National News
- Union Rural development ministry in partnership with state governments has completed the ranking of 50,000 gram Panchayat under Mission Antyodya
- India to link highway corridors to international trade points for Rs.25,000 crore which will be carried out for facilitating trade with Nepal, Bhutan Bangladesh and Myanmar.
- Indian Railway Flagged off India’s first air conditional sub-urban local train for Mumbai commuters between Berivali and churchgate on the Western Railway.
- PM Modi inaugurated the Botanical Garden Kalkaji section (of Magenta line) of Delhi Metro
- Bangalore becomes first city to get its own logo was launched at the Namma Bangalore Habba festival at vidhana soudha, in Bangalore.
- The centre has recognized Odisha as a “champion state” for recording the highest growth in exports during 2016-17
- The Uttar Pradesh government signed MoU with South Korea in the field of tourism, skill development, culture and farming
- To enhance standards of cleanliness on beaches the environment ministry has launched a pilot project ‘Blue flag’ for its clean up and development.
- Good Governance – 25th December.
It marks the birth anniversary of former PM Vajpayee - Vice president(Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu) has inaugurated the centenary celebrations of Yoga institute in Mumbai
- Jairam Thakur will be Himachal Pradesh new CM.
International News
- An agreement was signed by Rosatom overseas and Sudan’s ministry of water Resources, Irrigation and Electricity in Khartoum, Sudan.
- Narendra Modi will be the first Indian PM in past 20 yrs to attend the annual meeting of World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland.
Banking and Finance
- Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh top contributors of the GST for first five months.
- Public sector banks “Non - Performing Assets (NPAs) of Indian public sector banks stood at Rs.7.34 lakh crore by end of Sep 2017.
Business
- Central public sector NHPC has proposed to set up 100-200 capacity solar projects in Odisha.
Awards and Recognition
- Sudarsan Pattnaik International sand artist created the world’s biggest sand santa-face with message world peace at Puri beach, Odisha
Science and Technology
- QRSAM – Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile was successfully test fired from Drdo, chandipur in Odisha.
Sports
- Sushil Kumar became the most expensive wrestler of the PWL (pro wrestling league) in New Delhi.