- The Supreme Court has sought response from the Centre and others on a plea seeking directions for a castebased census for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the upcoming Census.
- The Income Tax (I-T) department, like many times earlier, Saturday issued an advisory that those permanent account numbers (PANs) which are not linked with Aadhaar by the end of March next year will be rendered “inoperative”
- According to a recently released CAG report, 114 urban local bodies (ULBs) in the state generate around 8,08,139 tonne waste per annum. Of this, 45,339.40 tonne is plastic waste. Smart city alone generated around 15,292 tonne plastic waste in 2018-19. The figure went northward in 2019-20 when the City produced 17,520 tonne of plastic waste.
- Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Saturday said RTPCR test for detection of Covid19 would be made mandatory for passengers from China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand for their travel to India.
- The Special Task Force (STF) has seized brown sugar weighing over 22 kg during the year 2022. Meanwhile, the state police have managed to seize a total of 47 kgs of brown sugar including seizure by STF.
- Telangana’s first KG to PG institution has come up in Rajanna Sircilla district. The state government has built an integrated campus from Kindergarten to Post Graduation and has come up at Gambhiraopet to provide free education to all.
- Uttarakhand Governor Lt Gen (Retd) Gurmit Singh has given his assent to the Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2022, making unlawful conversions a cognizable and non-bailable offence punishable with a prison term of up to 10 years
- TV actress Tunisha Sharma, 20-year-old actress who was on the cast of ‘Ali Baba: Dastaan-E-Kabul’, is no more. She was found dead on the sets of a TV serial in Vasai, Mumbai, Saturday.
- From its humble beginning in December 2002 with a corridor of just 8.2 km spanning six stations on the Red Line, the Delhi Metro has grown into a network of over 390 km in 2022, completing an eventful journey of 20 years of operations.
- A fire on Saturday at a private shelter in the Siberian city of Kemerovo that was operating illegally killed 22 people, Russian officials said
- Byju’s has announced that the company will check the affordability of its potential customers in order to not sell its courses or provide loans for courses to families with an income of less than 25,000. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) issued the summons following revelations in a two-part reference to Byju’s workplace culture and customer service processes.
- The Union Cabinet Friday approved minimum support prices (MSPs) for copra for 2023 season, fixing it at Rs 10,860 per quintal for fair average quality of milling copra and at `11,750 per quintal for ball copra. This is an increase of `270 per quintal for milling copra and `750 per quintal for ball copra over the previous season.
- Indian Railways has issued the Letter of Award (LoA) for Manufacturing and Maintenance of 9000 HP Electric Freight Locomotives to Siemens, India. The estimated value of the contract is about Rs 26,000 crore ($3.2 billion), excluding taxes and price variation.
- The 18-year-old NEET aspirant who ended his life by hanging himself has blamed the breakup with his girlfriend and mounting pressure of studies for taking the extreme step in his suicide note, police said on Saturday.
- The railways is planning to modernise 1,000 small yet important stations under the new "Amrit Bharat Station Scheme".
- Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday observed that medical education in Tamil Nadu should be taught in Tamil language.
- Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday attacked the BJP government for allegedly spreading hate using religious differences as a weapon. He took the swipe during a speech at the Red Fort after the Bharat Jodo Yatra reached the monument.
- Continuing his perform or perish drive and zero tolerance for corruption, telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has approved force retirement for 10 senior DoT officials, including a joint secretary, an official source said on Saturday.
- The Aam Aadmi Party Saturday claimed the BJP will support an Independent candidate for Delhi mayor and challenged it to field its own candidate for the top MCD post.
- The Bharatiya Janata Party in Madhya Pradesh has refuted allegations by Congress MLA Jitu Patwari that the state government had spent crores of public money to arrange food for ruling party functionaries between 2014 and 2018.
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