- National Museum New Delhi to celebrate International Museum Day 2022 for 5 day from tomorrow. On the occasion, the National Museum is offering a mixed bag of online and offline activities and events designed for both young and adults during the five days.
- To celebrate International Museum Day, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi organizing host of educational activities and programs under the theme of ‘Power of Museums’ as mentioned by International Council of Museums ICOM.
- Union Tourism and Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy has said that the government is working towards a comprehensive national tourism policy to give an impetus to the tourism industry.
- During his address on the last day of the two-day India International Cruise Conference in Mumbai, Mr Reddy urged the industry stakeholders to prepare a road map for the development of the cruise tourism industry.
- Centre extends the wheat procurement season till 31st of this month; Asks the States and UTs with procurement closing dates expiring early to continue procurement till the end of May.
- Prime Minister to attend Buddha Jayanti celebrations at Lumbini tomorrow at invitation of his Nepalese counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba.
- At Lumbini, Prime Minister Modi will visit the sacred Mayadevi temple to offer prayers.
- PM Modi will also deliver an address at a Buddha Jayanti event organized by the Lumbini Development Trust under the aegis of the Government of Nepal.
- Centre extends wheat procurement season till 31st of this month.
- National Human Rights Commission issues notice to Delhi Government over Mundka fire accident which claimed 27 lives.
- Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu reaches Abu Dhabi to offer condolences on the demise of ruler Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
- Jammu & Kashmir’s first ever National Film Festival, is going to begin on June 15 this year.
- The Festival will give a golden chance to the Indian filmmakers, music producers and artists to win numerous awards under different categories.
- Entries for participation in the mega event will close on May 16.
- Ernakulam, Idukki, Thrissur, Malappuram and Kozhikode districts of Kerala placed under red alert due to continuous extremely heavy rain.
- Indian men’s badminton team creates history; lifts maiden Thomas Cup trophy beating 14 time Champions Indonesia 3-0 in Bangkok; Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth and duo of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy produce memorable performances.
- Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has congratulated Team India for winning Thomas Cup.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with the winning team and congratulates them; Says entire nation is elated by the win which will motivate so many upcoming sportspersons.
- Sports Minister Anurag Thakur congratulates the Indian Badminton team and announces cash award of one crore rupees.
- Indian shooters made a clean sweep of the women’s 25m pistol competition at the ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany, to consolidate their lead at the top of the medal tally today.
- Rhythm Sangwan won gold, Manu Bhaker silver and Naamaa Kapoor bronze, as India completely dominated the event . Rhythm topped the round with a score of 588 while Manu was second with 584 and Naamya third with 583.
- Former Australia cricketer Andrew Symonds died in car crash last night. Symonds was the sole passenger in the crash just outside of Townsville in his home state of Queensland. He died on the spot. Police said, emergency services attempted to revive the 46-year-old Symonds but he died of his injuries.
