- India Cricket team captain Virat Kohli, Australian batsman Steve Smith, South Africans Dale Steyn, and AB de Villiers are named in the five Wisden Cricketers of the Decade. Ellyse Perry (Australian all-rounder) is the only female cricketer in the list.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has named Rohtang passageway in Himachal Pradesh as Atal Tunnel on 25th Dec 19 to mark the 95th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
- 120th birth anniversary of the revolutionary, Shaheed Udham Singh is being observed across the country on 26th Dec 19. He avenged the Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar massacre by killing General O'Dwyer in March 1940.
- Typhoon Phanfone, known locally as Typhoon Ursula, lashed the central Philippines on Christmas Day and has hit as the equivalent of a Category 1 hurricane.
- Information and Broadcasting Minister, Prakash Javadekar presented the Akashvani awards in New Delhi. The Akashvani awards were instituted in 1974. Prasar Bharati Chairman is Dr A Surya Prakash. Prasar Bharati CEO is Shashi Shekhar Vempati.
- RBI introduced New Payment Instrument
- National Consumer Day
- Good Governance Index
- CBIC issues SOP for GST Non-Filers
