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• Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn will be sentenced next month for lying to federal agents after a judge rejected his request to throw out his case.


• US District Judge Emmet Sullivan in Washington also said that Flynn wasn’t entitled to additional evidence.


• “It is undisputed that Mr. Flynn not only made those false statements to the FBI agents, but he also made the same false statements to the vice president and senior White House officials, who, in turn, repeated Mr. Flynn’s false statements to the American people on national television,” Sullivan said in a 92-page ruling.

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• President Donald Trump on the eve of his expected impeachment lit into congressional Democrats for what he deemed a "perversion of justice" and an "attempted coup," predicting in a rambling and rageful letter that voters would punish Democrats and history would vindicate him.


• The president's written diatribe was delivered as the House set the stage for a historic floor debate and impeachment vote - a momentous act that is nonetheless likely to be devoid of suspense as tribal partisanship in the Capitol has made the outcome a near-certainty.

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• The US Senate approved a massive defense spending bill on Tuesday, sending Donald Trump a $738 billion package that creates a new space force, fulfilling a presidential priority, and seeks to curb Russia's sprawling energy ambitions.


• The National Defense Authorization Act, which passed 86 to eight, marks a jump from the $716 billion in funding authorized last year.

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• President Donald Trump supports massive US government spending plans hammered out by Congress this week and plans to sign the $1.4 trillion budget bill into law, White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said.


• "He's very happy with what he's learned the final contents are expected to be in the spending bill, and he's pleased to sign it," Conway told reporters at the White House.

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• China urged the UN Security Council to unanimously back its joint proposal with Russia to ease sanctions on North Korea, warning that dialogue to resolve nuclear tensions must not regress.


• The nuclear-armed North has issued increasingly strident declarations in recent weeks, even promising an ominous "Christmas gift" if Washington does not come up with some concessions.

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• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Foreign Minister S Jaishankar will meet with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defence Secretary Mark Esper in Washington as India and the US work to ramp up defence and political ties.


• India is one of only three countries to enjoy the annual "2+2" talks with the US - a format meant to encourage deep, strategic relations.

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• An estimated 800,000 immigrants who are working legally in the United States are waiting for a green card, an unprecedented backlog in employment-based immigration that has fueled a bitter policy debate but has been largely overshadowed by President Donald Trump's border wall and the administration's focus on migrant crossings from Mexico.


• Most of those waiting for employment-based green cards that would allow them to stay in the United States permanently are Indian nationals.

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• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a meeting of his Council of Ministers on December 21 at Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra Auditorium instead of Garvi Gujarat Bhavan in Delhi.


• Earlier the meeting was to be held at Garvi Gujrat Bhavan. It will, however, now be held at Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra Auditorium at Rizal Marg Chanakyapuri.


• In the meeting, PM Modi will review the progress of the works done by the ministries over the last six months.

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• The ''disturbed area'' status in Manipur has been extended for another six months from, said Th Radheshyam Singh, the state's Education Minister, at a press conference in Imphal.


• He further said that the state cabinet has taken a resolution in this connection in its meeting held at the office of the Chief Minister of Manipur.

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• India strongly rejected a resolution adopted by Pakistan national assembly on the amended citizenship law, calling it a poorly disguised effort to divert attention from Islamabad's "appalling treatment" and "persecution" of its own religious minorities.


• In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs said the resolution makes references to matters which are entirely internal to India.

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• Country's largest education board, CBSE has released the class 10 and 12 board exam date sheet exactly 60 days before the exam.


• The Board conducts annual class 10, 12 exams every year for close to 30 lakh students. CBSE offers 240 subjects in both the classes and conducts the exam in 30,000 subject combinations.


• The Board has released guidelines for students that includes the time permitted for the exam and to carry out other formalities of the exam.

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• To resolve the issue of boycott of examinations by the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students, the administration has been sending question papers to them on e-mail and asking them to submit the answer script through e-mail or WhatsApp.


• JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh here shared one such instance as she circulated a screenshot of an e-mail undersigned by Pravesh Kumar of the International studies department.

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• Karnataka State Police (KSP) has released the final answer key for Civil Police Constable (CPC) Exam 2019. Candidates can download the answer keys online from the official website of Karnataka State Police.


• KSP Civil Police Constable (Men and Women) Exam 2019 was held on 17 November. The provisional answer key was released on November 26 after which candidates had challenged some wrong answers.


• The board has considered the objections and released the revised final answer keys.

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• California has settled with an India-based technology company that it accuses of misclassifying foreign workers and related tax fraud, the state attorney general’s office said.


• Infosys Limited, a business consulting, information technology and outsourcing company, and its subsidiary, Infosys BPM Limited, will pay California $800,000.

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• From corporate tax rate cut and bank recapitalization, to ‘the big bank merger’, here’s a quick look at some of the key policy decisions taken by the government in 2019.


• Year 2019 saw some major policy decisions in the banking, corporate and real estate sectors. Apart from the that, the Finance Ministry is trying hard to bring the economy back on track.

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• The South African Cricketers' Association rejected a move by the embattled board of Cricket South Africa to find a solution to an issue which is the subject of ongoing legal action.


• SACA repeated its call for the board to resign as the rift between players and board showed no signs of being healed, despite the suspension of chief executive Thabang Moroe and the appointment of Jacques Faul as interim chief executive, Graeme Smith as interim director of cricket and Mark Boucher as head coach of the national team.

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• India men's hockey team will open their 2020 Olympics campaign against New Zealand and the women's team against the Netherlands on July 25, as per the International Hockey Federation.


• India, ranked fifth in the world, will face the world number one Australia on July 26 in their second game. The women's team will face Germany on July 27.

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• Australian all-rounder Ellyse Perry has been named ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year for the second time in three years.


• Perry also won the ICC Women's ODI Player of the Year award. Perry has scored 441 ODI runs and taken 21 wickets this year. Australia wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy won T20I Women's Cricketer of the Year award the second straight year.

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• Amitabha Bagchi’s book “Half The Night Is Gone” won the 9th edition of DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019.


• The award ceremony was held in the 8th edition of IME (International Money Express) Nepal Literature Festival 2019 held in Pokhara, Nepal.


• The award was presented by Pradeep Gyawali, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Nepal and Surina Narula, co-founder of the DSC Prize.

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• The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed shortlisted contenders in nine categories, including Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject and International Feature Film.


• Other categories are: Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film and Visual Effects.


• Fifteen films will advance in the documentary feature category after 159 films were submitted in the category, reports variety.com

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• Charl Langeveldt is all set to work with the South Africa men's team after his resignation as the fast bowling coach of Bangladesh was accepted by the country's cricket board.


• Akram Khan, the cricket operations committee chairman of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), has confirmed that the board has accepted Langeveldt's resignation after he emailed the board explaining that he has an offer from Cricket South Africa.

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• Sridhar Patra was appointed as the Chief Managing Director(CMD) of the National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO).


• Currently he serves as Director of Finance in NALCO. He will serve the company until his superannuation on October 31, 2024.

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• Veteran actor Shriram Lagoo died of age-related issues at a private hospital in Pune on Tuesday, reported news agency ANI.


• He was 92. "I spoke to his son-in-law. He died due to age-related complications," playwright Satish Alekar told news agency PTI.


• Shriram Lagoo was best-known for his performances in Hindi as well as Marathi cinema and theatre. Shiram Lagoo directed more than 20 Marathi plays.


• The legendary thespian was also as a trained ENT surgeon and was associated with several social causes.