December  

The Vizag gas leak, which occurred on May 7th at the LG Polymers Plant at RR Venkatapuram near Naiduthota area, has brought back grim memories of the  December 2, 1984, Bhopal gas tragedy. Watch this video to know more.

Using DBT, the government has saved Rs 28,700 crore in the first nine months of the current fiscal year (April-December 2019-20)

The pamphlet recovered from Sharjeel Imam’s laptop calls on Muslims to disrupt Delhi. These pamphlets were distributed in mosques on December 15.

Earlier, PM Modi had addressed a rally at Ramlila Maidan on December 22 last year. In that rally, he attacked the opposition parties, accusing them of spreading lies over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC).

Days after the Supreme Court dismissed Nirbhaya case convict Akshay's review petition in December last year, the top court will once again hear a curative petition filed by him on January 30

The night of December 2nd, 1984, will remain etched in our country’s memory. On that horrific night, deadly methyl isocyanate gas leaked from the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant in Bhopal, claiming over 20,000 lives and leaving lakhs severely disabled. Abdul Jabbar, who was 28 then, lost his mother, father, brother and himself suffered lung fibrosis and lost 50% of his vision. On November 14, 2019, he passed away after fighting for justice for the victims and survivors for close to 3 decades. With the government of India awarding this Bhopal gas tragedy activist the Padma Shri posthumously, let’s take a look at his lesser-known story in this episode of India Untold with Sunita Iyer.

In line with the suggestions of Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Nitin Gadkari on December 17, 2019 while launching sale of ‘Khadi Rumal’ being stitched by militancy affected women of Jammu and Kashmir (at Nagrota near Jammu), Chairman KVIC, VK Saxena has approved the enhancement of wages.

The four Nirbhaya case convicts were sentenced to death for raping a 23-year-old woman in a moving bus in the national capital on the intervening night of December 16-17, 2012

Several students raised slogans against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. This is in retaliation to the MP’s statement in December 2019, where he had said that the fight against Hindutva extremism should give no comfort to Islamist extremism.

A senior Delhi police officer said they are very close to identifying culprits behind the brutal attack on JNU students on December 5 as they have identified at least 70 administrators of two WhatsApp groups where the attacks were planned.
 

The protests at JNU campus over the students attack on December 5 have been painted with political colour and it has become a hub for the Opposition to use students to serve their political ambitions.

PM Narendra Modi released the third instalment of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi of Rs 2,000 for the period December 2019 to March 2020.

Take a glance at the meme to find out which side of the fence you landed on New Year’s Day considering your actions on December 31.
 

Former President of United States Barack Obama on 30th December shared the list of his favourite music of the year which included the song 'Cold/Mess' by Indian musician Prateek Kuhad alongside Beyonce's 'Mood 4 Eva', The Black Keys 'Go' among others.

The Union Minister for Communications, Law & Justice and Electronics & Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that the Mobile Security should be our National Priority because the mobile handset became an important tool for all online activities. He was addressing the gathering, on 30th December, after launching a Web Portal called ‘Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR)’ for the customers of Delhi to facilitate blocking and tracing of Stolen/Lost Mobile Phones in Delhi.