Veteran boxer Mike Tyson entered the boxing ring after 19 years. PM Modi inaugurated the first Bodoland Mahotsav. At the same time, 'Anshul Kamboj' became the third bowler to take all 10 wickets in an innings in Ranji Trophy.
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NATIONAL
1. PM Modi leaves for Nigeria tour: Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for Nigeria tour on 16 November. He is visiting Nigeria for the first time at the invitation of President Ahmed Tinubu. This is the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Nigeria in 17 years. Before Modi, in 2007, the then PM Dr. Manmohan Singh had visited Nigeria.
Prime Minister leaves for Nigeria on a 2-day visit. After this he will also go to Brazil and Guyana.
PM Modi to meet President Tinubu on Sunday Is one of the important countries. This country is important for India's energy needs. Indian investment in Africa is continuously increasing in sectors like energy, mining, pharmaceuticals and information technology. Nigeria is a member of the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) and the Organization of Oil Producing Countries (OPEC). Is an important member. Both these organizations are important for India's diplomacy and economic policy. After independence, India strongly supported the independence of African countries. India established the Diplomatic House in Nigeria in 1958. Nigeria got independence after 2 years. India's first PM Jawaharlal Nehru visited Nigeria in September 1962. After his visit, the foundation of bilateral relations between the two countries was laid.
International
2. Trump appointed 27-year-old Caroline Levitt as press secretary: America's newly elected President Donald Trump is preparing his team for his second term. On November 16, he selected 27-year-old Caroline Leavitt for the post of White House Press Secretary. Caroline will be the youngest secretary to hold this post. Earlier in 1969, President Richard Nixon had appointed 29 year old Ronald Zeigler as Press Secretary.
Caroline was also the National Press Secretary of Trump's campaign in the recent presidential election.
The White House Press Secretary informs the American people about the activities of the President. Caroline also held the post of Assistant Press Secretary in Trump's previous term (2017-21). Caroline Levitt is a resident of New Hampshire, USA. She Has done an internship at the White House. After Trump lost the 2020 presidential election, Caroline became the communications director for Republican politician Elise Stefanik. Stefanik has now been appointed Ambassador to the UN by Trump. Caroline contested elections for the House of Representatives (lower house of the US Parliament) from New Hampshire in 2022. However, she lost to Chris Pappas of the Democratic Party in the general election. After this, she became a part of Trump's presidential election campaign this year. Currently, Caroline Levitt is the chief spokesperson of President Trump's transition team.
Sport
The fight between Tyson and Jake Paul took place on Saturday 16 November at AT&T Stadium in Texas (USA).
Tyson was ahead in the first two rounds of the 8-round heavyweight match, but lagged behind in the remaining 6 rounds. Mike Tyson got 20 million dollars (about Rs 169 crore) from this match. Whereas, his opponent Jack Paul got 40 million dollars. Dollars (about Rs 338 crores) were received. This was the seventh defeat of Mike Tyson's professional boxing career. Before this, Tyson had played his last professional match against Kevin McBride in the year 2005, in which he also lost. Before the match, Tyson had won 50 matches as a professional boxer. In 1986, at the age of 20, Tyson broke Trevor Berber's record to become the world's youngest heavyweight champion. This record still stands today. Tyson won 44 matches through knockout. Meanwhile, 27-year-old Jack Paul has become a professional boxer from YouTube and he started professional boxing in the year 2020. Including this match, Paul won 11 out of 12 matches. Live streaming of this match took place on Netflix, due to more users joining the live streaming, the service came to a standstill for 6 hours.
4. Sanju Samson became the first cricketer to score 3 T-20 centuries in a calendar year: Indian cricket team opener Sanju Samson made a batting record at New Wanderers in Johannesburg on 15 November. He has become the first batsman in the world to score three centuries in a year in T-20 International. In the fourth T-20 match played between India and South Africa, he scored the third T-20 century of his career by playing a brilliant inning of 109 runs in 56 balls.
Samson scored his third century in the last 5 innings and second century in this series.
Due to Samson's century, the Indian team scored 283 runs on the board and India defeated South Africa by 135 runs. Many players have scored two T-20 centuries in a year, like Colin Munro, Phil Salt, Suryakumar. Yadav, Rohit Sharma and Tilak Verma. Till now no one had scored three centuries. Samson became the second player to score two centuries in the same T20 series. England's Phil Salt was the first player to achieve this feat by scoring two centuries against West Indies in December 2023.
