The Union Government has reportedly decided to offer an advance payment of over Rs 4,500 crore to the Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech to secure future supplies of Covid-19 vaccines.

The United Kingdom has added India to its travel "red list" on a precautionary basis. This came after the nation reported 103 cases of a coronavirus variant that was first identified in India.

The Delhi has imposed a week-long curfew from 10 pm on April 19 till 5 am on April 26th.

The senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Bachi Singh Rawat was a four-time MP from the Almora-Pithoragarh constituency in Uttarakhand.

The Italy has launched its first ever mega food park project in India. "The Mega Food Park" was launched virtually at Fanidhar Mega Food Park, in Gujarat.

Puglya, a Marathi film, has won the 'Best Foreign Language Feature' at the Moscow International Film Festival 2021.

Veteran Kannada writer Ganjam Venkatasubbiah, who also was a grammarian, editor, lexicographer and literary critic, has passed away. He was 107.

Max Verstappen (Red Bull - Netherlands) won the Emilia Romagna F1 Grand Prix 2021, held in Imola, Italy.

The India's GDP growth projections for the current fiscal year 2021-22 by the Nomura is 12.6%.

The Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu created a new world record on April 17, 2021 in Clean and Jerk after she lifted 119 kg at the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent.