1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid foundation stone of 22 developmental projects worth over 870 crore rupees in Varanasi.
2. The World Bank has approved $500 million that will benefit more than 12 million children in pre-primary and primary education in Tanzania's mainland.
3. South Korea has became the 10th country outside of Europe to join the European Union (EU) law enforcement cooperation agency that fights terrorism and other international crimes.
4. A rabbit mascot named Neeraj, in honour of Neeraj Chopra, the first Indian athlete to win an Olympic gold medal, will be the symbol for the first ever 'Kerala Olympic Games', slated to be held in February 2022.
5. India's leading player and world number 15 Saurav Ghosal was named as the Professional Squash Association's (PSA) men's president, replacing world number one Ali Farag.
6. Adding 33 "unicorns" in a single year has helped India displace the United Kingdom to be third in the list of countries that are home to such enterprises valued at over $1 billion each, according to the data compiled by Hurun Research Institute.
7. Pharmaceuticals firm Granules India Limited announced appointment of Sucharita Rao Palepu as non-executive Independent Director on its board with immediate effect.
8. Private sector IFFCO-TOKIO General Insurance said it has appointed H O Suri as new managing director and Chief Executive Officer.
9. China has issued a new regulation under which all foreign organisations or individuals will be banned from spreading religious content online in the country, citing national security interests.
10. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted maiden flight test of indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile ‘Pralay’, from Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha.
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