Governor unfazed
Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit (second left) taking part in the mass cleaning drive at Gandhipuram bus stand in Coimbatore on Wednesday, November 15, 2017. Municipal Administration Minister S.P. Velumani is at the left. 
DMK working president M.K. Stalin, leaders of the Congress, CPI(M), CPI, PMK flayed the Governor for holding meeting with the top district officials of Coimbatore. Read more
Gay marriage right
Members of the gay community and their supporters celebrate the result of a postal survey calling for gay marriage right in Sydney, Australia.
Australians supported gay marriage in a postal survey that ensures Parliament will consider legalizing same-sex weddings this year.
Meet to fight smog
Haryana Chief Minsiter Manohar Lal Khattar and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal during a meeting in Chandigarh on Wednesday.
Mr. Khattar and Mr. Kejriwal on Wednesday met for nearly 90 minutes here and agreed to take steps to prevent a repeat of smog in the National Capital Region (NCR) next year. Read more
Mandir discussion
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath with Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar during a meeting in Lucknow on Wednesday.
Mr. Adityanath and Sri Sri Ravishankar reportedly discussed the Babri Masjid-Ram Mandir issue. While there was no official word on it yet, it came a day after Mr. Adityanath welcomed Mr. Ravi Shankar’s efforts at mediation for an out-of-court settlement in the contentious issue.
Israel demolishes home of Palestinian
People look at the remains of the house of Palestinian assailant Nemr al-Jamal after it was destroyed by Israeli troops in the West Bank village of Beit Surik near Jerusalem.
The military says Israeli forces knocked down the family home of Nimr Jamal on Wednesday.
Jamal killed the three Israelis and critically wounded a fourth outside the West Bank settlement of Har Adar before he was shot dead. He came from the nearby village of Beit Surik and had worked for years in the settlement, where he was known as a conscientious worker who earned the trust of local residents.
Army seizes control in Zimbabwe
Armed soldiers stop a vehicle to search on the road leading to President Robert Mugabe's office in Harare, Zimbabwe on November 15, 2017.
Zimbabwe’s military said it had seized power in a targeted assault on “criminals” around President Robert Mugabe who were causing social and economic suffering, but gave assurances the 93-year-old leader and his family were “safe and sound".
Right to Breathe
School children take out a march to express their distress on the alarming levels of pollution in the city, in New Delhi.
Thick smog has constricted New Delhi this week, smudging landmarks from view and leaving residents frustrated at the lack of meaningful action by authorities. The air was the worst it has been all year in the National Capital, with microscopic particles that can affect breathing and health spiking to 75 times the level considered safe by the World Health Organization.
Giant diamond sells for $33.7 million
A staff member poses behind “The Art of de Grisogono,” a necklace suspending a 163.41-carat, D colour, flawless, IIA type diamond, during a preview of Christie's auction sale in Geneva, Switzerland on November 8, 2017.
The largest-ever D-flawless diamond to be put up for auction, mounted in a diamond and emerald necklace, sold for $33.7 million on Tuesday night, including buyer’s fees. The white, matchbox-size “Creation 1” diamond from Swiss jeweller de Grisogono weighs a whopping 163 carats.
California shooting
A gunman carrying a semi-automatic weapon and two handguns opened fire at multiple locations across a small Northern California community on Tuesday, killing four people before he was slain by police.At least 10 other people were wounded, including two children at an elementary school near the small town of Corning.
Mandatory anti-sexual harassment training
Beverly Young Nelson the latest accuser of Alabama Republican Roy Moore, shows her high school yearbook signed by Moore, at a news conference.
As another woman accused U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore of groping, Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday that the House will require anti-harassment and anti-discrimination training for all members and their staffs.
Australians endorse gay marriage
A sample of the postal ballot on legalizing gay marriage.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday said 62% of registered voters who responded in a postal survey seeking their view on legalising homosexuality have backed legalising same-sex weddings.The conservative government promised to allow a bill creating marriage equality to be considered in Parliament in the final two-week session that is due to end on Dec. 7.
