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It’s going to be a busy Thursday.
Sri Lanka is holding snap general election, called by new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will campaign for Mahayuti in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Raigad and Mumbai.
China’s Xi Jinping will inaugurate South America’s first Chinese-funded port, in Chancay, around 50 miles (80 kilometres) north of Lima
Here’s how the day will unfold.
Sri Lanka parliamentary election
Sri Lanka will vote in a snap general election on Thursday (November 14), called by new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to secure a majority in parliament to back his policies in the island nation struggling to recover from a crushing financial crisis.
Dissanayake dissolved parliament on September 24 to clear the way for the general election, days after he was elected on a platform for change.
PM Modi’s rallies in Maharashtra
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will campaign in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Raigad and Mumbai.
Elections to the 288-member state legislative assembly will be held on November 20, and votes will be counted three days later.
The BJP is contesting elections as part of the Mahayuti alliance, which comprises the Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), comprising the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP (SP) of Sharad Pawar, and Congress, is fighting the polls against the Mahayuti.
Tropical Storm Usagi expected to make landfall
Tropical Storm Usagi strengthened into a typhoon early Wednesday local time as it approaches the Philippines.
The country’s weather agency has warned of gale-force winds and a risk of storm surges over the next 48 hours.
Four separate storm systems are churning their way through the West Pacific simultaneously, a rare occurrence resulting from warmer oceans that threatens to bring more misery to the storm-weary Philippines.
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Peru
World leaders have gathered in Peru’s capital Lima for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.
Today, ministerial meetings will take place, which will be followed by talks at the level of heads of state the following two days.
Xi Jinping in Peru
Chinese leader Xi Jinping headed to Peru on Wednesday for the APEC gathering.
He is scheduled to inaugurate South America’s first Chinese-funded port, in Chancay, around 50 miles (80 kilometres) north of Lima.
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View AllExpected to serve as a major trade hub, the $3.5-billion complex is seen as symbolic of Beijing’s growing influence in South America, where it has built a vast array of railways, highways and other infrastructure.
King Charles III’s 76th birthday
Although King Charles’s birthday is formally celebrated by the public at the well-known Trooping the Colour procession in June, the British monarch’s actual birthday is November 14.
Media sites have indicated that the King is celebrating his 76th birthday with a unique endeavour.
Delhi Mayoral polls
The long-delayed mayoral elections in Delhi will take place today.
It follows a seven-month standoff between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which led to repeated disruptions of the MCD House besides delaying the polls initially scheduled for April this year.
The mayoral term will see a Dalit candidate in office, but only for five months as political inflighting has shortened the tenure.
Crucial court hearings
SC hearing on implementation of ban on firecrackers in Delhi
Delhi court to decide on chargesheet cognisance on coaching centre basement drowning
Delhi court to hear activist Medha Patkar’s plea against five-month sentence in a defamation case filed by incumbent Delhi LG VK Saxena 23 years ago when he headed an NGO in Gujarat
Congress government’s 1st anniversary in Telangana
Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Saturday said the first anniversary of the Congress government in the state would be celebrated in a big way from November 14 to December 9.
The 26 days of celebrations begin on the birth anniversary of first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (November 14) and conclude on the birthday of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi (December 9).
Annual Jhiri Mela in Jammu
The 11-day Jhiri Mela will commence in Jammu on November 14.
The annual fair is likely to be attended by around 20 lakh people from the northern region.
The Jhiri Mela is held every year during “Kartik Purnima” when devotees pay obeisance at the Baba Jitto temple in Jhiri village on the Jammu-Akhnoor national highway near here.
A day to remember
World Diabetes Day
Children’s Day
Birth anniv of former PM Jawahar Lal Nehru
Birth anniversary of chef Vikas Khanna
Birth anniversary of musician Yanni
Birth anniversary of cricketer Adam Gilchrist
Birth anniversary of British royal Prince Charles
Death anniversary of AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in 1977
SC dismisses Rafael review petitions in 2019
Nellie Bly, a female journalist began her attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days in 1889. She completed the trip in 72 days
The BBC began its radio service in the United Kingdom in 1922
NASA launched Apollo 12 in 1969, the second manned mission to the Moon
Germany’s Sebastian Vettel won Formula One’s Drivers Championship in 2010, and became the sport’s youngest champion
The first G-20 economic summit was held in Washington, US in 2008
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