HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw: Pesticide regulations, stockpiling crops and plant species...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Second Amyotha Hluttaw’s tenth regular session holds its eleventh day meeting.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: 19th Traditional Medicine Practitioners’ Conf. to be held on 29 Nov. in Nay Pyi Taw...Confiscated farmland returned to 25 farmers in Waingmaw...Union Election Commission Chair attends MySoP Alumni Weekend ceremony...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing addresses DSA 60th Intake Graduation...MIC approves six investment proposals; to create over 4,000 jobs...MYSAP to help boost fish production in Shan State...Climbing perch reared over 90 days suitable for sale: farmers...President’s Office clarifies on MPC dinner live streaming post...Heads of Service Organizations appointed...Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued on 6 December 2018)...Hostel in Haka gutted by fire, no casualties...Two arrested for possession of drugs in Mansi...Authorities destroy 121 acres of opium fields in Tonzang Tsp...Meeting on loans for small-scale rubber growers held...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Joint Bill Committee holds meeting...Deputy Minister for Information inspects Yeku Transmission Station in Yangon...Rakhine United recruits former Shan United’s midfielder Chit Su Moe.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Union Minister signs book of condolences for former US President George H.W. Bush...Japan offering high price for butter beans, growers must ensure low pesticide residue levels: Traders...International Anti-Corruption Day commemorated in Yangon...Oversea Works Management Committee holds coord meeting 1/2018...Myanmar fruits seek wider Chinese market...International sports winners for 2018 honored in award ceremony...Fifth Enterprise India Show coming to Lotte Hotel in Yangon on 13 December...Myanmar lose to Thailand in AFC U-20 Futsal qualifiers.....OPINION: "Historical ties put India, Myanmar on path of shared development''.....ARTICLE: "THOUGHTS ON LITERARY AWARDS AND I" - By Maung Hlaing / Chief Editor (Retd.)