1.Agitating farmers suspended their foot march to Delhi Sunday after some of them sustained injuries in teargas shelling by Haryana security personnel .

2.Syrians poured into streets echoing with celebratory gunfire Sunday after a stunning rebel advance reached the capital, putting an end to the Assad family’s 50 years of iron rule but raising questions about the future of the country and the wider region.

3.Sambhaji Kutey, a 1997-batch Odisha-cadre IPS officer, who was suspended by ECI for “unduly interfering in the conduct of the election” and reinstated later, has been appointed as Inspector General (IG) of the Border Security Force (BSF).

4.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday launched the distribution of additional input assistance of Rs800 over and above the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of `2,300 per quintal of paddy to the farmers of the state.

5.During 2017-22, five Panchayat Samitis diverted Rs2.82 crore out of GGY funds for expenses not admissible under GGY. Out of it, Rs0.40 crore was pending for recoupment as of March 2022.

6.President Droupadi Murmu will present the National Panchayat Awards 2024 December 11 at Vigyan Bhawan. New Delhi, recognising. Odisha is set to be honoured in seven categories, reflecting its significant contributions to community development and sustainable growth.

7.In a significant move, the state government has allotted 24 state-of-theart All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) to the Forest department in Mayurbhanj district with a view to enhance wildlife protection and prevent forest fi res across five forest divisions of Similipal Wildlife Sanctuary.

8.Criticising the government over its statement in Parliament on India-China ties, the Congress Sunday claimed that the Modi government has agreed to a “new normal” over the “old normal” prevailing before April 2020 which was unilaterally disturbed by China.

9.Indian nationals in Syria are safe, government sources said Sunday, hours after Islamist rebels captured power in Damascus evicting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power.

10.The number of UPI transactions may touch 25 billion a month towards the end of 2025.

11.sixtysix per cent of business fi rms surveyed across 159 districts admitted that they paid bribes in the last 12 months, a report by online platform LocalCricles said Sunday.

12After heavy selling in the past two months, foreign investors have staged a strong comeback to Indian equities with a net investment of `24,454 crore in the first week of December amid stabilising global conditions and expectations of potential US Federal Reserve rate cuts.

13Donald Trump Sunday called for an immediate cease-fi re in Russia’s war with Ukraine and the president-elect renewed warnings that he was open to pulling the United States out of NATO.

14.Elections to five municipal corporations and 44 municipal councils and nagar panchayats in Punjab will be held December 21, the State Election Commission said Sunday.

15.The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is likely to start repair work for the Ratna Bhandar of Srimandir in Puri from December 16, an official said Sunday