The Gujarat government on Sunday gave approval to a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) terminal at Bhavnagar port with a proposed investment of Rs 1,900 crore. This would be the world’s first CNG port terminal. The terminal will be jointly built by UK-based Foresight Group and Mumbai-based Padmanabh Mafatlal Group.

Deepak Chahar became the first Indian to take a hat-trick in T20 Internationals. Deepak Chahar delivered the best bowling figures in T20Is as India beat Bangladesh in the series decider in Nagpur.

In News: Jordan withdrawn from a 25-year-old landmark agreement that allowed Israeli farmers to cultivate in two pieces of agricultural lands that was leased by Israel.
Under the deal, part of the 1994 Jordan-Israel peace treaty, two territories straddling the border were recognised as under Jordanian sovereignty but with special provisions allowing Israeli farmers to work the land and visitors to tour the Isle of Peace park in the area.
But in 2018, Jordan said it did not want to continue the arrangement, in what was widely seen as a sign of increasingly strained diplomatic relations.

Andhra Pradesh government has decided to implement English medium in government schools till sixth class. Chief Minister YS Jagmohan Reddy took the decision to introduce English medium in government schools from class 1 to 6th class. Telugu will continue to be a compulsory subject for all classes.

The National Education Day is celebrated on the birth anniversary of Independent India’s first Education Minister, freedom fighter, Scholar and eminent educationist Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad. He was the visionary behind India’s premier institutes- the IITs, IISc and school of Architecture and planning. He was also responsible for setting up of apex bodies such as AICTE and UGC.

Defence ministry organized Def-Connect in New Delhi on 11th November 2019 to showcase the accomplishments of the Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) initiative. Defence minister Rajnath Singh was the Chief Guest of the event.

Sri-Lanka has become the first South Asian nation to criminalise several offences related to match fixing and sports corruption as its parliament passed all three readings of a bill labeled “Prevention of offences Related to sports”.

Businesswoman Nita Ambani has been elected to the board of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. She is the first Indian to be honoured with the role of a trustee in the Museum’s 149 year history.

39th edition of India International Trade Fair 2019 will be inaugurated by Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi. Theme of 39th IITF is ‘Ease of Doing Business’. Theme is inspired by India’s achievement of rising up to 63rd rank on the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business index from 142nd rank in 2014.

Time magazine has named Indian athlete Dutee Chand to its first ever Time 100 Next, a new expansion of the Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. The list highlights 100 rising starts who are shaping the future of business, entertainment, sports, politics, health, science and activism.