NEWS 17-11-2019. NEWS FOR 18-NOV (MONDAY) 1. The Indian Space Organisation, which failed to land a probe on moon in its first attempt in Sep 2019(chandrayan-2), has begun a on chandrayan-3 with a deadline of Nov 2020. 2. The supreme court has referred to larger 7 judge bench regarding the judgement of allowing entry of women between the ages of 10-50 into the Sabrimala temple. 3. Defence minister RajnathSingh, who is on a two day visit to Arunanchal Pradesh, will inaugurate the Sisseri river bridge. China has objected on his visit, saying that the Chinese govt never acknowledged the “so-called” northeast Indian state, which it claims to be a part of South Tibet. 4. India and China have agreed to hold another meeting on matters relating to the boundary question after PM Modi met Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit. 5. 57 countries have filed Rohingya Genocide case against Myanmar at UN court. 6. Two batches of astronauts-elects for Gaganyaan have completed the screening process in Russia and the final batch of five men will be leaving for Russia this weekend. Gaganyaan programme aims at sending Indian astronauts to space by 2020. 7. The govt has constituted a three-member committee for division of assets and liabilities of Jammu & Kashmir between two successor Union territories, which came into existence on 31 Oct. < < Back