FirstUp: Australia social media ban comes into effect, India-US trade talks... The news of the day

It is set to be a busy Wednesday with several events lined up for the day.

Firstly, the ban on social media for students under the age of 16 years will come into effect in Australia. Meanwhile, India and the United States will begin three-day trade negotiations in New Delhi today.

IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers, along with top management, will meet officials of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) today. The Nobel Prize ceremony will take place in Sweden today, where the prestigious awards will be announced. Nicolas Sarkozy's new book, "The Diary of a Prisoner," will be released today.

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Here’s all that is set to take place throughout the day.

Australia's social media ban to come into effect

Australia will implement the social media ban for teenagers from Wednesday (December 10), with platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube forced to block more than a million accounts, marking the beginning of an expected global wave of regulation.

From midnight (1300 GMT), 10 of the biggest platforms will be required to block Australians aged under 16 or be fined up to A$49.5 million ($33 million). The law received harsh criticism from major technology companies and free speech advocates, but was praised by parents and child advocates.

The rollout closes out a year of speculation about whether a country can block children from using technology that is built into modern life. And it begins a live experiment that will be studied globally by lawmakers who want to intervene directly because they are frustrated by what they say is a tech industry that has been too slow to implement effective harm-minimisation efforts.

India, US trade team to start three-day talks

India and the United States will commence three-day talks on the first phase of their proposed bilateral trade agreement here from today (December 10). The visit is crucial as India and the US are working to finalise the first tranche of the pact.

"The three-day talks will start on December 10. It will conclude on December 12, and it is not a formal round of talks," said one of the sources.

The US team will be led by Deputy United States Trade Representative (USTR) Rick Switzer. This visit of the US officials marks their second trip since the imposition of a 25 per cent tariff and an additional 25 per cent penalty on Indian goods entering the American market due to the purchase of Russian crude oil.

Indigo CEO to meet DGCA officials

IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers will meet officials from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) along with other IndiGo top management in Delhi today. This comes after a week of widespread flight disruptions.

Indigo CEO Pieter Elbers addresses a media briefing in New Delhi. File image/AFP

The meeting is part of the government's response to the operational crisis that has caused hundreds of flight cancellations and delays over the past few days. Earlier, DGCA issued a show-cause notice to the CEO and COO for failing to plan for new, stricter pilot rest rules (Flight Duty Time Limitations or FDTL) that came into effect on November 1, 2025.

Earlier, Elbers has publicly apologised for the inconvenience and stated that operations are expected to fully normalise between December 10 and 15, 2025.

Nobel Prize award ceremony to be announced

The Nobel Prize award ceremony will take place today in Sweden. The event will take place at the Stockholm Concert Hall, Sweden.

At the ceremony, the Nobel Prize in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and the prize in economic sciences were awarded to the Nobel Prize laureates. The awards are announced on December 10, which is the death anniversary of Alfred Nobel.

The event will take place in two ceremonies - one in Stockholm and the other in Oslo, Norway. The prizes for Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Economic Sciences will take place in Sweden, while the Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded in a separate ceremony at the Oslo City Hall in Norway.

Release of Nicolas Sarkozy's book, "The Diary of a Prisoner"

"The Diary of a Prisoner" by Nicholas Sarkozy will be released today. The former French President wrote the 216-page memoir detailing his 20 days of incarceration in a Paris prison.

The book chronicles Sarkozy's time in solitary confinement at La Santé prison in Paris, following his conviction in the Libyan campaign financing case. According to his publishers, he wrote the book in a "continuous stream" with a pen on a small plywood table, handing the pages to his lawyers to be typed up.