Today's Headlines: Check Out Today's Top Stories India successfully conducts night trial of 2,000-km range surface-to- surface Agni II missile Health Ministry launches ‘SAANS’ campaign aimed at reducing child mortality due to pneumonia SAANS is Social Awareness and Action to Neutralise Pneumonia EC to establish chair in honour of former CEC TN Seshan at IIIDEM ((India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management)), New Delhi Mumbai tops the tap water quality ranking released by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) National Press Day celebrated on November 16; marks the foundation of Press Council of India in 1966 National Tribal Festival ‘Aadi Mahotsav’ being held in New Delhi from November 16 to 30 International Cherry Blossom Festival celebrated in Shillong from November 13 to 16 Infosys Foundation chairman Sudha Murty launches her new book ‘The Daughter from a Wishing Tree: Unusual Tales about Women in Mythology’ ITAT (Income Tax Appellate Tribunal) orders withdrawal of income tax exemption to Congress-controlled Young Indian Students in Kerala’s Ernakulum district set a new Guinness World Record for holding the largest cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training on a single day Goa’s Director General of Police Pranab Nanda dies at 57 in New Delhi SC paves way for ArcelorMittal’s takeover of Essar Steel in Rs42,000 crore deal Visit Our Website: kopykitab.com Follow Us On: Today's Headlines: Check Out Today's Top Stories Darjeeling’s green and white tea registered as geographical indication (GI) products International Day for Tolerance observed on November 16 US Senate unanimously passes resolution honouring Sikh Community Bangladesh’s Rabindra Sangeet exponent Rezwana Choudhury Bannya conferred the ICCR (Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre) distinguished alumni award in Dhaka Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) President Rajat Sharma resigns India beat Bangladesh by an innings and 130-run victory in the first Test at Indore Defence Minister inaugurates 200-m long Sisseri River bridge at Lower Dibang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh AYUSH Ministry organising International Conference on Yoga in Mysuru on Nov 15-16; theme: ‘Yoga for Heart Care’ Delhi govt. signs MoU with J-PAL (Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab), co-founded by 2019 Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee, to conduct real- time monitoring of its public services Punjab govt. gives Rs 2,500 per acre as compensation to small and marginal farmers for not burning paddy straw India ranks second in govt requests for user data from Facebook in first half of 2019; US tops Govt asks airlines to have Swachh Bharat-themed cover page for in-flight magazines Home Ministry and UN Women launch awareness campaign to end violence against women Visit Our Website: kopykitab.com Follow Us On: Today's Headlines: Check Out Today's Top Stories Ramesh Hospitals Vijayawada sets Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of cardiac surgery patients at one place Agriculture Ministry to hold International Conference on Agricultural Statistics in New Delhi on Nov 18-21 Foreign exchange reserves touch a new high of USD 447.81 billion in the week to November 8 Govt won’t release Consumer Expenditure Survey results of 2017-2018 due to data quality issues DPIIT (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) establishes Development Council for Bicycle ‘Titan’s watch brand Sonata launches smartwatches – Stride and Stride Pro from Rs. 2995 Mahindra Group subsidiary Classic Legends launches Jawa Perak motorcycle at Rs 1.94 lakh Vodafone Idea reports a loss of Rs 50,921 crore for July-September quarter, highest ever for any Indian company India pledges to contribute $13.5 mn for UN development activities for 2020 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is 2020 Republic Day chief guest BRICS Summit held in Brasilia on November 13-14; theme ‘BRICS: Economic Growth for an Innovative Future’ Swedish PEN’s Tucholsky Prize awarded to detained Chinese-Swedish book publisher Gui Minhai Branko Lustig, producer of ‘Schindler’s List’ and ‘Gladiator’, dies art 87 Sharad Kumar and Mariyappan Thangavelu win silver and bronze respectively in high-jump at World Para-Athletics Visit Our Website: kopykitab.com Follow Us On: Today's Headlines: Check Out Today's Top Stories Visit Our Website: kopykitab.com Follow Us On: Today's Headlines: Check Out Today's Top Stories SC refers to 7-judge bench pleas seeking review of its September 28, 2019 verdict allowing women, girls into Sabarimala SC dismisses petitions seeking review of its Dec 14, 2018 verdict that had upheld purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets by the govt. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh attends 11th Maitree Diwas celebrations in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria, IAF Chief, flies in basic trainer aircraft HTT-40, developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, in Bengaluru ‘Rosogolla Dibas’ (Rasgulla Day) celebrated in West Bengal to mark the granting of GI tag for ‘Banglar Rosogolla’ in 2918 AP CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy launches ‘Nadu-Nedu’ programme aimed at transforming government schools Britain’s Prince Charles presents Commonwealth ‘Points of light’ award to Kerala-based Jolly Johnson, the founder of Helping Hands Organisation (H20), during India visit Conference of Indian Society of Aerospace Medicine (ISAM) being held at the Institute of Aerospace Medicine in Bengaluru: Nov 14-16 Renowned mathematician Vashishtha Narayan Singh dies in Patna at the age of 74 Children born in India will face higher burden of climate change says ‘Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change’ report Delhi High Court judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal appointed as a member of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) Water Resources Ministry finalises committee to draft a new National Water Policy (NWP) that will be headed by former Planning Commission member Mihir Shah Visit Our Website: kopykitab.com Follow Us On: Today's Headlines: Check Out Today's Top Stories India and China running 2-week programme to train diplomats from Afghanistan at External Affairs Ministry’s Foreign Service Institute (FSI) in New Delhi eases KYC norms for migrants to open bank account. They can give a self-declared local address as sufficient proof of residence in case it is different from one mentioned in Aadhaar document. International Symposium on Lighting (iSoL) organised at International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT), Manesar Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation declines to 0.16% in October, lowest since June 2016 Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, founder, MD and CEO of Bandhan Bank, is the Business Standard Banker of the Year for 2018-19 Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) launches new BS VI- compliant bike SP 125 at Rs 72,900 Publisher Westland launches new children imprint ‘Red Panda’ ‘112 service’ of UP Police wins 3rd prize in emergency response category at international call centre event organised by the Dubai Police Catalan poet Joan Margarit wins 125,000 euros Cervantes Prize for 2019, the Spanish-speaking world’s highest literary honour MoS for External Affairs V Muraleedharan visits Kazakhstan; calls on Chairman of the Majilis, the Lower House of the Kazakh Parliament, in capital Nur-Sultan Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 starts year-long journey home from asteroid Ryugu, about 300 million kilometres from Earth Facebook says it has removed 5.4 billion fake accounts so far this year World Diabetes Day observed on November 14; birth anniversary of Frederick Banting who discovered insulin Visit Our Website: kopykitab.com Follow Us On: Today's Headlines: Check Out Today's Top Stories Visit Our Website: kopykitab.com Follow Us On: .