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The India star was named the 2019 recipient of the Humanitarian Award by the United Nations Children's Fund in June this year and received the award at the Snowflake Ball here Tuesday night.

A Chennai techie has helped American space agency NASA locate ISRO's Vikram Lander's debris on the surface of the moon. Shanmuga Subramanian received a mail from NASA thanking him. In Rajya Sabha, the Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was passed. All this and more in today’s (December 3) MyNation in 100 seconds

According to the new rule, family members of a former prime minister who reside with him at his allotted accommodation will get security cover of the SPG only for five years, from the date he/she ceases to hold the office of Prime Minister

Devendra Fadnavis on Monday (December 2) denied Uttara Kannada BJP MP Anant Kumar Hegde's claim that he was made Maharashtra chief minister despite not having a majority to prevent Central funds worth Rs 40,000 crore from being "misused". Muslim organisation Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind filed a petition seeking review of Supreme Court's verdict in the Ayodhya case. All this and more on today’s (December 2) MyNation in 100 seconds

In a statement, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that the winter season from December 2019 to February 2020 is likely to experience warmer than average minimum temperatures over most parts of the country except over northernmost parts of India

Amitabh Bachchan took to his Twitter account to pen a heart-warming message for Usha Jadhav who had worked with him in his 2014 release 'Bhoothnath Returns'
 

The government introduced a bill in the Parliament to merge the Union Territories of Daman-Diu and Dadra-Nagar Haveli. The importance of this bill has been simplified by Supriya Krishnamurthy, with inputs from Vicky Nanjappa. 

The much needed Data Protection Bill 2019 will be tabled in the Parliament that proposes to regulate the data protection and  privacy. The draft bill had stated that any person processing data owes a duty to the data principal to process personal data in a fair and reasonable manner that respects the privacy of the data principal.
 

Hello and welcome to this episode of The Handshake, my name is Amal Chowdhury and today we will be talking about how India and Sri Lanka need a fresh start in diplomacy.
 

MS Dhoni has not played for India since the team’s semi-final exit at the ICC World Cup 2019 in England in July. He had taken a break from cricket to serve in the Army. After that, the BCCI selectors did not pick him for any series

The Special Protection Group (SPG) security cover that was provided to the Gandhi family including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi was withdrawn by the Union Government on November 8, 2019. The SPG cover remains exclusive only to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Supriya Krishnamurthy simplifies why it was necessary to remove the SPG cover for the Gandhis, with inputs of Vicky Nanjappa. 

As Maharashtra years for a stable government, to be formed by Congress, NCP and Shiva Sena, we take a look at what would have happened at the national level, if Narendra Modi had failed to garner the robust numbers and gain a clear majority

Union home minister Amit Shah said the spirit of the Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill, 2019, was reflected in its title and the system of protection has been created according to the stature of the post