- The Central Government has brought an ordinance to punish those attacking doctors and healthcare staff.
- The Indian Medical Association called off its protest after the assurance of the Home Minister Amit Shah.
- The COVID-19 death toll rose to 652 and the number of cases to 20,471 in the country.
- UP reported 75 new cases of COVID-19 taking the total number to 1,412. Till now 21 persons died due to the virus in the state.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked to 106-year-old former MLA Srinarayan over phone and sought his blessings in the fight against COVID-19.
- Four tons of green vegetables were exported to UK from Varanasi.
- UNESCO estimates that over 154 crore students are affected by closure of educational institutions across the world amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
- Actor Mithun Chakraborty’s father Basant Kumar Chakraborty passed away. He was 95.
- Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 94th birthday privately at Windsor Castle on Tuesday.
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December 21, 2019
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