Morning News Headlines (November 20, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  Good Morning Readers! Here are the Morning News Bulletin on India and World by Odisha News Insight.

—   Chhattisgarh Elections: Voting has begun for the second phase of polling on 72 seats in 19 districts of the state; 12.54% voting recorded till 10 AM in the second phase of voting.

—   Voting underway for second phase of Panchayat Polls in Jammu and Kashmir.

—   Shopian encounter: 1 Army jawan has lost his life, 4 terrorists gunned down by security forces. Operation continues.

—   Air hostess Anissia Batra death case: Delhi High Court grants bail to her in-laws.

—   Ceasefire violation by Pakistan: All schools have been closed in Degwar, Malti and other adjoining areas of Poonch sector in J&K.

—   Two killed, several injured in an explosion in Pulgaon Army depot in Wardha.

—   India registered a 24% reduction in maleria eradication, largely due to substantial declines of the disease in the highly malarious state of Odisha, home to approximately 40% of all malaria cases in the country: WHO.

—   Supreme Court adjourned CBI bribery case till November 29.

—   Hanoi: President Ramnath Kovind and President Nguyen Phu Trong witness signing of MoUs in the field of communications and MOU between the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU).

—   Newly-weds Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh head to Bengaluru for wedding reception.