- President greet people on occasion of Vaishaki, Vishu, Rongali Bihu, Naba Barsha, Vaisakhadi, Puthandu Pirappu to be celebrated today and tomorrow.
- Centre to launch Gram Swaraj Abhiyaan from today to push for inclusion of marginalised people in most most backward villages of country in welfare scheme.
- 127th birth anniversary of Dr. BRAmbedkar to be celebrated today.
- PM NarendraModi to launch first of 1.5 lakh health centres under Ayushman Bharat Yojana in Chhattisgarh’s backward Bijapur district.
- President Kovind will visit Madhya Pradesh tomorrow to pay tributes to Babasaheb Dr BR Ambedkar at his birthplace in Mhow.
- 65th National Film Awards announced:
- Veteran Hindi film actor VinodKhanna given DadasahebPhalkeAward posthumously. Khanna is 49th recipient of Indian cinema’s highest honour.
- Assamese Film VillageRockstar bagged best film award at 65th NationalFilmAwards,
- Film Newton selected as Best Hindi Film.
- Pakistan’s Supreme Court disqualifies former PM NawazSharif for life from holding any public office.
- President Ram Nath Kovind returns to New Delhi after successful visit of 3 African nation’s of Equatorial Guinea, Swaziland & Zambia.
- Reserve Bank tightens reporting norms for Liberalised Remittance Scheme.
