- India reported 7,081 fresh COVID-19 cases and 264 deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday. The country's active caseload currently stands at 83,913, lowest in 570 days.
- Ramana said students of law, “being the guardians of freedom, justice, equality and ethics, cannot allow narrow and partisan views to dominate the nation’s thought”
- TMC Rajya Sabha leader Derek O'Brien tweeted that the invite leaves out 10 Opposition parties. “...Failed stunt. ALL OPPN clear: first revoke arbitrary suspension,” he wrote.
- UP govt to launch ‘happiness curriculum’ in primary schools from next session.The happiness curriculum will be introduced to the students of classes 1 to 8. It will enable them to connect with themselves, family, society, nature and the country.
- THE TELANGANA Higher Education Department is reviewing the effectiveness of its online classes after more than half the Intermediate students (Classes 11 and 12) failed the first-year or Class 11 exam, results for which were declared on Thursday. Only 49% of the students cleared the exam.
- The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Saturday successfully tested the new-generation nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni Prime from APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha.
- The Chinese-made drone was downed on Friday around 11:10 PM near the Wan border post in the Ferozepur sector.
- Kidambi Srikanth lost the final of BWF World Championships to Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in men’s singles on Sunday.
- India's Omicron count rises to 145. Maharashtra (48), Delhi (22), Rajasthan (17) and Karnataka (14), Telangana (20), Gujarat (9), Kerala (11), Andhra Pradesh (1), Chandigarh (1), Tamil Nadu (1) and West Bengal (1).55 ty
- The govt has allocated 10 thousand 180 crore rupees to Rajasthan in the current financial year under Jal Jeevan Mission. Ministry of Jal Shakti has said that it is a four-fold increase from two thousand 522 crore rupees allocated in the last financial year. The Ministry said that the central government is providing all-out support to States to make provision of tap water supply to every rural household of the country by 2024.
- Andaman & Nicobar Islands Achieve 100% Covid Vaccination Coverage.
- Senior woman IAS officer Kalpana Srivastava OF Madhya Pradesh who had taken cognisance of a complaint alleging massive corruption within the horticulture department was removed from the post of principal secretary (PS).
- CM K. Chandrashekar Rao on 18 Dec announced that a sum of Rs 5,000 per acre for rabi season will be credited in the bank accounts of farmers from December 28 under the Rythu Bandhu scheme.
- According to the Ministry of Finance, 3.59 crore Income Tax Returns (ITRs) were filed via the new e-filing portal of the Income Tax Department as of December 15, 2021.
- From January 1, 2022, customers of the India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) will be charged for cash deposits and withdrawals. Cash withdrawals, which are free up to 4 transactions per month for a Basic Savings Account, will be charged at 0.50% of the total amount, subject to a minimum of Rs 25 per transaction
- The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 43 Indian fishermen and seized six trawlers for allegedly poaching in the country's territorial waters.
- In the Philippines, at least 108 people were reportedly killed as Super Typhoon Rai, with a wind speed of about 195km/hour hit the country's south-eastern islands. Rescue and relief efforts are on in the typhoon-hit areas.
- India's tour of South Africa will begin from December 26 instead of Dec. 17. The tour was scheduled to begin from Dec. 17 but got pushed back due to the Omicron variant threat.
- As many as 10 places in Odisha recorded minimum temperature between 12 and 15 degree Celsius in the last 24 hours. The places included Balasore (14 degree C), Chandbali (13.6 degree C), Angul (14 degree C), Baripada (14 degree C), Keonjhar (12.6 degree C), Sambalpur (13.7 degree C), Hirakud (13.2 degree C), Talcher (12 degree C), Malkangiri (12.5 degree C) and Nayagarh (12 degree C).
- The state supported incubation hub is located in the Special Economic Zone, Patia Bhubaneswar and offers 1,50,000 square feet area with state-of-the art facility, plug-n-play infrastructure to support startup activities within the state
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