India's retail inflation rose to 0.71% in November, the first increase in three months. Oils and fats, fruits and personal care and effects led the rise in inflation numbers, while prices of vegetables and pulses fell the most. Kerala, Karnataka and Jammu and Kashmir saw inflation rates as high as 8.27%, while Bihar saw inflation drop by 1.67%.

Ministry of Labour and Employment has shared a post to address widespread concerns among salaried workers about new Labour Codes. It said the new Labour Codes do not reduce take-home pay if PF deduction is on statutory wage ceiling. "PF deductions remain based on the wage ceiling of ₹15,000 and contributions beyond this limit are voluntary, not mandatory," it added.

Astronomers have discovered an ultra-hot super-Earth named TOI-561 b that completes a full orbit around its star in just about 10 hours. Researchers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and found that the rocky exoplanet lies extremely close to its star. It causes surface temperatures high enough to melt rock. According to scientists, it may host a global magma ocean.

India's 14-year-old opener Vaibhav Sooryavanshi on Friday created history by smashing the most number of sixes in a Youth ODI. He broke the record by smashing 14 sixes in India's Under-19 Asia Cup match against UAE. Sooryavanshi scored 171 runs off 95 balls in the match as India put up a total of 433/6.

India's 51-run defeat against South Africa in the second T20I in Mullanpur is their biggest-ever defeat (by runs) in T20I cricket at home. Further, South Africa have now won 13 T20I matches against India, which are the most wins by any team against India in the shortest format. The five-match series is levelled at 1-1.