- The Supreme Court has imposed a cost of Rs 15,000 on the Uttar Pradesh government for "wastage of judicial time" in a case in which the state had filed an appeal in the apex court after a delay of over 500 days.
- Government doctors in Uttar Pradesh completing postgraduate courses will have to give their services in the department for 10 years or pay a compensation of Rs 1 crore, according to an official.
- The hunger strike between 8 am to 5 pm on Monday is part of the farmers' plan to intensify their agitation from December 14.
- Punjab Deputy Inspector General for Prisons, Lakhminder Singh Jakhar, has resigned from service in support of farmers protesting against three new farm laws introduced by the central government.
- The ruling Congress in Rajasthan won 619, the BJP 547, and independent candidates bagged 597 of the total 1,775 ward councillor posts in 50 urban local bodies for which results were declared on Sunday, according to a State Election Commission official.
- The Dhanu Yatra, considered to be the largest open-air theater in the world, will not be held this time owing to the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic.The 72nd edition of the 11-day long event was supposed to be held from January 18 to January 28 in 2021.
- The Sri Jagannath Temple in Puri is set to finally reopen on December 23. Following a meeting of the Chhatisha Nijog on Saturday, the temple administration decided to send a proposal to State government next week recommending the re-opening of the 12th century shrine. The temple may open its doors on December 23, but entry of devotees will be allowed in a graded manner.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Kutch on 15 December to lay foundation stone of development projects. These projects include a desalination plant, a hybrid renewable energy park, and a fully automated milk processing and packing plant,
- The Under 5 and infant mortality rate () has come down in 18 states and union territories but in parallel 16 states recorded an increase in underweight and severely wasted under 5 children among 22 states that were surveyed during the first phase of the fifth National Family Health Survey ().
- Only 100 people per day per session are likely to be vaccinated against Covid-19
- RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das announced that the RTGS facility would become operational 24X7 from 12:30 am tonight
- For Covid-19 vaccination, India may need 1.3 lakh-1.4 lakh vaccination centres, 1 lakh healthcare professionals as inoculators and 2 lakh support staff or volunteers to support government’s mass-inoculation program, a FICCI-EY knowledge paper has indicated.
- The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) informed its state bodies about its decision to organize the Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament from January 10.
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for more investment in health systems.
- Mukra (k) has become the first gram panchayat in Telangana to achieve the open defecation free (ODF) title. But this came after more than 365 days of rigorous strategising, legwork and a bit of toughness. The brain behind this is the Sarpanch, Gadge Meenakshi, who assumed charge on February 2, 2019.
- The IRCTC sent out nearly two crore emails between December 8 and December 12 to its customers listing 13 decisions taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to support Sikhs, amid protests by farmers against new farm laws.
- Braving winter, a 100-year-old woman came out to exercise her franchise in the sixth phase of polling of the District Development Council (DDC) elections J&K's in Doda district on Sunday.
- Actor Sonu Sood on Sunday announced a new initiative under which he would be providing e-rickshaws to the underprivileged who lost their source of livelihood during the corona virus pandemic.
- The United States expects to have immunized 100 million people with the corona virus vaccine by the end of March, the chief adviser for the U.S. COVID-19 vaccine program said on Sunday.
- UK PM Boris Johnson praises India's 'incredible' solar power strides at climate summit. (Collected from Mass Media)
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