1.The process of ‘SIR of the voter list is underway in 12 states and union territories of the country. It will be completed by next February. The SIR of Odisha will be published by the end of this year and accordingly, preparations are underway to hold three-tier panchayat elections in the state in 2027.

2.The Supreme Court has decided to hear the Aravalli Hills case independently. A bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant will hear the case from Monday.

3.Violence and agitation are continuing across the country in Bangladesh to protest against the killing of a student leader. The lynching of two Hindus, Deepuchandra Das and Amrit Mandal, has created terror among Hindus in Bangladesh.

4.Birth defects or congenital anomalies are a major cause of child diseases and deaths in India. It can be successfully treated with timely surgical intervention.

5.Prime Minister Christopher Lockne has strongly supported the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and New Zealand. The much-awaited agreement with India has been reached.

6.Investors pour over Rs3 lakh crore into mutual fund schemes through SIP, for the first time in a calendar year.

7.The State Transport Authority (STA) has instructed all RTOs to accept cash payments against e-challans issued to motorists for traffic violations.

8.The state government has inducted a five-member all-woman squad for the protection of forest and animals in Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary.

9.West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Saturday, condemned the killing of a migrant worker from the state in Odisha and asserted that speaking in Bengali cannot be a crime.

10.The state government is set to receive incentives of Rs 155 crore from the Centre for the successful implementation of the digital crop survey and farmers’ registry.

11.127 NCC cadets (80 boys & 47 girls) from Odisha have been selected to participate in the Republic Day Camp (RDC) in New Delhi from December 27 to 29.

12.Union Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan Saturday launched several developmental projects worth Rs215 crore in Rourkela.

13.The Hyderabad city police have filed a charge sheet in a court here against 23 persons, including top Telugu actor Allu Arjun, in connection with the death of a woman in a stampede during the premiere of ‘Pushpa-2’ film at Sandhya theatre here last year.

14.The world’s longest handwritten Bible, stretching an extraordinary 100 kilometres, will be unveiled Sunday by Cardinal Mar George Koovakkad at Thrissur in Kerala.

Housing sales declined 14 per cent this year to nearly 3.96 lakh units across seven major cities, mainly due to high prices and poor demand following layoffs in the IT sector, but rose 6 per cent in value terms to Rs 6 lakh crore, according to Anarock