ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• 1977 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat visits Israel
• 1969 Pelé’s 1000th goal
• 1969 Second Moon Landing

NATIONAL

• Justice R. Banumathi to become part of SC collegium, which comprises five senior-most judges, with the retirement of CJI Ranjan Gogoi
• Rajya Sabha begins its historic 250th Session
• External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar holds talks with his Bhutanese counterpart Lyonpo Tandi Dorji in Delhi
• AP CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy launches toll-free number 14500 to report incidents of sand smuggling
• Health Ministry sign Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) for technical support
• 12th Urban Mobility India Conference and Expo 2019 organised in Lucknow
• Home Ministry bans Meghalaya-based insurgent group Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC)

ECONOMY

• ADB to provide $91 million loan to modernize the Vijayanagara Channel irrigation systems in Karnataka

INTERNATIONAL

• India-Qatar maritime exercise Za’ir-Al-Bahr (Roar of the Sea) being held in Doha from Nov 17 to 21
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh attends 6th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM Plus) in Bangkok; ‘Sustainable Security’ was theme of the meeting
• India, France to carry out joint patrolling in Indian Ocean Region in 2020: French Navy Chief Admiral Christophe Prazuck
• Pakistan successfully test fires 650-km range Shaheen-1 surface-to-surface ballistic missile that is capable of delivering all types of warheads

SPORTS

• Hosts Brazil defeat Mexico in final 2-1 at Estádio Bezerrão, Gama to lift Men’s FIFA Under-17 World Cup trophy
• Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece wins men’s singles title at ATP Finals in Milan, Italy
• Red Bull driver Max Verstappen wins Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos, Sao Paulo
• South Korea’s Kim Joo Hyung wins the Panasonic Open golf tournament in Gurugram
• Assam Olympic Association (AOA) to launch ‘Grassroot Olympic – Mission Talent Hunt’ to identify the sports talent

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