World News
- The decision to put VAT on Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for the first time (the state governments) has made
- Immanuel MacRanan (President) has announced that France will be completely removed Housing tax in 2020
- Palestine has ordered the return of the country's ambassador to the US (h'am saamloth)
- Archaeologists have discovered a 2,700 year old governor's label in Israel
- In China, the legislation banning the purchase and sale of elephants to prevent the killing of elephants
National News
- Vijay Kesava Gokhale has been appointed as new Secretary of State
- The Aadhaar number is mandatory to get benefit under the Atal Benson Yojana project
- The two countries exported the list of nuclear power stations in India and Pakistan for the 27th time
- Implementation Bill (Diploma in Certificate of Diploma) of Additional Empowerment for IIMs
- The Central Government has decided to review 4,000 cities in India under the purview
- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandra Babu Naidu announced the 2018 Telugu Year of Language Development
Business News
- Bharat State Bank's base lending rate was cut by 30 points to 8.65 per cent
- Chola MS General Insurance Company of Murugawa Group has been awarded the 'Golden Peacock' award for 2017
- State-owned Oil Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has found oil and gas in the Arabian Sea region
- The Union Finance Ministry has implemented a new offer not to pay the traders with a debit card and a beam processor for up to Rs. 2000
Sports games
- In the Ranji Trophy tournament, Vidarbha team won the championship for the first time
- Chennai's Satya Bama University has topped the state-of-the-art basketball tournament
- Manu Baker (Ariana), Mehi Lai Ghosh (West Bengal) have been choosen as the best players in the national shooter championship.
- Phil Simmons (former teammate of the West Indies) was appointed as the head coach of the Afghan cricket team
- ATP tennis tournament started in Pune in the name of the Marathan Open
- British Junior Open Squash takes place on January 3 at Birmingham (UK)