Daily News Monitor: 14 December 2020

HEADLINES:

1. Budget 2021-22: Nirmala Sitharaman to meet industrialists on Monday; begins pre-budget consultations

2. Gig economy takes centre stage as tech boosts opportunities for workers

3. Protest to intensify as farmer leaders set to observe hunger strike today

4. Centre may not procure Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine over high cost

5. UK PM Boris Johnson praises India’s ‘incredible’ solar power strides at climate summit

6. India to train athletes for bio-bubble and quarantine rules before Olympics

7. 60 crore COVID-19 vaccine shots, 100 people per session: India ready for coronavirus vaccination drive

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