- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz co-chair sixth edition of the India-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations in Berlin; Also hold bilateral discussion.
- India and Germany sign agreements on Triangular Development Cooperation and Renewable Energy Partnership.
- External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar held a meeting with German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Svenja Schulze in Berlin.
- In a tweet, Dr Jaishankar said, they discussed climate action, resilient and reliable supply chains, third country partnerships and economic impact of Ukraine conflict.
- They also signed agreements on Triangular Development Cooperation and Renewable Energy Partnership.
- Government to provide 50 per cent subsidy to SC-ST, small and marginal, women and farmers of northeastern states to buy drones, says Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.
- President Ram Nath Kovind will embark on a four-day visit to Assam and Mizoram from tomorrow. The President will address the 61st Annual Conference of Bodo Sahitya Sabha at Tamulpur in Assam on the 4th of May.
- Government procures more than one hundred sixty one lakh metric tonnes wheat from 11 states in the Rabi Marketing Season 2022-23.
- Three newly-elected Rajya Sabha Members from Punjab today took oath. They are Aam Aadmi Party leaders Sanjeev Arora, Raghav Chadha and Dr. Ashok Kumar Mittal. Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu administered the oath to them in his chamber at Parliament House.
- ICMR says recent spike of COVID-19 is confined only to certain geographical regions; Rules out fourth wave of pandemic.
- Veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal inaugurated Satyajit Ray’s Semi-permanent Gallery at the National Museum of Indian Cinema in Mumbai.
- Stating that he considers Ray as his inspiration, Mr. Benegal said that Indian cinema got its due recognition due to the master director.
- He added that Satyajit Ray was not just a filmmaker, but a multifaceted genius who made his own posters and story-boards.
- Eid-ul-Fitr to be celebrated across the country including Kerala tomorrow as the crescent moon was not sighted last evening.
- The Central Bureau of Investigation today filed a fresh case against fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi, Gitanjali Gems Limited, Surajmal Lallu Bhai & Company and others for allegedly defaulting on a loan of 25 crore rupees taken from Industrial Finance Corporation of India.
- And in Santosh Trophy Football Tournament, the summit clash between West Bengal and hosts Kerala is on at Payyanad Stadium in Manjeri today.
- More than one hundred sixty one lakh metric tonnes of wheat have been procured so far from 11 states in the Rabi Marketing Season 2022-23. These states are Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat, Bihar and Rajasthan.
