- Retail inflation dips to 4.28% in March from 4.44% in February.
- KidambiSrikanth becomes World No. 1 in men’s singles category after Badminton World Federation (BWF) updated its weekly rankings.
- PM Modi to inaugurate Dr. Ambedkar National Memorial in New Delhi today.
- The Union Government has suggested to the Finance Commission to
consider incentivizing States who have worked on population control. Thus,
a state like Tamil Nadu, which has devoted a lot of effort, energy and
resources towards population control would certainly benefit: PM - Plan for establishing 2 Defence Industrial Corridors: 1 in TN & 1 in UP.
- Govt. launched the ‘Innovation for Defence Excellence’ scheme. It will set
up Defence Innovation Hubs throughout the country to provide necessary
incubation and infrastructure support to the start-ups in defence sector. - ISRO launches Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System-1I IRNSS1I
navigation satellite, the 8th such satellite to be part of a constellation from
Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh early this morning. - Prime Minister NarendraModi to inaugurate 10th edition of DefenceExpo in
Chennai today. - United Arab Emirates cabinet approves the issuance of the Law on Equal
Wages and Salaries for Men & Women. - India jumps 13 places in last one year to 130th spot in latest annual Index of
Economic Freedom released by Heritage Foundation. - India’s social sector spending remains woefully below peers, including Latvia and
Iceland, in terms of GDP. A study published in RBI’s monthly bulletin on an analysis
of 17 countries, including India, with respect to their social sector expenditure as per
cent of GDP 2016. - NCERT publishes information about Childline helplines and POCSO e-box for
children in all course books from Class 6 to 12. - Centre to constitute task force under chairmanship of MoS Civil Avaition jayantsinha
for fast-tracking roll-out of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle technology. - Govt will achieve target of constructing 1 crore houses under
PradhanMantriAwasYojana-Gramin by 31st of March next year. - The Madhya Pradesh government today approved a policy allowing for the renewal
of lease of land, including residential plots which are now being used for commercial
purposes.