- India has abstained in the UN Security Council on a resolution establishing humanitarian exemption across all United Nations sanctions regimes, asserting that blacklisted terror groups have taken full advantage of such carve-outs.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Maharashtra and Goa on December 11, stated an official press release.
- The Orissa High Court has directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) in Bhubaneswar to personally monitor the investigation of a 28-year-old Anand Toppo ‘s death at a flat in Infocity area of the capital city on February 28 this year and submit a final report in this regard within three months.
- In a tragic incident, a child artiste, who had been selected to essay the role of Lord Balaram in the upcoming Bargarh Dhanu Yatra, died in the western Odisha town.
- Amid protests by the Opposition, the private member’s bill on Uniform Civil Code (UCC) was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Friday.The bill was introduced by BJP member Kirodi Lal Meena.
- Odisha government has not yet submitted a detailed proposal for establishment of benches of Orissa High Court including its location in consultation with the HC.This was informed by Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju in a written reply to a question of Koraput MP (Congress) Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka in Lok Sabha on Friday.
- New Twitter owner Elon Musk on Friday said the company will delete and free names of 1.5 billion accounts that have been inactive for years on the platform.
- Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said all parties should make a collective effort to implement a uniform civil code, which will be good for the nation and humanity.
- Trinamool's Saket Gokhale was arrested for a tweet targetting Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Morbi bridge collapse.
- The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Nagaland government, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the UPSC to finalise the process of appointment of the state Director General of Police on or before December 19.
- Marking the formal launch of TRS into national politics, party chief K Chandrasekhar Rao unfurled the party flag of BRS in the wake of the Election Commission approving the name change.
- The number of Indians renouncing citizenship has gone up significantly in the last few years, except for 2021. The number of Indians who renounced their citizenship was 1,33,049 in 2017, and five years later till October 31, this year a total of 1,83,741 gave up their citizenship.
- The State Transport Authority (STA) has issued as many as 35,144 e-challans, confiscated 5,868 DLs for suspension and seized 1,275 vehicles for violating road rules in November this year, an official said Friday.
- Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Sasmit Patra Friday urged the Centre to take steps to include three tribal languages — Ho, Mundari and Bhumij — in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution.
- The state government has set a target to provide piped water to all households by December, 2024. As per decision, Bhanjanagar RWSS division will provide piped water supply to 11 blocks and two NACs in Ganjam. This will be done by setting up a mega drinking water project to draw water from Mahanadi under Gania block in Nayagarh district.
- Enforcement agencies made a seizure of worth `801.85 crore and `57.24 crore, respectively, from Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh during the election process in the two states.
- In a jolt to the Congress days after being drubbed in the MCD polls, the party's Delhi unit vice president Ali Mehdi and two newly-elected councillors joined the Aam Aadmi Party on Friday.
- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has appointed Indian-origin insurance veteran Sushmita Shukla as First Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.
- State-owned BSNL’s 4G technology will be upgraded to 5G in 5-7 months and rolled out across 1.35 lakh telecom towers the company has in the country, Union telecom and railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said.
- Students will be able to get an undergraduate 'Honours' degree after completing four years instead of three, according to new draft norms prepared by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
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