- Jammu and Kashmir recorded the elimination of 203 terrorists including 166 local militants by security forces in 2020, while 43 civilians were killed and 92 others injured in the union territory, official sources said.
- The Centre on Monday invited the 40 protesting farmer unions for the next round of talks on December 30.But in its letter on Tuesday, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, the umbrella organisation which represents the farmer unions, said the modalities for repealing the three contentious laws and a legal guarantee on minimum support price (MSP) must be part of the agenda.
- Deputy chairman of Karnataka Legislative Council S L Dharme Gowda allegedly died by suicide at Gunasagar village between Birur and Kadur at 2 am.
- It said the March 2019 revision order of the Income Tax Department that sought to cancel tax exemption to the three trusts was 'devoid of any legally sustainable merits'.
- Former Economic Affairs Secretary Atanu Chakraborty is likely to be the next Chairperson of the country's largest private sector lender HDFC Bank, sources said. He would replace Shyamala Gopinath, who is set to complete her term in January.
- Pandemic has shadowed New Year celebration and the hospitality sector will have to wait a bit more to get their patrons back and claimed that Delhi NCR may well lose Rs 200 crore to Rs 250 crore business on the last day of the year.
- The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways proposes to make it mandatory that an airbag be provided for the passenger seated on the front seat of a vehicle, next to the driver," the ministry said in a statement. The proposed timelines for the implementation of the move is April 1, 2021, for new models and June 1, 2021, for existing models.
- Over 1,500 mobile towers were targeted during farmers' stir in Punjab. COAI's Director General, SP Kochhar said disruption of telecom services is causing immense inconvenience to the common man, for whom mobile services are "essential".
- 21-year-old Arya Rajendran was sworn in the new Mayor of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation on Monday. Arya, who secured 54 votes in the 100-member council, is the youngest mayor to ever take charge in the country.
- Amid the fear of highly infectious new SARS-CoV2 strain, 92 persons, who had recently returned to the State from the UK are untraceable.
- The Delhi high Court has directed that services of various contractual teachers working with a school, being run under the aegis of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) University, shall not be discontinued till March next year.
- Despite the government's repeated claims that they have held multiple consultations with 'stakeholders' before the three farm bills were enacted into laws, in response to an RTI query filed by NDTV seeking information about such meetings held with farmers, the government said they do not "hold any record in this matter."
- NCP chief and former agriculture minister Sharad Pawar today accused the Centre of bulldozing three new farm laws without consulting states and asserted that agriculture cannot be run "sitting in Delhi" as it involves farmers toiling in distant villages.
- Malayalam film Varthamanam, set in the backdrop of students' protest held in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi early this year, has been denied permission for screening by the Censor Board of Film Certification's (CBFC) regional office here.
- Although gross bad loans of banks have moderated in FY20 and even so far in FY21, asset quality may sharply deteriorate going forward, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in a report on Tuesday.
- The deadline for filing income tax returns (ITR) for fiscal 2019-20 is fast approaching. According to the income tax department, over 4.37 crore income tax returns for assessment year 2020-21 have been filed as of 28 December, up from 4.23 crore a day earlier.
- The government has proposed to make it mandatory for automakers to offer airbags for front passengers on new vehicle models manufactured from 1 April.
- Bharat Biotech's experimental COVID-19 vaccine candidate Covaxin can offer protection against new strain of coronavirus found in the United Kingdom, chairman and managing director Krishna Ella said on Tuesday
- The new solar policy announced by the Gujarat government on Tuesday offers a slew of incentives such as no ceiling on capacity to be installed and allowing consumers to lease their roofs and premises for setting up plants.
- India defeated Australia by eight wickets in the second Test at the Melbourne Cricket Cricket Ground on Tuesday. The four-Test series is now level at 1-1. Australia had won the first Test in Adelaide, also by eight wickets.
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