- Healthcare experts have said that there may not be a second peak of COVID-19 in the country, and even if it occurs, it is unlikely to be as strong as the first one.
- US President Donald Trump signed into law on Friday the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, which will delist Chinese companies from American stock exchanges. The new trading law will affect nearly all Chinese firms listed on US exchanges, none of which now comply with the US auditing rules, reported South China Morning Post (SCMP).
- Twenty-three feature films, including Odia movie ‘Kalira Atita’ by award winning filmmaker Nila Madhab Panda has been selected in the Indian Panorama 2020 films for the upcoming International Film Festival of India (IFFI) scheduled to be held in January next year. Panda’s movie is based on climate change and its repercussions. ‘Kalira Atita’ is one of the feature films which will be screened during the eight-day film festival in Goa starting from January 16 to January 24, 2021
- Terming the right to health as a fundamental right which includes affordable treatment, the Supreme Court on Friday said it is the duty of the state to make provisions for affordable treatment during this unprecedented pandemic.
- Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday said that country's scientists and health experts have worked on the development of an indigenous vaccine and in the upcoming six to seven months India will have the capacity to inoculate about 30 crore people.
- Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday tendered an apology to Vivek Doval, the son of National Security Advisor , before a Delhi court in connection with a criminal defamation case.
- A court in Mumbai has directed the police to investigate the defamation complaint filed by Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar against actor Kangana Ranaut, and asked them to submit a report on January 16.
- Commonwealth Games silver-medallist Satish Kumar (+91kg) advanced to the final of boxing's Cologne World Cup in Germany after beating France's Djamili Dini Moindze in the semifinals.Satish, also a former Asian Games and Asian Championships bronze-winner, prevailed 4-1 against Moindze to face Germany's Nelvie Tiafack in the summit clash scheduled late on Saturday
- Odisha's COVID-19 caseload on Saturday surged to 3,25,861 after 356 more people tested positive for the infection, while three fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 1,832, a health department official said.
- RSS ideologue, senior journalist and ex-legislator Madhav Govind Vaidya passed away in a private hospital here on Saturday. He was 97.
- Union Minister of State of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries and MSME Pratap Sarangi on Thursday said that the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) will soon be launching ‘Vedic Paint’ made out of cow dung.
- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday that her government has reached over 1 crore people in two weeks with doorstep delivery of services.
- India skipper Virat Kohli ended 2020 without an international century, his first such calendar year in 12 years.
- In view of possible influx of devotees following reopening of Srimandir in Puri from January 3 next year, the district administration is planning to provide accommodation facility at affordable prices for devotees.In this regard, land has been identified at Baseli Sahi police limits area for construction of Bhakta Niwas for accommodation at cheaper prices, informed Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) Chief Administrator Krishan Kumar today.
- The school for classes IX to XII in urban and rural areas of Nashik will resume from January 4, said Chhagan Bhujbal, Maharashtra food and civil supplies minister and Nashik guardian minister. The civic and zilla parishad authorities were asked to start preparations accordingly.
- The Railways has lost around 700 frontline workers, among the 30,000 infected with COVID-19 in the last nine months.
- Karnataka government on Saturday announced that classes for standard 10th and 12th will start from 1 January. However, amid coronavirus pandemic students will have to get written permission from their parents, said Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar.
- Jawaharlal Nehru University on Saturday said it will reopen the university for students from Monday as part of of the phase 4 of the phased opening of the campus. All students have to undergo self-quarantine of seven days after arrival at Delhi from outstation and before joining the university, the university administration said.
- OneWeb, a broadband satellite company acquired by a consortium of investors comprising the UK government and Sunil Mittal-led Bharti Global, plans to start high-speed internet services in India by mid-2022.
- IMD stated in its bulletin on Saturday stated, cold wave to severe cold wave conditions at many places very likely over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi; at a few places over West Uttar Pradesh; at isolated places over East Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan and cold wave conditions at isolated places over Jammu division, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh during the next 24 hours and decrease thereafter. ( Collected from Mass Media)
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