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NATIONAL
-India’s population grew at an average annual rate of 1.2% between 2010 and 2019 to 1.36 billion, more than double the annual growth rate of China, according to a report by the United Nations Population Fund.
-The government has retained the interest rate for General Provident Fund, Contributory Provident Fund and other related schemes at 8% for the first quarter of the current financial year.
-India and Sweden launched a joint programme that will work towards addressing a range of challenges around smart cities and clean technologies among others.
INTERNATIONAL
-Astronomers have taken the first-ever image of a black hole, which is located in a distant galaxy known as ‘Messier 87’.
BANKING
-PAISALO Digital Limited signed the first co-origination laon agreement with State Bank of India, the first agreement of its kind in the country that State Bank of India has signed. Introducing a platform for the last mile customer, the loan ticket is designed at Rs 10,000 to 2 lakh.
APPOINTMENT
-Algeria’s parliament confirmed Abdelkader Bensalah as the new interim president of the country, following resignation by the ailing Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Bouteflika’s resignation, fuelled by protests that have lasted over a month, means Algeria has a new president for the first time in 20 years.
-Justice Vikram Nath, the senior most judge of Allahabad High Court, was appointed as the first Justice of the newly-constituted Andhra Pradesh High Court.
AWARDS
-Team India opener Smriti mandhana has been named as the Wisden Almanack’s ‘Leading women’s Cricketer of the Year’
-Indonesian Eni Nuraeni was named by Asian Athletic Association as the best athletic coach in Asia for the short-haul run category in 2019. It was announced by Indonesian athletic sports association.
OBITUARIES
-Kerala Congress Chairman K.M. Mani, the longest-serving legislator in the State’s history, is no more. He was 86 years old.
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