- 1.The state government Friday approved 19 projects worth `3,898 crore, which are expected to generate employment for over 7,400 people.
- 2. A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon plunge uncontrolled back to Earth, possibly within the first two weeks of May.
- 3. Students of Stewart School, Cuttack have excelled in ICSE and ISC exams, with Tanisha Nayak securing the highest mark in the school in ICSE with 98.4 per cent.
- 4. Uncertainty continues over the proposal to declare areas surrounding the Similipal National Park in Mayurbhanj district as an eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) despite repeated efforts by the Forest department to move the process forward under provisions of the Environment Protection Act, 1986.
- 5. After months of anticipation, the sacred portals of Baba Kedarnath were opened for public darshan Friday.
- 6. The Supreme Court Friday directed authorities not to deport to Pakistan six members of a family, who allegedly overstayed their visa, till their citizenship claim is verified.
- 7. Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta Friday inaugurated 400 new electric buses under the Delhi Electric Vehicle Initiative (DEVI).
- 8. At least 35,000 lives were lost in India due to exposure to extreme hot and cold temperatures between 2001 and 2019, a new study has found.
- 9. India will be asking global multilateral agencies, including the IMF, to have a relook at funds and loans provided to Pakistan, as New Delhi seeks to corner the neighbouring state diplomatically following the dastardly terror attack in Pahalgam last month which killed 26 tourists.
- 10. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Friday urged brotherly countries, including Saudi Arabia, to impress upon India to de-escalate and defuse tensions heightened after the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people.
- 11. Caterham, who is 115, became the world’s oldest living person, according to the Gerontology Research Group, after Sister Inah Canabarro, a Brazilian nun and teacher, died Wednesday at the tender age of 116.
- 12. India’s markets regulator has alleged Pranav Adani, director of several Adani group companies and the nephew of the billionaire founder, shared price sensitive information and breached regulations aimed at preventing insider trading, according a document reviewed by Reuters.
- 13. The Income Tax department has notifi ed ITR form 3 to be fi led by individuals and HUFs having income from business or profession.
- 14. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday inaugurated and laid the foundation for projects worth Rs 58,000 crore here that included relaunching the construction of the greenfi eld capital city of Amaravati, which he said was not a mere city but a dream come true.
- 15. Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari, a distinguished fighter pilot with more than 3,600 hours of flying experience, Friday took charge as the new Vice Chief of the Air Staff. He succeeds Air Marshal S P Dharkar, who superannuated April 30.
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