Supreme Court directs Yogi to refund crores recovered from protestors: The Supreme Court directed the Yogi Adityanath led Uttar Pradesh government to refund crores of rupees recovered from protestors of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in view of proceedings initiated in 2019

Modern-day slavery in Punjab: Hundreds of villagers enslaved and tortured by dairy farmers; They are tortured so much that they forget their village name and limit their life to feeding cattle, clearing dung; Activists found evidence of this and have aided the release of such modern day “slaves”

Data protection bill junked: Government may junk the current Data Bill, in the making for 5 years, and start drafting a new Bill from scratch; The Bill had invited major criticism from Indian IT industry, BigTech companies; even jurisdictions like Europe flagged it for concerning provisions

Mobile phone use: The mobile user count in India fell by 12.8 million in December 2021 compared to the previous month, with Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea suffering subscriber losses, even as Bharti Airtel added customers

Chief minister uses communal slur: Yogi Adityanath casually uses communal slur on television in the midst of UP state elections