- India on Wednesday recorded at least 2,067 new Covid cases - a 65 per cent jump from yesterday. According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the country's active caseload stood at 12,340.
- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's two-day visit to India from Thursday is aimed at ramping up the overall ties between the two countries, especially in the areas of defence and security and trade.
- The Supreme Court Wednesday allowed the Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) to resume mining operations in Odish
- 400th Prakash Guruparab Utsav of Guru Tegh Bahadur ji to begin at Red Fort. PM Modi will participate in the event today and will address the gathering. He will also release a commemorative coin and postage stamp on the occasion.
- PM Modi will confer Awards for Excellence in Public Administration 2021 on Civil Services Day today. The awards has been instituted with a view to recognize the extraordinary and innovative work done by districts and organizations of the Central and State governments for the welfare of the people.
- The Supreme Court ordered a status quo on the demolition drive in the north Delhi's Jahangirpuri. The North Delhi Municipal Corporation conducted an anti-encroachment drive in Jahangirpuri area.
- PM Modi inaugurates development projects worth Rs 22,000 crore at Adijati Maha Sammelan in Dahod, Gujarat on 20 Apr. This includes the manufacturing project of 9,000 HP Electric Locomotives at the Railway Production Unit in Dahod.
- Punjab Police has summoned Congress leader Alka Lamba in connection with her alleged derogatory statements against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal before the Punjab state elections. After she received the summons, Lamba tweeted, saying she was not afraid of threats from AAP government in Punjab. This comes after former AAP leader Kumar Vishwas was booked by Punjab Police.
- Adani Group Chairman and Founder Gautam Adani has announced that the company will invest around ₹10,000 crore in West Bengal in the next few years to create 25,000 jobs.
- Well-known physicist Ajay Kumar Sood was appointed as the Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) to the government.
- Lieutenant General Manoj Kumar Katiyar has been appointed as the next Director General of Military Operations (DGMO). He will be taking over the new office on May 1.
- Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani, who had extended support to the Congress in September 2021, was arrested by Assam Police from a Circuit House in Gujarat's Palanpur late last night. He was taken to Ahmedabad last night and shall be taken to Assam.
- Odisha clocked the highest temperature of the season for the second consecutive day as the sweltering heat drove the mercury to 40 degrees Celsius or above in at least 19 places Wednesday, the MeT office said.
- Noted writer, playwright and former Odisha Sahitya Akademi Secretary Rabindranath Das passed away at a private hospital here Wednesday. He was 80. He had won the Odisha Sahitya Academy Award for his book ‘Bistirna Pruthibi’.
- Women and Child Development (W&CD) Minister Tukuni Sahu Wednesday launched ‘Advika’ mobile app, an initiative of the state government for the development and empowerment of adolescent girls and boys, at Lok Seva Bhawan here.
- India's effective reproduction number (R) for Covid, an indicator of how quickly the infection is spreading, has increased to over one for the first time since January, estimates a researcher from Chennai's Institute of Mathematical Sciences
- The Punjab Police Wednesday visited homes of former AAP leader Kumar Vishwas and Alka Lamba of the Congress in connection with a case registered over “inflammatory statements” against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. Both leaders have been booked and summoned for questioning April 26.
- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urging Governor Jagdeep Dhankar to ensure that industrialists are not disturbed by central agencies created political ripples in the state Wednesday
- The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh will bring further refinement to Khadi which is a symbol of self-reliance, self-respect and self-employment and offers promises, possibilities and potential.
- The Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders here on Wednesday launched INS Vagsheer, the last of the six submarines under Project 75
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