ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• 1960 Assassination of the Mirabal Sisters
• 1936 Nazi Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact
• 1950 “Storm of the century” hits eastern US

NATIONAL

• Manipur Sangai Festival being organised in Imphal from November 24 to 30
• Lachit Divas celebrated in Assam on November 24 in memory general Lachit Borphukan (17th century) of Ahom kingdom
• Centre extends ban on Assam-based National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) by another five years
• Etawah Lion Safari inaugurated in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh
• BJP leader Kailash Chandra Joshi, MP’s first non-Congress CM in 1977-78, dies in Bhopal at 90
• Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) leader and former West Bengal minister Kshiti Goswami dies at 77
• National Tribal Craft Mela – 2019 being held in Bhubaneswar, Odisha from November 23 to 29

ECONOMY

• Media firm Amar Ujala acquires majority stake in Cygnus Medicare, which operates a chain

INTERNATIONAL

• Bolivia’s Congress passes law for new elections without former President Evo Morales

SPORTS

• Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge (men’s marathon) and USA’s Dalilah Muhammad (women’s 400 m hurdles) win World Athlete of the Year awards
• India beat Bangladesh by an innings and 46 runs in the Day and Night Pink ball Test at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata to win the 2-test series 2-0
• Pakistan beat hosts Bangladesh by 77 runs in final at Mirpur to win ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup
• ‘Finding the Gaps’, book written by Australian cricket umpire Simon Taufel, released

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