1. The govt is likely to amend the RBI Act to extinguish the validity of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 and a reference to this effect would be made in the upcoming Budget.
2. As part of the demonetisation process, there would be a law to make Rs 500/1000 notes invalid and it can be made effective from March 31
3. CBI likely to question ex-PM Manmohan Singh in VVIP chopper scam case
4. Cyclone Vardah likely to make landfall today; AP, TN on high alert
5. Cyclone Vardah: Holiday declared in some parts of Tamil Nadu on December 12
6. 470 people have died of shock over Jayalalithaa's demise, says AIADMK
7. A day after Tamil Nadu CN O Panneerselvam backed V K Sasikala for the post of AIADMK General Secretary following the death of his predecessor J Jayalalithaa, another senior leader and Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker M Thambidurai also batted for her to take over the reins.
8. Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh today said that he will request Priyanka Gandhi to campaign for the party along with her mother Sonia Gandhi and brother Rahul Gandhi in the upcoming state assembly elections in Punjab.
9. A chopper has crashed in Mumbai's Aarey colony area, in which 1 person has died and 3 others injured. The Robinson R44 Astro chopper belonged to Aman Aviation.
10. PM Modi will address the nation again on December 31 on Maan Ki Baat. Modi is expected to talk about his unprecedented demonetisation drive, which he launched on November 8, and also share with the nation his near future roadmap in this context.
11. Wishing Prez Pranab Mukherjee on his 81st birthday, PM Modi on Sunday said the President always put India's interest above everything and that the nation was proud to have such a well read and knowledgeable President.
? *INTERNATIONAL NEWS*
1. Antonio Guterres, a former Portuguese Prime Minister will be sworn in tomorrow as the next UN Secretary General, succeeding Ban Ki-moon as the ninth chief of the 71-year old world body
?? *WORLD NEWS*
1. A bombing at Egypt's main Coptic Christian cathedralkilled 22 people and wounded another 35 on Sunday
2. A car bomb has exploded at the entrance of Somalia's biggest port in its capital Mogadishu on Sunday killed 16.
3. A Kurdish militant group claimed responsibility for twin attacks that ripped through the heart of Istanbul, killing 38 people, most of them police.
4. Rome to ban cars and scooters on Sunday as Italy fights smog:
5. Paolo Gentiloni was named today as Italy's new prime minister following reformist leader Matteo Renzi's resignation in the wake of a crushing referendum defeat.
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