Bangkok.


• Das, competing as a neutral athlete under the World Archery flag due to the suspension of the Indian federation, beat Jin Hayek Oh of Korea 6-5 in the shoot-off in the bronze medal match.

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• All four Indian nominees — Sacred Games, Radhika Apte, Lust Stories, and The Remix — failed to win in their categories at the 2019 International Emmy Awards, losing to the likes of McMafia (best drama), Marina Gera (best actress), Safe Harbour (best TV movie / miniseries), and The Real Full Monty: Ladies Night (best reality TV), respectively.


• A fifth India-set and Indian-directed nominee, India's Forbidden Love, Al Jazeera's look at honour killings in the country, lost to Bellingcat – Truth in a Post-Truth World (best documentary). That meant India came home empty at the 2019 International Emmys.