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• Bolivia's interim president has asked Congress to approve new elections as violence rages following the resignation of Evo Morales.


• Mr. Morales resigned on 10 November and later sought asylum in Mexico after facing claims of electoral fraud.


• The death toll since October's disputed general election has risen to 32 as clashes continue between supporters of Mr. Morales and security forces.

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• A top US diplomat has told an impeachment inquiry that he followed President Donald Trump's orders to put pressure on Ukraine to investigate his Democratic rival Joe Biden.


• Ambassador Gordon Sondland said the instruction came from Mr. Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani.


• The inquiry is assessing if Mr. Trump withheld military aid to Ukraine as a precondition. He denies any wrongdoing.


• It is illegal in the US to seek foreign help to gain electoral advantage.

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• US lawmakers overwhelmingly approved legislation that supports human rights and democracy in Hong Kong and also backs the territory's anti-China protesters, sending the measure opposed by Beijing to President Donald Trump.


• The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act passed the House of Representatives by 417 to 1, one day after the Senate unanimously passed the measure, provoking an outcry from Beijing.

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• Mexico's government said Wednesday it has helped 10 Mexican citizens file lawsuits against Walmart over an August shooting at a store in El Paso, Texas, where a suspected white nationalist killed 22 people.


• "The objective of these suits, presented in El Paso County, is to hold the company responsible for not taking reasonable and necessary measures to protect its clients from the attack," the foreign ministry said in a statement.

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• The world's first Muslim yoga camp began at Kanva Ashram in Kotdwar town of Uttarakhand, with 500 Muslim men and women from different countries participating in the event.


• Addressing the participants after inaugurating the five-day event at Kanva Ashram, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said besides its health benefits yoga has an elevating effect on the way one looks upon things.


• "Yoga elevates our heart, mind, and thoughts to such a level that we begin to care for all. It leads us towards universal welfare," Mr. Rawat said.

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• The BJP named eight more candidates for the Jharkhand Assembly polls, replacing rebel party leader Saryu Roy with Devendra Singh in the Jamshedpur West constituency.


• Peeved at the party for not announcing his candidature so far, Mr. Roy, a senior BJP leader who was also a minister in the Raghubar Das government, had announced that he will fight as an Independent against Das from the Jamshedpur East seat.


• In its fifth list, the BJP also named its candidates from seven more seats following a break in its alliance with the AJSU.

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• Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today said his government has a zero-tolerance policy on corruption and anyone found involved in such acts will not be spared.


• During a review meeting of the Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB) here, the Chief Minister said the vigilance wing of ACB should remain active and assured that it will get the resources needed, an official statement said.


• "In order to provide accountable, sensitive and transparent governance, we have a zero-tolerance policy towards corruption," the statement quoted Mr. Gehlot as saying.

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• Leading experts from the UK and Indian universities have launched the world's largest study on babies with brain injuries in India this week to help prevent epilepsy.


• The Imperial College London will lead the Prevention of Epilepsy by reducing Neonatal Encephalopathy (PREVENT) study to try and reduce the number of epilepsy cases following perinatal brain injury.


• According to experts, brain injury during labor or childbirth is one of the leading causes of epilepsy in babies in some areas of the world and a common cause is perinatal asphyxia - where oxygen is cut off to the fetal brain, damaging it.

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• Indian Army has invited applications for admission to 4 years B Sc (Nursing) Course at Colleges of Nursing of Armed Forces Medical Services.


• "The selected candidates shall execute an Agreement/Bond to serve in the Military Nursing Service. On successful completion of nursing training (4years), the candidates will be granted Permanent/Short Service Commission in the Military Nursing Service, under the terms and conditions laid down for grant of such commission," reads the notice released by the Indian Army.

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• More than 1.23 lakh out of 15 lakh candidates who took the UP Police Constable exam in January have qualified the exam, reports say.


• The result has come 9 months after the exam. The UP Police constable result is available on the official website of the Uttar Pradesh Recruitment and Promotion Board (UPPRPB).


• Candidates who have qualified the exam would now appear for the next selection tests which include physical efficiency test and verification of documents.

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• The S&P BSE Sensex reached another milestone by touching a record high of 40,816 on November 20, but experts feel that the real wealth could now be generated in small & midcaps which are in a bear market.


• The S&P BSE Smallcap index is down by about 34 percent from its record high of 20,183 registered on 15 January 2018 while the S&P BSE Midcap index witnessed a fall of little over 19 percent from the high of 18,321 recorded on 9 January 2018.

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• Kerala-based private sector lender CSB Bank (earlier known as The Catholic Syrian Bank) will launch its initial public offering for subscription on November 22.


• The anchor investor offer period will be one working day prior to the IPO opening date which is November 21.

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• Kidambi Srikanth was knocked out of the Korea Masters after losing 14-21, 19-21 to Japan's Kanta Tsuneyama in their round of 16 clash.


• Tsuneyama took the first game comfortably, winning six consecutive points at one stage to surge ahead of the Indian shuttler.


• Srikanth failed to threaten in the second game as well, conceding a four-point gap to Tsuneyama and failing to recover from that. This was the first time Srikanth faced Tsuneyama.

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• India's Manu Bhaker fired her way to the gold medal with a junior world record in the women's 10m air pistol event of the World Cup Finals in China's Putian.


• The 17-year-old Bhaker shot 244.7 to claim the top prize in the prestigious season-ending tournament of International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF).


• Her compatriot, Yashaswini Singh Deswal finished sixth in the final of the event.

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• Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg was awarded an international children's peace prize, for her work in the struggle against climate change which has resonated with schoolchildren across the world.


• Cameroonian peace activist Divina Malorum, aged 15, also received the International Children's Peace Prize, awarded by the Dutch KidsRight organization, which has been handing out the prize since 2005.


• Thunberg could not accept her award in person at the ceremony in The Hague because she is crossing the Atlantic by boat on her way to an international climate conference in Madrid.

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• Wheelchair-bound 17-year-old Hridayeshwar Singh Bhati, a child prodigy from Jaipur who has a fatal disease, has been selected for a national award under the outstanding creative child category by the government.


• Having seven inventions to his name including three patents, Hridayeshwar Singh Bhati is suffering from Duchenne muscular dystrophy and has won several accolades for his extra-ordinary talent.


• Hridayeshwar Singh Bhati has been selected for the National Award for Empowerment of Person with Disabilities, 2019 under the category- Outstanding Creative Child (Male)-2019, a letter from the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment said.

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• After a disastrous interview about his relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Prince Andrew announced that he is quitting his public duties "for the foreseeable future."


• Essentially, the Duke of York will now go dark - as sponsors of some of the 200 charities he endorses had already begun to abandon him, concluding that he no longer casts a royal glow but controversial shade.


• In a statement issued, Andrew, the second son of Queen Elizabeth II said: "It has become clear to me over the last few days that the circumstances relating to my former association with Jeffrey Epstein have become a major disruption to my family's work."

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• The president of the prestigious Oxford Union resigned after weeks of mounting pressure following the ill-treatment of a blind Ghanaian postgraduate student who was forcefully evicted by security personnel during a crowded debate in October.


• Ebenezer Azamati, 25, had arrived at the debate early to secure a seat ahead of the discussion due to concerns about accessibility for people who are visually impaired.


• When he returned to the chamber after having something to eat, Azamati was confronted by staff who allegedly told him that the room was full.


• Video footage of the incident shows a visibly distressed Azamati clinging to the bench as two men aggressively attempt to remove him from the chamber.