MAY 5 2019

NATIONAL AFFAIRS

India, Australia agree to further deepen counter-terrorism co-operation 

India and Australia agreed to further deepen counter-terrorism co-operation through regular exchange of information and sharing of best Practices on countering extremism and radicalization.

FACTS

Australian Prime Minister- Scott Morrison

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket with Dragon Spacecraft

Eion Musk’s space Exploration Technologies corp. launched its 17th commercial resupply mission to the International Space station for long time customer NASA. SpaceX will be to recover Falcon 9’s first stage on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

ADB Launches $5 million Healthy Oceans Action Plan

At the 52nd Annual Meeting of ADB’s Board of Governors in Fiji. The ADB launched the action plan for Healthy Oceans and Sustainable blue Economics for the Asia and Pacific region.

Bank of Baroda hikes lending rate by 0.05%

Bank of Baroda (BOB) hiked its marginal cost of fund based lending rate (MCLR) by 0.05%.

Facebook building Cryptocurrency-based Payments System

Facebook Inc. Is recruiting dozens of financial firms and online merchants to help launch cryptocurrency-based payments systems on the back of its gigantic social network.

RESIGN

Paytm President Bhushan Patil quitted.

IMPORTANT DAY

World Laughter day observed every May 5th day.