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Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina was Monday sentenced to death.

 1.Deposed Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina was Monday sentenced to death in absentia for the violent 2024 student crackdown by a special tribunal in a verdict that she described as a foregone conclusion. Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus hailed the verdict saying no one is above the law.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/death-penalty-for-hasina-dhaka-wants-her-back/articleshow/125398370.cms

2.India will declare its updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) as well as issue its Biennial Transparency Report (BTR) by December end, Environment Minister, Bhupender Yadav said in Belem, Brazil, on Monday (November 17, 2025), as part of a gathering of senior ministers from several countries convened at 30th edition of the Conference of Parties.

https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/india-to-submit-updated-climate-targets-to-un-by-december-end-bhupender-yadav/article70293000.ece#google_vignette

3.In an attempt to improve the state’s higher education system, governor and chancellor of all state universities Acharya Devvrat said that all universities must have a task force that submits a progress report to the Raj Bhavan every fifteen days. At a meeting held at Raj Bhavan on the National Education Policy (NEP 2020) and Vision Maharashtra 2047, Devvrat told vice-chancellors that universities must show continuous progress, not just plan on paper.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/governor-cm-urge-vice-chancellors-to-improve-state-universities-101763405964503.html

4.In a remarkable triumph at the World Travel Awards Asia & Oceania Gala Ceremony 2025, The Postcard Hotel has once again been named Asia’s Leading Boutique Hotel Brand, cementing its position as one of the region’s most exceptional luxury hospitality brands.

https://www.hotelierindia.com/operations/the-postcard-hotel-wins-11-awards-at-the-world-travel-awards

5.Across India, every festival, prayer, and celebration carries the fragrance of sweets — the mithai. A wedding is incomplete without ladoos, a temple visit ends with prasād, and every season is greeted with gur, til, and rice-based delicacies. Yet, when the same sweets appear on restaurant menus, they are neatly grouped under a single Western word — dessert.But is mithai truly a dessert? To answer that question is to uncover centuries of India’s culinary wisdom — and to see how global vocabulary often reshapes our understanding of culture.

https://hospitalitybizindia.com/news-track/why-indian-sweets-mithai-are-not-desserts/

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