Sonalika tractors achieved a record December with 12,392 units, citing tech-led design and expanded manufacturing capacity.
Sonalika Tractors recorded its highest-ever December sales of 12,392 tractors, attributing the milestone to technology-led design, manufacturing capacity at Hoshiarpur, and a wide channel partner network that together deliver operational reliability and timely availability to farmers, while leadership links demand to rising Rabi sowing and continued farm mechanisation.

AI powered counseling tools expand ethical, early career guidance and augment counselors to increase equitable access to student planning.
Schooligio.ai expands access to personalized career and college guidance by fostering early career awareness, creating evolving student profiles to inform academic and extracurricular planning, and reducing uncertainty for first generation and under resourced students. The platform embeds ethical design to ensure transparent, individualized recommendations grounded in student data and preferences, supports student reflection and authentic work, and augments human counselors by automating routine tasks. Affordable access models aim to reduce disparities and make proactive, ethically governed counseling widely available.

InnovHer leadership strengthens investor readiness and corporate governance to make Tier 2 ventures capital credible from inception.
InnovHer's leadership establishes institutional governance and capital discipline frameworks to professionalise Tier 2 ventures by strengthening investor readiness, embedding corporate governance safeguards, and promoting long term reputation and risk stewardship so ventures are capital credible from inception.

MGNREGA under the VB GRAM G Act is alleged to lose its right-to-work status and weaken panchayat authority.
The VB GRAM G Act is alleged to convert MGNREGA from a statutory entitlement into a budget-limited scheme by capping budgets, legalising a 60-day work blackout that permits denial of employment, rendering wages uncertain, centralising funding and decision-making to the detriment of panchayat authority, imposing a 40 percent state funding obligation, introducing technological exclusion, and substituting village assets with contractor-style projects; Congress demands withdrawal and restoration of MGNREGA as a rights-based law and panchayat control.

Sadanand Date takes charge as Maharashtra DGP with two-year tenure after repatriation from NIA at state police headquarters.
Sadanand V. Date has been appointed and has taken charge as Director General of Police of Maharashtra after repatriation from the National Investigation Agency at the state government's request; the appointment carries a two-year tenure and follows his extensive counterterrorism, investigative and leadership experience, including recognition for gallantry.

Private university promoters declared fugitive economic offenders over alleged money laundering from sale of fake degrees and assets now targeted.
Promoters of a private university were declared Fugitive Economic Offenders after a PMLA probe alleged Rs 387 crore was obtained from sale of fake degrees; they reportedly remained abroad, failed to comply with summons, and faced open ended non bailable warrants. The FEO declaration enables enforcement authorities to move to confiscate their assets under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018.

Voter deletions alleged during SIR; leader urges voters to oppose BJP and protect voting rights.
Abhishek Banerjee alleged that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal has arbitrarily removed eligible voters, accused the Chief Election Commissioner of facilitating such deletions, and demanded transparency in the revision process. He urged high voter turnout, use of electronic voting machines to protect voting rights, and framed the SIR as a disenfranchising maneuver tied to broader political attacks on the BJP and its welfare policies.

Tea imports: mandatory quality testing and a promotion scheme aim to curb cheap inferior imports and support small growers.
Hundred per cent quality testing of imported tea is being formalised, with infrastructure to be created and legal and ministry approvals sought to restrict inferior imports harming domestic producers. The Tea Board will act as facilitator rather than intervene in auction systems, promote Indian tea abroad, and implement a Tea Development and Promotion Scheme with a Rs 1,500 crore outlay to benefit small growers. Stakeholders also urged acquisition of closed gardens, worker equity participation, and prompt payment of wages and statutory dues.

Country Club celebrated New Year 2026 across India, showcasing zero-debt growth, franchise expansion, and family-centric celebrations.
Country Club Hospitality and Holidays Ltd. staged coordinated New Year 2026 celebrations across ten centres with over 100,000 participants, emphasising multigenerational, family-centric programming and live entertainment to reinforce its lifestyle community positioning. The company highlighted its zero-debt status, a membership base exceeding two million, and a strategic shift toward franchise-led expansion across key destinations to signal readiness for broader growth while maintaining community-building and hospitality standards.

Kerala government grants Rs 93.72 crore to KSRTC, chiefly for pensions and operational support this financial year.
The state government sanctioned additional financial assistance of Rs 93.72 crore to KSRTC, with Rs 73.72 crore earmarked for pension disbursement and Rs 20 crore for operational requirements, bringing total assistance in the current year to Rs 1,201.56 crore (Rs 731.56 crore for pensions and Rs 470 crore as special assistance), exceeding the budgeted Rs 900 crore by Rs 301.56 crore in releases.

