INDIA
– Centre scraps MP (Member of Parliament), DM (District Magistrate) for admissions to Kendriya Vidyalaya schools
– UP CM Yogi Adityanath asks Ministers, public servants to declare assets
CMs of Delhi, Punjab sign Knowledge Sharing Agreement
– Keep politicians, businessmen away from sports bodies: Madras High Court
– Central govt., Netflix launch 2-minute films on 7 women changemakers, titled ‘Azadi ki Amrit Kahaniyan’
– T.N. clips Governor’s power to appoint V-Cs of state universities
– 250 kg heroin seized, nine Pakistani nationals and boat Al Haj held off the Gujarat coast
– United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recommends India be designated a ‘Country of Particular Concern’
– EAM Jaishankar discusses progress of bilateral cooperation with his Portuguese counterpart Joao Cravinho
– PM Modi addresses opening of Shri Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Hospital in Fiji
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– The Union Cabinet on April 27, 2022 approved an additional funding of Rs 820 crore for India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) that will be utilised for expansion of its services to all post offices in the country.
– Prime Minister Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) scheme to continue till December 2024
– Cabinet clears Rs 2,426 cr to upgrade 2G mobile sites in naxal areas to 4G
– Govt sets timeline to launch first indigenous commercial chipsets by 2024
– NASSCOM appoints Krishnan Ramanujam of TVCS as its chairperson for 2022-23; Debjani Ghosh is President
– Ola Electric recalls 1400 electric scooters over fire risks
WORLD
– Russia halts gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria over their failure to pay in roubles
– Russia withdraws from the UN World Tourism Organization ahead of a vote to suspend its membership
– United Nations General Assembly adopts by consensus a resolution requiring the five permanent members of the Security Council to justify their use of the veto
SPORTS
– Former Indian women’s hockey team captain Elvera Britto dies at 81 in Bengaluru
