1. Doris Lessing, the Nobel prize-winning, free-thinking, world-traveling and often-polarizing author of ” The Golden Notebook” and dozens of other novels that reflected her own improbable journey across the former British empire, has died. She was 94.
2. Abdulla Yameen was sworn in as the new president of the Maldives on Sunday after a shock run-off victory over favourite Mohamed Nasheed, ending nearly two years of political turmoil that plagued the nascent democracy and raised international concerns over the country’s future.
3. In an unexpected finding, Saudis have emerged as the world’s largest active Twitter users, while Indians ranked among the lowest tweeters on the microblogging site, according to new research.
4. Malta was on Sunday unanimously chosen as the host of the next Commonwealth summit in 2015 after Mauritius pulled out in protest against the decision to hold this year’s gathering in Sri Lanka despite an international outcry over alleged rights violations and war crimes.
5. Waheeda Rehman, the veteran actress of Bollywood will be conferred with the inaugural Centenary Award for the Indian Film Personality of the Year 2013 at the 44th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa on 20 November 2013.
6. The first Integrated Checkpost along Agartala-Akhaura, India-Bangladesh border was jointly inaugurated on 17 November 2013 by Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and his Bangladeshi counterpart Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir.
7. The residents of Nepal go to the polls on Tuesday, picking from more than 100 political parties in an election that is not expected to produce a strong winner to deal with the country’s deep-rooted problems.
8. With the scores reading 4-2 in favour of Carlsen and just six games to come, the Norwegian is well on track to win his maiden world title in his first match itself.
9. India’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves rose by $819.5 million to $282.11 billion for the week ended Nov 8, helped by a sharp increase in foreign currency assets, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed.
10. Angelina Jolie receives humanitarian award from The Hollywood film industry .
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