ZPM leader Lalduhoma takes oath as the new CM of Mizoram - Image Credit - Financial ExpressZPM leader Lalduhoma takes oath as the new CM of Mizoram - Image Credit - Financial Express
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  • ZPM leader Lalduhoma was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Mizoram by Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati on Friday at 11 am in Aizawal. ZPM secured 27 seats out of 40 in the recently concluded Assembly elections in the state. 
  • BRS Supremo and Former Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) sustained a hip fracture (an Intracapsular Neck of Femur Fracture) after a fall at his Erravaalli farmhouse. KCR is undergoing treatment at the Yashoda Hospital in Somajiguda, Hyderabad. 
  • Earthquakes with magnitude ranging from 3-3.9 on the Ritcher Scale struck at multiple places falling under four Indian states on Friday—Vijayapura in Karnataka (3.1), Chengalpattu from Tamil Nadu (3.2), near Shillong in Meghalaya (3.8), and Rajkot in Gujarat (3.9).
  • MoS External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Thursday said that as many as 403 Indian students died abroad in the last five years due to multiple reasons, which include, natural causes, accidents, and medical conditions. The highest numbers were from Canada, with 91 deaths. 
  • WhatsApp is introducing the ‘View Once’ feature to voice messages. The one-time voice messages will disappear after the recipient listens to them once. The feature may help people share sensitive and confidential information or plan surprises without fearing that such messages would be recorded or forwarded. 
  • Tax Raids on Congress leader from Jharkhand and Rajya Sabha MP Dheeraj Sahu have led to the recovery of more than 100 crores in cash. The IT department has been conducting searches at Sahu’s premises in the states of Jharkhand and Odisha since Wednesday (December 8).
  • Japanese motorcycle maker Kawasaki has launched its new bike, the ‘Kawasaki W175 Street,’ in India at a price tag of Rs.1.47 lakh (ex-showroom). Kawasaki W175 comes in a retro-classic style powered by a 177 cc single-cylinder engine. The delivery of the model will begin this month.