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The Chhattisgarh government has decided to declare Guru Ghasidas National Park in the Korea district as a tiger reserve. Presently the state has three tiger reserves viz. Indravati in Bijapur district, Udanti-Sitanadi in Gariaband and Achanakmar in Bilaspur.  

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Top US diplomat Alice Wells has strongly criticized China’s international development projects and lending practices under its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). He also questioned the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) on its commercial viability. China does not report on its overall lending despite being the largest lender globally. Hence, neither rating agencies nor the Paris club nor IMF are able to monitor those financial transactions. The lack of transparency was a means to hide risks to countries that borrowed from China to finance the development projects. It leads to a surrender of strategic assets and it diminishes sovereignty. The case of Hambantota Port in Sri Lanka and a runway in the Maldives were among the projects cited as examples of China financing projects of questionable commercial viability.

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Lokpal Chairman Justice (retired) Pinaki Chandra Ghose launched the new logo for the apex anti-corruption ombudsman. As per law, the logo symbolizes how Lokpal protects and cares for the people of India by establishing justice. It is designed by Prashant Mishra, a resident of Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh. The logo symbolizes various essence of LOKPAL figuratively in shapes such as: ombudsman (judges bench), people (three human figures), vigilance (Ashok chakra forming eye–pupil), law (shape of book in orange) and judicial (the tricolor two hands are placed below forming a unique balance). The logo is in tricolor representing the national essence of LOKPAL .A new motto titled “Ma Gridhah Kasyasvidhanam (Do not be greedy for anyone’s wealth)”  was also adopted.

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The book titled “Hemant Karkare: A Daughters Memoir” has been authored by his daughter Jui Karkare Navare. The book portrays former Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare’s life as a father to his daughter.  Her father was gunned down by Pakistani ISI-backed terrorists who’d stormed Mumbai on the night of 26 November 2008. Beside him, the 18 security personnel also lost their lives in the 26/11 terror attacks.

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The NDTV has won the 2019 IPI India Award for Excellence in Journalism 2019 for its  coverage of the  conspiracy to scuttle probe into the heinous Kathua rape and murder case probe and a strong expose of the political hypocrisy across the political spectrum. The story was anchored by senior journalist Nidhi Razdan. The Indian chapter of the International Press Institute (IPI) is an active forum of Editors, Publishers and Senior Executives of newspapers, magazines and news agencies, all of whom are members of the International Press Institute.

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Australian writer and broadcaster, Clive James (80) has passed away in Cambridge, United Kingdom on 24th of November 2019. He was known around the world for his dry wit. Born in 1939, he moved to England in 1961 and rose to prominence as a literary critic and TV columnist. He went on to deliver wry commentary on international programming in such shows as Clive James On Television.

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Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL) has become the first Indian firm to hit Rs 10 lakh crore mark in market capitalization following a spike in its share price. The oil-to-telecom conglomerate’s market capitalisation (m-cap) zoomed to Rs 10.02 lakh crore during morning trade on the BSE. TCS is the India’s 2nd most valued firm with a market valuation of Rs 7,79,708.02 crore, followed by HDFC Bank, Hindustan Unilever and HDFC. The m-cap figures of companies change daily with stock price movement.

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Indian archer Deepika Kumari won gold in the women’s individual recurve event of the 21st Asian Championships in Bangkok. In the one-sided final, she defeated her compatriot Ankita Bhakat by 6-0. Earlier, the duo had secured an individual Olympic quota for the country by storming into the semifinals of the event.

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The 2023 Men’s Hockey World Cup will be held in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela from January 13 to 29. It would the first time a country would be hosting successive editions of the premier tournament in the sport but the same city hosting it twice makes it even special. However, this time, Bhubaneswar (which hosted the 2018 WC) would share hosting rights with the Biju Patnaik Hockey Stadium in Rourkela.

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The world-renowned US rock climber, Brad Gobright has fell to his death while climbing a sheer rock face in northern Mexico  on 29th of November 2019. He was best known for his gravity-defying solo ascents with no ropes.