ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• 1991 Kazakhstan independence
• 1773 Boston Tea Party
• 1707 Last eruption of Mount Fu

NATIONAL NEWS

• ITBP becomes first among the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) to launch a matrimonial site for its staff
• Former Union Minister and BJP leader ID Swami dies at 90 in Faridabad; was MoS for Home in PM Vajpayee’s govt. in 1999
• Former actress Gita Siddharth, known for roles in films such as ‘Garam Hawa’ and ‘Sholay’, dies

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• Pakistan: Lahore-Wagah shuttle train service resumes after a gap of 22 years
• International Tea Day celebrated on December 15
• Jamaica’s Toni-Ann Singh crowned Miss World 2019 in London
• French actress Anna Karina dies at 79 in Paris

SPORTS NEWS

• India’s Lakshya Sen wins men’s singles title at Bangladesh International Challenger badminton in Dhaka
• Sri Lanka’s Mithun Perera wins ICC RCGC Open Golf Championship in Kolkata
• United States beat International team to win Presidents Cup golf tournament in Melbourne
• West Indies (291/2 in 47.5) beat India (287/8 in 50) by 8 wickets in first ODI at Chennai
• Pakistan’s Abid Ali becomes 1st batsman to score hundreds on both Test and ODI debuts

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