INDIA
– Parliament passes Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill; existing 3 Municipal Corporations of Delhi to be unified into one Municipal Corporation of Delhi
– Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane visits Singapore; meets Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen
– India has 1.96 nurses per 1,000 population: Health ministry
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Parliament passes Chartered Accountants, Cost and Works Accountants and Company Secretaries (Amendment) Bill to strengthen the disciplinary mechanism under these Acts
– Commerce, Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on 3-day visit to Australia; holds talks with Australian PM’s Special Trade Envoy for India, Tony Abbott in Melbourne
– Govt. extends timeline for disbursement of loan for ethanol projects under different schemes till September 30
– IndiGo cofounder Rakesh Gangwal donates ₹100 crore to alma-mater IIT-Kanpur
WORLD
– UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change releases its latest 3,000-page report on how humanity can avoid compounding catastrophe if nations take sufficient action to do so
– Sri Lanka: Ruling coalition loses majority; newly-appointed Finance Minister Ali Sabry resigns
– International Day of Conscience celebrated by UN on April 5
