1.The Odisha government has decided to hike the monthly assistance for folk artistes under ‘Mukhyamantri Kalakar Sahayata Yojana’.

2.A three-year-old tigress gave birth to three cubs at Nandankanan Zoological Park (NZP). However, only one of the newborns has survived.

3.Three staff members of Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital in Kanpur, including a junior resident doctor and a nurse, were suspended after a living patient was erroneously declared dead on paper, prompting the initiation of post-mortem formalities.

4.Amid a row over the definition of Aravalli hills approved by it, the Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the issue and is slated to hear the matter Monday.

5.Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday announced that birth centenary celebrations of freedom fighter Parvati Giri will be held next month.

6.President Droupadi Murmu Sunday undertook a sortie onboard Indian Navy’s indigenously-built frontline submarine INS Vaghsheer on the Western seaboard.

7.Eight wagons of a goods train have derailed in Bihar’s Jamui district, causing disruption of railway services on the Howrah-Patna-Delhi route.

8.The draft electoral roll in Uttar Pradesh, which will be published December 31, is likely to have the names of about 12.55 crore voters, with almost 2.89 crore names deleted from the pre-SIR voter list.

9.The local administration has initiated the cancellation process of the public hearing held earlier this month for an upcoming coal mining project, a day after violent protests left several policemen injured and vehicles torched in Tamnar area in Raigarh district.

10.Russia Sunday sent three Iranian communications satellites into orbit, the second such launch since July, Iranian state television reported.

11.Dhaka rejects concerns raised by India over treatment of minorities in Bangladesh.

12. Private equity investments in real estate fell 29 per cent this year to $3.46 billion due to lower inflow of funds in housing and warehousing projects, according to Knight Frank India.

13.A recent archaeological discovery in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district has brought Kashmir's Buddhist past into the spotlight.

14.Yuvraj Sandhu, who had already secured the 2025 PGTI Order of Merit crown following his sixth victory of the season two weeks back, added another feather to his cap with a one-stroke triumph in the Tata Open 2025 to make it a record seven titles in the season.

15.Victor Osimhen scored a rare Africa Cup of Nations goal and Nigeria booked its place in the knockout stage with an ultimately nervy 3-2 win over Tunisia.