The Board approved the nomination of Executive Director Dr. Rajiv Ranjan as an ex-officio member of the Monetary Policy Committee.

Every year on 4 May, Coal Miners Day is celebrated to honour the coal miners.

In weightlifting, Harshada Sharad Garuda created history by becoming the first Indian to win a gold medal at the IWF Junior World Championships in Heraklion, Greece.

The Delhi Cabinet had passed an ambitious Delhi Startup Policy which aims to turn the capital into an international startup hub.

The Maharashtra Prisons Department has launched a first-of-its-kind credit scheme for prisoners lodged in jails across the state.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has banned journalist Boria Majumdar for two years after an internal inquiry found him guilty of an attempt to "threaten and intimidate" wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha.

The Madras High Court has invoked the "parens patriae jurisdiction" to declare Mother Nature as a Living Being with all corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person, in order to preserve and conserve them.

Bharti Airtel acquired a 7% stake in Navi Mumbai based Cnergee Technologies, a cloud-based networking solution.

Maharashtra day is celebrated on 01st May every year.

Kishore Kumar Das, founder of Bangladesh's educational charity 'Bidanando', has been selected for the United Kingdom's Commonwealth Points of Light Award.