Five must read stories—November 17

China makes English mandatory

Mandatory English teaching in primary schools appear to have helped China significantly improve its proficiency in English while India shows signs of lagging behind.

Only 4,000 tigers left

Experts gather in Vietnam on Thursday to discuss how to conserve the tiger. Around 100 tigers continue to get killed every year, say estimates.

Modi-Trump to meet early on

Amidst reports that the Foreign Secretary has been sent to Washington D.C. on a discreet mission to ensure an early meeting between the Indian PM Narendra Modi and the next US President, Indian origin supporter claims Donald Trump would clear a Bill to declare Pakistan a terror state.

India denies casualty on LoC

Pakistan claimed that 11 Indian soldiers have been killed in cross-border firing on the LoC, a claim denied by Indian officials.

CBI raid in train yields nothing

Tipped off that cash and jewellery were being transported, CBI and Income Tax officials detained a train for three hours, searched a coach but it yielded nothing.