1.The Union Government on Saturday said that around 12.65 lakh passengers have travelled from the Gulf and West Asia region to India since February 28. 

2.Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is scheduled to lay the foundation stone for a $15 billion Google AI data centre in Visakhapatnam April 28.

3.With panic buying of petrol and diesel in Andhra Pradesh on shortage concerns forcing closure of over 400 outlets.  Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu Sunday directed officials and oil companies to ensure adequate fuel supply and restore normalcy across the state by Monday.

4.Data on oil imports from Russia to India cannot be provided as it is exempted under the RTI Act due to its “commercial and confidential” nature, according to the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) under Oil Ministry.

5.Raghu Rai, one of India’s best known photographers who distilled the essence of an evolving India and its people through his lens, died at a private hospital here in the early hours of Sunday. He was 83.

6.Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh said Sunday that he has submitted a petition to Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan seeking the disqualification of seven party MPs in the Upper House, who recently quit the AAP and announced their merger with the BJP.

7.AAP leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Sunday alleged that a BJP-EC conspiracy led to the deletion of 90 lakh voters from the electoral rolls in West Bengal under the SIR exercise, claiming it was part of a larger plan to target citizenship documents

8.India's top five IT majors -- TCS, Infosys, HCLTech, Wipro, and Tech Mahindra -- closed FY26 at a critical inflection point, navigating a structural reset driven by macroeconomic headwinds, West Asian geopolitical risks, and the dual-edged sword of Artifi cial Intelligence (AI).

9.Japan’s Ambassador to India, ONO Keiichi, has expressed his fondness for Odia cuisine during his recent visit to Odisha, praising the state’s rich food culture.

10.The industrial town of Jharsuguda recorded the hottest place in Odisha Sunday at 44.8 degrees Celsius, even as heatwave conditions swept through the western region of the state, IMD said.

11.The authorities of Similipal National Park Sunday confirmed the entry of a male Royal Bengal Tiger (RBT) into the core area of the reserve and said that it might continue to stay there, a senior official said.

12.the Railway Protection Force (RPF) rescued 25 minor boys from Khurda Road Railway Station on Friday, raising suspicions of possible child trafficking.

13.Two teachers engaged in Census work died of reported sunstroke in separate incidents in the state Sunday 

14.A seven-year-old died and 18 others hospitalised after eating golgappa in Jharkhand's Giridih district. 

15.The BJP's "commitment to the security of Bengal's women has been reflected" in its decision to give poll tickets to Rekha Patra and Ratna Debnath, PM Modi said.