Contaminated municipal water causes illness and forces residents to buy bottled water, prompting chlorination and awareness drives.
An outbreak of vomiting and diarrhoea in Bhagirathpura is linked to contaminated municipal drinking water, causing fatalities and hospitalisations and prompting residents to avoid tap supply and purchase bottled water. Authorities have responded with chlorination of pipelines and tube wells, municipal tanker distribution, an IEC campaign advising boiling water, personnel transfers and a status report to the High Court asserting the outbreak is under control with continuous monitoring.

Sindhudurg Airport receives DGCA nod for 24x7 all weather operations enabling IFR and RNP approaches with backup navigation aid.
DGCA authorized 24x7 all weather operations at Sindhudurg Airport, certifying it for IFR with published satellite based RNP procedures and a non satellite backup navigation aid to provide instrument approach guidance and improve operational reliability for all aircraft types.

Quantum threat to digital assets demands immediate migration to post-quantum encryption to protect national sovereignty and financial systems.
The report warns of active "Harvest Now, Decrypt Later" collection of encrypted data and an urgent sovereign risk as cryptographically relevant quantum computers approach by 2028. It identifies a structural incentive failure-those who fund protection differ from those who suffer losses-creating a crypto-procrastination penalty that multiplies future migration costs. The prescribed response is prioritized, sovereign-focused migration: establish national quantum security authorities, adopt hybrid and post-quantum mechanisms for critical systems, and sequence investments by economic importance to preserve sovereignty.

GST collections for December 2025: gross receipts, refunds and resulting net revenue with state settlement details.
The report presents componentised December 2025 GST receipts-CGST, SGST and IGST from domestic and import sources-shows Total Gross GST Revenue, Total Refunds (domestic and export via ICEGATE), resulting Total Net GST Revenue after refunds, net customs (IGST on imports) and net compensation cess, and provides state wise pre and post settlement SGST and SGST portion of IGST settled to States/UTs with year on year and year to date aggregates.

Private university promoters declared fugitive economic offenders under FEOA in alleged fake degree money laundering case.
A declaration under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act was issued against university promoters Mandeep Rana and Ashoni Kanwar in a money laundering probe tied to an alleged fake degree scam; the Enforcement Directorate filed a chargesheet and a special PMLA court had taken cognisance and issued summons, while the two are reported to be based in Australia.

Gig work defended as flexible income while unions seek safety limits and regulators propose social security eligibility thresholds.
A platform founder defended gig work as flexible and reliable, citing platform insurance spending and rising earnings per hour while opposing payroll style mandates for gig roles; simultaneously, unions demanded discontinuance of short delivery time mandates for safety and regulators have enacted labour code reforms with draft Social Security Code rules proposing a minimum annual work threshold for gig workers to access universal social security.

Delhi Police operation led to numerous arrests and seizures across robbery, cyber fraud, narcotics and arms cases.
Operation Sankalp intensified targeted crime-control activity in December 2025, producing numerous arrests and recoveries across snatching, robbery, burglary, auto-lifting, gambling and theft, together with focused cybercrime enforcement yielding multiple arrests and digital/hardware seizures. Statutory action included arrests and seizures under the Arms Act, the NDPS Act, and bookings under excise and gambling provisions, alongside preventive measures using kalandras under the Delhi Police Act and BNSS and arrests of proclaimed offenders.

Dr. Mahboob Sadal Khan's Padma Shri nomination highlights Mewat's growing role in international medical tourism and healthcare partnerships.
The Padma Shri nomination recognises Dr. Mahboob Sadal Khan's role in positioning Mewat and India as international healthcare providers by facilitating patient access, medical tourism, cross-border partnerships, community medical camps, tertiary care for disadvantaged patients, COVID-19 relief, cancer clinical trials, and founding AL-SADAL Services to operate healthcare and education services across multiple countries.

Ananda becomes co-presenting sponsor of MasterChef India, supplying dairy products and aligning with the show's quality-driven campaign.
Ananda is co-presenting sponsor of MasterChef India, supplying dairy products-especially paneer-for use in show challenges and aligning its brand messaging with the programme's focus on ingredient integrity and technical cooking. The release emphasizes Ananda's multi-stage quality checks, ten manufacturing facilities with advanced processing and cold-chain infrastructure, specialized paneer technology, production capacity metrics, and a Guinness World Record as proof points supporting its role as an integrated supply and marketing partner.

Change Your Life workshop in Surat announced for 1-3 May, promising large-scale comprehensive personal transformation.
Announcement of the three-day "Change Your Life" workshop in Surat (1-3 May) as a large-scale self-development event emphasizing comprehensive transformation across mental, emotional, financial, physical, and spiritual domains, led by Sneh Desai with program credentials and prior CYL metrics cited.