5. 'Anshul Kamboj' became the third bowler to take all 10 wickets in an innings in Ranji Trophy: Haryana's fast bowler 'Anshul Kamboj' created history by taking all 10 wickets of Kerala in the Ranji Trophy match on 15 November. Kamboj achieved this feat by dismissing Kerala's 'Shaun Roger'. In the first innings, Kamboj took 10 wickets for 49 runs in 30.1 overs.
The Ranji Trophy Elite Group-C match between Haryana and Kerala was played from 13-16 November at the Chaudhary Bansi Lal Stadium in Lahli, Haryana.
Anshul Kamboj became the third bowler to take all 10 wickets in an innings in the Ranji Trophy. Bengal fast bowler Premangasu Chatterjee was the first player to take all ten wickets in an innings in the Ranji Trophy. He also took all 10 wickets of Assam in an innings in the 1956-57 Ranji season. Pradeep Sundaram of Rajasthan was the second player, who took all 10 wickets of Vidarbha in the 1985-86 Ranji Trophy season. Whereas, in international cricket, England Leg spinner Jim Laker was the first bowler to take all 10 wickets in an innings of a Test match. He took 10 wickets for 53 runs in the second innings against the Australian team in Manchester, England in 1956. Anil Kumble was the second bowler in the history of international cricket to take 10 wickets in an innings of a Test match. He took 10 wickets for 74 runs in Pakistan's second innings in the New Delhi Test in 1999. Whereas, New Zealand spinner Ayaz Patel took all 10 wickets for 119 runs in the second Test match played against India at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai in 2021. Had taken.
INAUGURATION
6. PM Modi inaugurated the first Bodoland Mahotsav: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first Bodoland Mahotsav in New Delhi. This two-day event will run till November 16 at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex of Sports Authority of India (SAI). This is a big event based on language, literature and culture for building the Bodo society.
The theme of the Bodoland Mahotsav is 'Peace and Harmony for a Prosperous India'.
It aims to integrate the indigenous Bodo people living in Assam, West Bengal, Nepal and other international border areas of the North-East. It focuses on the culture, language and education of the Bodo community as well as other communities in the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR). It will also be a celebration of the significant achievement of reforms and recovery since the signing of the Bodo Peace Accord in 2020. In fact, on 27 January 2020, in the presence of the Union Home Minister, the decades-old Bodo problem was resolved in the capital Delhi. A tripartite agreement was signed for a solution. This agreement also included representatives of the Government of India, the Government of Assam and militant groups associated with the Bodoland movement. This agreement also included members of Assam's banned militant organization 'National Democratic Front of Bodoland' and other organizations associated with the Bodoland movement. This peace agreement not only ended Bodoland's decades-long conflict, violence and loss of life. Not only did it provide relief, it also became a source of inspiration for other peace agreements. More than 5 thousand cultural representatives from Bodoland region, Assam, West Bengal, Tripura, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, other parts of India along with neighboring states Nepal and Bhutan participated in the event. , linguistic and art lovers will be included.
TODAY'S HISTORY
History of 16 November: Today 'National Press Day' is celebrated across the country. This day symbolizes the presence of a free and responsible press in India. The first Press Commission had envisioned a Press Council with the objective of protecting the freedom of the press in India and setting standards in journalism. As a result, the Press Council was established in India on July 4, 1966, which started its formal work from November 16, 1966. From then till today, every year 16th November is celebrated as 'National Press Day'.
In India, the press has been called 'watchdog' and the Press Council of India has been called 'moral watchdog'.
In 2013, the Government of India made an official announcement of conferring 'Bharat Ratna', the country's highest civilian award, on Sachin Tendulkar. In 2008, Chandrayaan's Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR) instrument started working successfully. In 1998, Canada made its citizenship The law was tightened. In 1938, the drug 'Lyrsic Acid Diethylamide' invented by Albert Hofmann came into existence. The Federal Reserve System was formally started in America in 1914. General Motors Corporation was established in 1908. In 1870, Oklahoma America's 46th state was formed. Mexico's independence was recognized in 1821.
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