The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet cleared a Bill that seeks the death penalty in cases of sexual abuses against women learning a 'bitter' lesson from the recent case of gangrape and murder of a veterinary doctor in neighboring state Telangana. The Bill also mandates that from the day of an FIR being filed, the entire trial should not take more than 21 days.

The air quality in the national capital on Thursday morning plunged to "severe levels" for the second consecutive day, said System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research(SAFAR). The air quality index (AQI) in the city was recorded at 407 at 8:00 am. An AQI between 0-50 is considered "good", 51-100 "satisfactory", 101-200 "moderate", 201-300 "poor", 301-400 "very poor" and 401-500 "severe".

Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal told Lok Sabha that 2,85,890 jobs are reported by 23,657 DPIIT recognized startups, as on December 4, 2019. Of these, the highest of 52,847 were reported in Maharashtra followed by Karnataka. As on November 21, 2019, SIDBI has committed Rs.3123.20 crore to 47 SEBI registered AIFs. These funds have raised a corpus fund of Rs.25,728 Crore.