1.Census 2027 will be conducted in two phases, the first between April and September 2026 and the second in February 2027.

2.The Lok Sabha will take up a debate on the 150th anniversary of National Song ‘Vande Mataram’ Monday and on electoral reforms Tuesday, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said

3.The Tata Group donated Rs758 crore to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) weeks after the Union government announced over Rs44,000 crore in subsidies to two of its semiconductor units, an investigation by Scroll it has revealed. The donations were made in April 2024, days before the general election.

4.A Parliamentary panel has asked the government to explore the feasibility of amending the penal provisions for publishing or telecasting fake news to include cancelling the accreditation of the journalist or the creator found guilty.

5.At least 16 stretches across major rivers in Odisha have been identified as polluted.

6.A total of 1,396 people and 5,609 animals lost their lives in man-animal conflicts in the state of Odisha in the last 10 years.

7.Only 25 of the 207 mega piped water supply projects have been completed between financial years 2020- 21 and 2025-26, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water (PR&DW) Minister Rabi Narayan Naik told the Assembly .

8.The Opposition BJD asked the state government to intervene and ensure that Rs 7,145 crore ‘illegally’ collected from around one crore power consumers in the name of ‘minimum charges’ or ‘monthly minimum fixed charges’ be refunded with the interest amount.

9.Social media influencer Shubhankar Mishra, who has been booked for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of Lord Jagannath devotees, tendered an apology for his controversial video on the 12th-century shrine.

10.It was revealed that Rs34,052 crore had been collected from 11 DMF districts by October this year, with around 55 per cent already utilised. The Chief Minister urged officials to expedite spending to ensure timely delivery of basic services to the public.

11.Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan is alive but subjected to “mental torture in solitary confinement”, his sister Uzma Khan said.

12.In a bid to tackle dipping birth rates, the Chinese government has decided to impose value-added tax on contraceptives from January 2026.

13.The 14th edition of the Joint Military Exercise EKUVERIN between the Indian Army and the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) commenced in kochi. The exercise will be conducted from 2 to 15 December 2025.

14.Hong Kong’s leader said Tuesday a judge-led committee will investigate the cause of the city’s deadliest fire in decades and review oversight of building renovations blamed for fanning an inferno that killed at least 156 people. 

15.The global green economy has surpassed USD 5 trillion and is projected to exceed USD 7 trillion in annual value by 2030. with India expected to clock the highest growth in renewable electricity capacity and generation.