National: Status of Leopard Population Estimates in the Forested Areas of Tiger States, 2018: India now has 12,852 leopards as compared to the previous estimate of 7910 conducted 2014. More than 60% increase in population has been recorded. Leopard population estimates in the forested areas of tiger states, 2018: The States of Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka

National: Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Telecom Skill Excellence Awards: Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Communications and Electronics & IT and Shri Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre, Minister of State for Communications and Electronics & IT, presented the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Telecom Skill Excellence Awards for the first time for year 2018 on 18 December 2020. DoT launched

National: Inclusion of four indigenous Games in Khelo India Youth Games 2021: The Sports Ministry has approved the inclusion of four indigenous Games to be a part of Khelo India Youth Games 2021. Gatka, Kalaripayattu, Thang-Ta and Mallakhamba are the four games which to be included. 4th Khelo India Youth Games 2021 is scheduled to

National: DRDO Indigenously Developed System & Award Ceremony: Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh on December 18, 2020 handed over three indigenously developed Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) systems to Army, Navy and Air Force at a function held in DRDO Bhawan. These three systems are Indian Maritime Situational Awareness System (IMSAS), ASTRA Mk-I Missile,

National: Loan: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India signed a $300 million loan on December 18, 2020. The loan is to upgrade rural power distribution networks to provide reliable electricity supply to consumers in Uttar Pradesh. Book: The Vice-President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu virtually released the book “Oh Mizoram”,