- Prime Minister Narendra Modi to transfer tenth installment of PM-Kisan Scheme to bank accounts of more than 10 crore farmers tomorrow.
- Shri Dharmendra Pradhan will launch 100 days Reading Campaign ‘PADHE BHARAT’ tomorrow.
- GST Council decides to retain status quo on GST rate on textile to five per cent.
- Centre asks States and Union Territories to upscale testing for COVID -19.
- CBI files chargesheet against 16 accused including a Hyderabad-based company, its directors, sister companies, MD & CAs before a special Delhi court for causing alleged loss of approximately Rs 947.71 crores to a consortium of lenders led by Power Finance Corporation Limited.
- Registration on Co-WIN portal for Vaccination of youngsters in age group of 15 to 18 years begins from tomorrow.
- Rain continues in Chennai. Forecast for thunderstorms with rainfall for the next 5 days in the coastal districts of Tamil Nadu.
- New Year Eve celebrations in India and across the world to be subdued amid COVID restrictions.
- Chetan Sharma, Chairman of BCCI’s Senior Selection Committee that no one asked Virat Kohli to quit T20 captaincy. As soon as Selection Committee’s meeting on white-ball captaincy got over, I informed him. We had a good chat & he agreed. We didn’t want to involve him in the meeting.
- In cricket, India lifts Under-19 Asia Cup by defeating Sri Lanka by nine wickets in One-Day International final in Dubai.
- BCCI announces Team India for 3 ODI series against South Africa: KL Rahul (Capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Ruturaj Gaekwad, Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Y Chahal, R Ashwin, W Sundar, J Bumrah (VC), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Prasidh Krishna, Shardul Thakur and Mohd. Siraj.
- Smriti Mandhana nominated for prestigious Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year-2021.
