- Today death anniversary of Gandhian freedom fighter Anjana Devi Choudhary, who passed away on April 27, 1981.
- She, along with her freedom fighter husband Ram Narayan Chaudhry fought against the feudal policies of princely states of Rajputana.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi urges states that have not reduced VAT on petrol and diesel to cut taxes; Says Central Government reduced excise duty in November last year to lessen the burden on the people.
- PrimeMaharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray declined to accept Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s prayer to reduce VAT on fuel prices.
- Minister Narendra Modi will pay an official visit to Germany, Denmark and France from 2nd to 4th May. This will be the Prime Minister’s first visit abroad this year.
- Prime Minister virtually discusses COVID -19 situation with State Chief Ministers; Emphasizes priority to vaccinate all eligible children at the earliest.
- Prime Minister to visit Assam tomorrow to address ‘Peace, Unity and Development Rally’ at Diphu in Karbi Anglong District.
- “Azadi Se Antyodaya Tak” will be launched by Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Giriraj Singh in New Delhi tomorrow.
- 90-day campaign will be launched with a mission to saturate 75 Districts across 28 States and UTs with beneficiary schemes of 9 central ministries.
- Life Insurance Corporation initial public offering to open on second of next month for anchor investors. For general public the offering opens from 4th to 9 th of next month.
- Cabinet has approved the construction of 540 Megawatt Kwar Hydro Electric project on Chenab river in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir at a cost of over 4500 crore rupees.
- Cabinet approves Universal Service Obligation Fund project for upgrading 2G mobile services to 4G at security sites in Left Wing Extremism affected areas.
- Approval given by Cabinet to Nutrient Based Subsidy rates for Phosphatic and Potassic, P&K fertilizers for Kharif Season-2022.
- Eleven people electrocuted to death during temple car festival in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.
- Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited, ONGC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Equinor, the Norwegian state-owned multinational energy company.
- Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi says nine days of coal stock available with thermal power plants; Says no need to panic as government will supply required coal to the country.
- External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar to embark on a three day visit to Bangladesh and Bhutan from tomorrow.
- Olympic medallists PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal won their respective opening matches, but it was curtains for Lakshya Sen and B Sai Praneeth in Badminton Asia Championships in Manila today.
- Ann Mariya from Mangalore University breaks National Record in clean and Jerk category in 87 kg class weight-lifting championship during KheloIndia University Games. She lifts 129 kg to break previous record of 128 kg held by Manpreet Kaur. She wins gold medal with total lift of 230 kgs.
