1.Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant Sunday said technology should amplify human judgment and not replace it.

2.Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday departed from Delhi on a three-nation tour, beginning with a visit to Jordan at the invitation of King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein.

3.A comprehensive, one-year autopsy-based observational study conducted at AIIMS, Delhi, has found no evidence linking COVID-19 vaccination with sudden deaths among young adults.

4.ISRO has lined up seven launch missions by March next year. The first of the seven launches is expected to take place next week.

5.India ranks third in Stanford’s 2025 Global AI Vibrancy Index, highlighting rapid progress.

6.Gunmen opened fire at a Jewish holiday celebration at Sydney’s Bondi beach Sunday, killing at least 11 people.

7.The BJP Sunday appointed Nitin Nabin, a Cabinet minister in the Bihar government, as the party’s national working president.

8.Deputy Chief Minister KV Singh Deo Sunday underscored the need to embrace energy conservation not just as a habit but as a national duty.

9.The Centre has asked states to nominate women officers and those from Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) for appointment in key posts on central deputation so that adequate representation can be provided to them.

10.A raging fire destroyed nearly 600 sacks of paddy stored on a threshing ground (Dhana Khala) at Jalia village under Udar panchayat of Deogaon block in Bolangir district.

11.Violence erupted at various places across Kerala, particularly in the northern districts, following the announcement of local body election results on December 13, police said Sunday.

12.Over 85 per cent of eligible voters exercised their franchise in the second phase of gram panchayat elections in Telangana Sunday.

13.A court here Sunday sent Satadru Datta, the chief organiser of the Lionel Messi football event at Salt Lake stadium where chaos erupted a day ago, to 14-day police custody.

14.The Trump administration will begin Monday enhanced screening and vetting of H-1B and its dependent H-4 visa applicants, including checks of their social media profiles.

15.India has been ranked third in Stanford University's 2025 Global AI Vibrancy tool, which shows progress made across seven pillars comprising research and development, talent, infrastructure, in a year.