The November Cook-Off has ended, & now it's time for you to take a look at the video editorials for all the questions. Check them out now, and understand each question & their concepts in depth.

Watch here: https://bit.ly/3HJUs6Y

The coding challenge, Code: Nium, by global FinTech infrastructure company and official Men's T-20 partner, Nium, is happening right now! Just one more week for the contest to end, and the prizes are massive. Participate right now, https://bit.ly/30QdSq3 and bag an opportunity to work with them.

The 34th International Olympiad in Informatics has been announced, and it’s time to grab that Gold! But first, you must clear hurdle number one - the Zonal Informatics Olympiad or the Zonal Computing Olympiad! Clear the league round and make your way to the Indian Computing Olympiad for the final battle, which is the IOI! Go register right away for one of the most prestigious Olympiads in the world, and make your way up till the finals.

Register Now: https://bit.ly/32dI7re

Have you ever wondered how secure your passwords are? Or what goes behind the system when these are securely stored? Check out the blog to read and know more about how this is done. https://bit.ly/3CRU4PZ

Indian Computing Olympiads (ICO) Learning Program https://bit.ly/3cMTM2k Click here to watch the complete Playlist:

A few more hours, and then the Chef will serve you this month’s Lunchtime. Be there on time, at 7:30 PM tonight to take on coders across the world, and test your skills.

Compete Here: https://bit.ly/3HW31eX

The last Long Challenge of the year is just a few hours away! So get set, and come all prepared to take part today at 3 PM.
Participate here: https://bit.ly/3rrN0HX

You may know that India is Whatsapp's biggest market with more than 390 million monthly users? But do you know how your messages get delivered every day? Check out the blog to learn how. https://bit.ly/3oh3LDI

You just have to satisfy two conditions to crack this problem, but how will you implement this?
Find the minimum number of operations to obtain an array of lists that satisfies a few conditions in the said question. All you have to do is to make sure that the first element and last element of each list are equal and the first element of all the lists is the same. Print -1 if it is impossible to achieve this via any sequence of operations. Participate in the last Long Challenge of the year here: http://bit.ly/3lz0AFK

The year is almost about to end, but we have more interesting challenges and contests for you! But now let's take a look at the Indian coders who rose to the top for the first time and stole the show with their performance. Check out the blog to know if you know somebody mentioned in there! https://bit.ly/3Ini8yi

Did you play the Google Doodle mini Pizza game today? In 2007, UNESCO recognized "Pizzaiuolo" for the Intangible Culinary Heritage of Humanity, and Google celebrated this day with this mini Pizza game. Do you know who else loves a good pizza? Our Chef! Check out this problem and help the chef figure out how to make the tastiest pizza. https://bit.ly/3GzutOj

Find the shortest binary string with exactly N hills and M valleys.
A hill is any index such that both its neighbors are strictly smaller than it and a valley is any index such that both its neighbors are strictly larger than it.
If there are multiple possible binary strings of the least length satisfying the given condition, you may print any of them. Participate in the Dec Long Challenge: https://bit.ly/3IlP4am

Do you know any talented coders from school? Then you should share this with them! The registration for the Zonal level Olympiad, the gateway to one of the world's biggest and most prestigious Olympiads, is still open! Less than 48 hours to register, so head over and grab the seat asap. https://bit.ly/3DuMqeA

We are back again with another Beginner's Bootcamp for y'all! This camp is curated specially for the absolute beginners in coding to improve their skills and also become a rated CodeChef coder. By the end of this two-day camp, you would have solved 30 problems with your mentor, Chitrank Mishra, and be all ready to try your hand at the upcoming rated contests. So, see you all there? The seats are limited, so register right away! https://bit.ly/3IqhwrJ

With roughly 2.89 billion users, Facebook is the most extensive social network! But do you know how Facebook manages to keep you connected using various algorithms? Check out the blog to learn how. https://bit.ly/307ZIjE

Have the dinner a bit early, grab a mug of coffee, and be all pumped up for the Starters tonight! Rated for both Division 2 and 3 coders, this is your chance to rank up and challenge coders across the world. https://bit.ly/3yeEP2Q

We have got some new career opportunities for you! Right from a fresher to experienced SDE role at Junglee Games to a Senior Technical Analyst at Ribbon Communications, and even an internship opportunity at Zaamo's. Well, why are you still waiting? Head over right now, and apply right away. https://bit.ly/3oHPi3U

The first Starters of this month wrapped a few hours ago, but we are back again with the next one for you! Starters 20, rated only for Division 3, is this Wednesday, from 8 PM, so better ramp up your preparation and pass the word to your programming gang. https://bit.ly/30gvISL

Remember a few days ago, we asked you what timing you would want all your short challenges to begin? Well, guess what! From now on all CodeChef Monthly Rated short Contests will be held at one specific time! Yep, quite a relief for some, right? Head over to the blog to know more about this change. https://bit.ly/3dGGKEb

P Equal To NP was one of the most challenging problems for both Division 2 and 3 coders, with less than 200 successful submissions. But now that the Video Editorials are out, go watch the solution for that, and learn how to solve that! Share the video with your coder friends, and end your weekend by learning something new. https://bit.ly/3dLcXu0

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