HDMI connected monitor stopped being recognized by linux mint

[MintCondition]

I have been using linux mint for over a month(recently switched from windows) and everything was working as expected and all of a sudden the monitor isn't being recognized. I have verified that the monitor is working just fine and that the cable is good as well.

I tried to boot linux mint from usb and there its being recognized, but its not from the installed version.

below is the output of inxi -Fxz and grep HDMI /var/log/Xorg.0.log

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neo@Matrix:~$ inxi -Fxz
System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-70-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa 
  base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 81Y6 v: Lenovo Legion 5 15IMH05H 
  serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0R32862 WIN serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: LENOVO v: EFCN46WW date: 12/04/2020 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 59.2 Wh condition: 61.0/60.0 Wh (102%) 
  model: SMP L19M4PC0 status: Unknown 
CPU:
  Topology: 6-Core model: Intel Core i7-10750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: N/A L2 cache: 12.0 MiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx 
  bogomips: 62399 
  Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/2600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 801 2: 800 
  3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 800 10: 801 11: 800 12: 800 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel 
  bus ID: 00:02.0 
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU116M [GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile] vendor: Lenovo 
  driver: N/A bus ID: 01:00.0 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
  resolution: 1920x1080~144Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.6 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU116 High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-70-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 5000 
  bus ID: 00:14.3 
  IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: Lenovo driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 07:00.0 
  IF: enp7s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.38 TiB used: 32.08 GiB (2.3%) 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 model: UMIS RPITJ512VME2OWD size: 476.94 GiB 
  ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM049-2GH172 size: 931.51 GiB 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 95.62 GiB used: 32.05 GiB (33.5%) fs: ext4 
  dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 284 Uptime: 7m Memory: 15.51 GiB used: 1.31 GiB (8.4%) 
  Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 
  inxi: 3.0.38 

neo@Matrix:~$ grep HDMI /var/log/Xorg.0.log

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[     6.320] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 (/dev/input/event21)
[     6.320] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 (/dev/input/event22)
[     6.320] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 (/dev/input/event23)
[     6.320] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9 (/dev/input/event24)
[     6.321] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=10 (/dev/input/event25)
[     6.835] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3 (/dev/input/event16)
[     6.836] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=7 (/dev/input/event17)
[     6.837] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=8 (/dev/input/event18)
[     6.837] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=9 (/dev/input/event19)
[     6.838] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=10 (/dev/input/event20)

[roblm]

Use this command to get more info: xrandr --verbose; echo -; ls /sys/class/drm/

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