- The Supreme Court Collegium recommended Justice S. Muralidhar as the Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court. At present, Justice Muralidhar is a Judge of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana. He assumed the office of Judge at the High Court of Punjab and Haryana on March 6, 2020.He was initially appointed as a Judge to the High Court of Delhi in May 2006.
- The Maharashtra government has made a provision of Rs 1.77 crore towards additional safety measures at the Nagpur residence of Chief Justice of India Sharad Arvind Bobde.
- High prevalence of child marriages was found in Bihar, West Bengal and Tripura where over 40 per cent women were married before they turned 18, according to the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS).The survey covered 22 states and UTs in the country.
- Vice Admiral Srikant died on Tuesday morning at the base hospital here due to COVID-19-related complications, officials said.The vice admiral, the Navy's senior-most submariner, was due to retire on December 31.
- The government has said the winter session of Parliament will not be held this year in view of the COVID-19 pandemic and that it will be appropriate to convene the budget session in January next year.
- The five states where less than 45 per cent households use clean fuel for cooking are Assam (42.1 per cent), Bihar (37.8 per cent), Meghalaya (33.7 per cent), Nagaland (43 per cent) and West Bengal (40.2 per cent), according to the data.The NFHS-5 (2019-20) was conducted in 6.1 lakh sample households to collect information on population, health, family planning and nutrition-related indicators from the 22 states and union territories.
- Over 60 per cent women in 12 states and union territories have never used the internet, the latest National Family Health Survey has revealed. less than 40 per cent women have used the internet are Andhra Pradesh (21 per cent), Assam (28.2 per cent), Bihar (20.6 per cent), Gujarat (30.8 per cent), Karnataka (35 per cent), Maharashtra (38 per cent), Meghalaya (34.7 per cent), Telangana (26.5 per cent), Tripura (22.9 per cent), West Bengal (25.5 per cent), Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu (36.7 per cent) and Andaman & Nicobar Islands (34.8 per cent), the survey revealed. About 50 per cent men have used the internet in seven states -- Andhra Pradesh (48.8 per cent), Assam (42.3 per cent), Bihar (43.6 per cent), Meghalaya (42.1 per cent), Tripura (45.7 per cent), West Bengal (46.7 per cent), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (46.5 per cent), according to the data.
- Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that his party will contest in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections in 2022.
- British PM Boris Johnson to be India's chief guest for Republic Day
- The late Pranab Mukherjee''s son and daughter are at loggerheads with each other over his memoir “The Presidential Years”, one saying it should not be published without his consent and the other "requesting" her brother to not create “unnecessary hurdles” in the publication of his last book.
- Pramod Bodo was sworn in as the Chief Executive Member (CEM) of the autonomous council at a programme held in Kokrajhar.
- The NITI Aayog has released a white paper, “Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India” which is envisaged to serve as a vision document to propel Public Health Surveillance (PHS) in India and establish India as a global leader in the area.
- The Government has decided to create a database of migrant workers, including workers in the informal economy.
- The UK and the European Union (EU) have agreed to continue Brexit trade deal talks and abandon the 31st December deadline, end of the transition period for a post-Brexit trade agreement.
- Ayush doctors and homeopaths cannot prescribe or advertise medicines for the deadly coronavirus, which has so far affected over 99 lakh people in India, the Supreme Court said
- Eminent aerospace scientist and Padma Vibhushan awardee Roddam Narasimha died at a private hospital on Monday, doctors said. He was 87.
- The Lingaraj temple here will reopen from January 3. However, the temple will reopen for servitors initially from December 27 to December 31.
- The State Government today directed the Chairman of Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) to begin admission of students in MBA institutions for the academic year 2020-21.
- The Delhi government has appointed a consultant for redesigning of national capital roads on the lines of European cities and it is likely to be completed by early 2023,
- A Delhi court Tuesday acquitted 36 foreigners, who were charge sheeted for attending Tablighi Jamaat congregation here by allegedly being negligent and disobeying the government guidelines issued in wake of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. (Collected from Mass Media)
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