- Virat Kohli tops the list of Lord's Top 20 Players of 2016.
- Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo honoured at Globe Soccer Awards as "Best player award".
- Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo wins European Sportsperson of the Year award by the Polish news agency PAP.
- PM launches Unified payment interface (UPI) based mobile payment app called BHIM.
- Full form of BHIM- Bharat Interface for Mobile.
- Odisha govt to launch DAMAN programme for malaria control.
- Full Form of DAMAN - Durgama Anchalare Malaria Nirakaran.
- Union Gov. launch mobile App ‘Smart Consumer’ & OCMC to provide speedy redressal of consumer grievances.
- Full Form of OCMC - Online Consumer Mediation Centre.
- Good Governance Day is being observed by the government on the occasion of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's birth anniversary on 25th December.
- Government of Haryana connects 100 villages with Wi-Fi services and decided to rename all common service center and E-dish center as "Atal Seva Kendras"
- Dinanath Bhargava (Co-artist) who sketched National Emblem 'Lion Capital of Ashoka', died at the age of 89 in Indore.
- Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Pune Metro project's Phase-I.
- US President Barack Obama has signed a $618-billion defence policy bill, which "enhances security cooperation between the US and India".
- Google India has partnered with the Ministry of Consumer Affairs for a campaign called 'Digitally Safe Consumer' to help protect consumer interest.
- Renewable energy Solar power project of 3.5 MW starts at HAL Airport Bengaluru.
- External Affairs Ministry launches 'Twitter Seva' platform.
- India's Longest Range Nuclear Capable Missile, "Agni 5" sucessfully tested at Kalam Island odisha by DRDO.
- Four Person won Kirloskar Vasundhara awards for their contributions to the environment namely, Ayyappa Masagi, Vengurla's Ramdas Kokare, Subbiah Nallamuthu.
- The Theam of the Kirloskar Vasundhara awards festival is 'Save River, Save Life'.
- The Pune city has won three awards for Smart City project in a competition organised by Business-World Awards 2016.
- Government of Assam launches health insurance scheme "Atal-Amrit Abhiyan" which will provide coverage against several critical illnesses.
- The Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank (KVGB) launches ‘Bank Sakhi’ scheme, An innovative method of employing women in villages.
- Indian Tennis player "Yuki Bhambri" clinches ITF Hong Kong F4 Futures title.
- Union food processing minister laid the foundation stone of Punjab’s first second-generation Bioethanol plant at Talwandi Sabo in Bathinda district.
- Karnataka govt launches 25 eco-friendly bio-diesel buses in the state
- The oil ministry has appointed Jusitice G.S. Singhvi as the government’s arbitrator in a $1.55 billion dispute with Reliance Industries Limited & ONGC.
- The government appointed Viral Acharya as the fourth Deputy Governor of the RBI.
- Former IAS officer Anil Baijal to succeed Jung as Delhi lieutenant governor.
- Former World No 1 Tennis Player Ana Ivanovic announces retirement.
- China launches high-resolution remote sensing satellites.
- India has eased the process of procurement of Indian tourist visas for Bangladeshis.
- The ninth edition of Times Green Ganesha culminated with an awards ceremony in Mumbai.
- Mumbai's Tata Hospital records 100% cashless transactions.
- Tembhli village in north Maharashtra became First Indian to get Aadhaar card & the village are truly 'cashless'
- 7-year-old Kush creates history in Youth Chess Championship.
- Sorin Grindeanu named Romania's new Prime Minister.
- Institutionalisation Of Arbitration Mechanism: Justice Srikrishna To Head The Committee Appointed by Union Government
- Amul's 'India 3.0' book launched, The book was unveiled by social commentator Santosh Desai.
- State Bank of India ties up with Magicbricks.com to conduct joint marketing activities.
- Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu inaugurates six major Railway projects in Kerala.
- Union government launches Swachh Swasth Sarvatra Scheme for better health outcomes.
- National capital "Delhi" registers as India's highest per capita income
- Haryana police gets India's 1st digital investigation centre.
- Bollywood Movie 'Dangal' voted 2016's Best Film by Indian film critics' poll.
- Union Government launches IVRS platform to tackle call drops.
- Full Form of IVRS - Integrated Voice Response System.
- Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) commissions 600 MW thermal Power unit in Telangana.
- Bank of Baroda (BoB) signs MoU with Heritage Foods Ltd (HFL) to provide dairy loans to farmers
- South Indian Bank unveils a full fledged mobile banking app for NRI's.
- World Bhojpuri Conference begins in Varanasi, UP.
- PM launches UPI based mobile payment app called BHIM
- Full form of BHIM- Bharat Interface for Mobile.
- India has signed a Tax treaty with Singapore amended to bring parity with Cyprus, Mauritius.
- Lionel Messi named World's Best Playmaker of 2016 by IFFHS.
- Birla Institute of Technology (BIT) students develop first aid app with Red Cross Society
- The highest bridge in the world, set at a height of 1,854 feet, opened to traffic in China.
- The first transgender principal of an Indian college, Manabi Bandopadhyay, submitted her resignation.
- Rio Olympics silver medal-winning shuttler PV Sindhu was unveiled as the official face of the 2nd International Kite Festival.
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