1. Lok Sabha passed the Anti-Maritime piracy bill, 2019. The Bill enables Indian authorities to take action against piracy in the high seas.
2. Agriculture Ministry to host Millets Food Festival for members of Parliament today.
3. Tourism Minister G. Kishan Reddy has said that Gaya and Nalanda in Bihar have been selected for development under Swadesh Darshan 2.0.
4. Over 28.46 crore unorganised workers registered on e-SHRAM portal till 13 Dec.
5. Union Minister of Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw has been appointed as the Chancellor of Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, Vadodara.
6. The government is not going to set up any fast-track National Company Law Tribunal, NCLT and NCL Appellate Tribunal for speedy processing of litigations related to Real Estate Companies of Delhi NCR.
7. The Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel unveils the logo, website and social media handles of Urban 20 conference in Gandhinagar. Ahmedabad will host the Urban 20 cycles as part of G 20 meetings between February to July.
8. Senior Congress leader Chander Kumar on Monday took oath as the pro tem speaker of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly.
9. 182 newly-elected MLAs took oath in the Gujarat Assembly on Monday. The MLAs, including Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, were administered oath by Protem Speaker Yogesh Patel.
10. The central government on Monday said 2,285 houses have been sanctioned for transgenders under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) so far.
11. Congress MLAs led by the Karnataka Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah staged a protest outside the assembly after VD Savarkar’s portrait was unveiled inside Karnataka Assembly Hall on Monday.
12. The winter session of the state legislature began at ‘Suvarna Vidhana Soudha’ in Belagavi on Monday.
13. Karnataka High Court has ordered the state government to permit private employees to apply for Bharat (BH) series for vehicle registrations.
CRIME REPORT
1. Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a plea challenging the election of BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur from the Bhopal seat in the Lok Sabha 2019 polls on grounds of giving “communal speeches”.
2. The Allahabad University to remain closed today in view of incidents of violence.
According to the statement, “unknown elements broke open the locks of the university’s gates, which resulted in violence between them and security guards.
3. A 22-year-old student was allegedly stabbed to death by an unknown person inside Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM party’s corporator’s office in Hyderabad. According to reports, the deceased student has been identified as Syed Murtuza Anas, who was the nephew of division 36 corporator Mohammed Ali Sharif (Azam).
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1.The first meeting of the Joint Finance and Health Task Force under the Finance Track of G-20 will be held in a virtual mode today.
2. The Government has attached and seized over Nine hundred crore rupees under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, PMLA, in cases of crypto frauds.
3. Reserve Bank of India has imposed a ₹2.66 crore penalty on Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait India Operations (BBK) for non-compliance with directions on cybersecurity framework.
4. Yes Bank on Monday said that it completed the transfer of bad loans worth ₹48,000 crore ($5.81 billion) to private equity firm JC Flowers Asset Reconstprivate.
ENTERTAINMENT
1. Naik (Retd) Bhairon Singh, hero of Longewala battle during the 1971 India-Pakistan war who was portrayed by actor Suniel Shetty in the movie ‘Border’, passed away at 81 in Jodhpur on Monday
2. Actors Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff and Prithviraj Sukumaran will reportedly begin shooting for ‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’ on January 17 at Yash Raj Studios in Mumbai.
DEFENCE
1. 1971 India-Pak war hero, Bhairon Singh Rathore passes away at 81. Rathore was deployed at the Longewala post in the Thar desert of Jaisalmer, commanding a small BSF unit of six to seven personnel that was accompanied by a 120 men company of the Army’s 23 Punjab regiment. It was the bravery of these men that decimated an assaulting Pakistani brigade and tank regiment at this location on December 5, 1971. He received the Sena Medal in 1972 for his gallant action. Posted with the 14th BSF battalion during the war, Bhairon Singh Rathore retired from service as a Naik in 1987.
PM Modi on Monday condoled the death of BSF’s veteran Border Security Force (BSF) veteran and hero of the India-Pakistan 1971 war, Naik Bhairon Singh Rathore (Retd). Bhairon Singh ji took his last breath at AIIMS, Jodhpur.
2. I N S V Tarini has set sail for an expedition to Cape Town, South Africa for participating in the 50th edition of Cape to Rio Race 2023. This ocean sailing race will be flagged off from Cape Town on 2nd January, 2023 and will culminate at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
3. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that anybody should not directly or indirectly criticize our Jawans as they are standing at 30 thousand feet above the sea to protect the country. He said Jawans should be respected and honoured.
4. Bangladesh Air Force Chief, Air Chief Marshal Shaikh Abdul Hannan on Monday visited the Barrackpore Air Force Station in West Bengal.
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