1.The United Nations says that, at best, it will be able to raise enough money to help about 60% of the 307 million people it predicts will need humanitarian aid next year. That means at least 117 million people won’t get food or other assistance in 2025.

2.An anti-graft panel in Bangladesh has launched an investigation against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her family in connection with the allegations of embezzling $ 5 billion in the Rooppur nuclear power plant, according to a media report.

3.A Russian-born US citizen already imprisoned in Russia on a bribery conviction has been handed a second 15-year jail term for espionage, Russian news agencies reported Tuesday.

4.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday unveiled statues of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Cuttack and eminent scholar Bagmi Biswanath Kar in Bhubaneswar as part of the state’s initiative to honour 21 renowned personalities in 2024.

5.A six-year-old girl was mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs at Pupugaon village under this police limits in Koraput district Tuesday.

6. Former army chief Vijay Kumar Singh, who was also a minister in the last two terms of the Modi government, has been named the new Mizoram governor while Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has been shifted to Bihar, where Assembly elections are due next year

7.State-owned Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) will invest Rs 61,000 crore to set up a naphtha cracker project at Paradip in Odisha, a statement said Tuesday.

8.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday claimed that he was also a victim of chit fund scams and urged people to be aware of the activities of ponzi firms to save their hard-earned money.

9.Mizoram Governor Dr Hari Babu Kambhampati has been appointed as the Governor of Odisha replacing Raghubar Das whose resignation was accepted by the President of India Tuesday.

10.India will play all their matches of the Champions Trophy in Dubai with the marquee clash against arch-rivals Pakistan scheduled February 23, the ICC said Tuesday.

11.According to the United Nations, 1.9 million people were displaced in Gaza as of October 2024 out of a population of 2.2 million people. Just one week after Hamas’ attack on Israel, Netanyahu’s government ordered 1.1 million Gazans north of the Wadi Gaza, including those in Gaza City, to evacuate within 24 hours.

12.As many as 60 NCC cadets were hospitalised following a suspected case of food poisoning at a camp held at a college in Kerala, creating an anxious situation, offi cials said.

13. Women accounted for an impressive 2.8 crore job applications, out of a total of seven crore in 2024, marking a 20 per cent increase from 2023, revealed a new report.

14.The rupee extended the slide for the second straight session and depreciated 9 paise to settle at a fresh all-time low of 85.20 (provisional) against the US dollar Tuesday.

15.Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted people on Christmas on Wednesday.