The Income Tax department launched a new e-facility to link a person's Aadhaar with the Permanent Account Number (PAN). The department's e-filing website incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in has created a new link on its homepage making it "easy" to link the two unique identities of an individual. It requires a person to punch in his PAN number, Aadhaar number, and the " exact name as given in the Aadhaar card.

The Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) has decided to induct transgender employees based on their educational qualifications and experience, extending a helping hand to the
marginalized section that often faces violence and discrimination.

India's largest airline IndiGo has signed a non-binding term sheet for the purchase of 50 ATR-72 aircraft. The government plans to improve air connectivity in smaller towns by
enticing airlines to operate at Rs 2,500 per seat for up to an hour's journey.

The Home Ministry has instructed 5,845 Non - Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to open their accounts in banks having core banking facilities and furnish details for real-time
access to security agencies in case of any discrepancy. In the latest series of steps taken by the NDA government aimed at checking "errant" NGOs.

Mumbai Airport named "Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport" has been renamed as "Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport". The airport is India's biggest
International and domestic hub.

The Hinduja Brothers - Srichand and Gopichand retained their top spot in the United Kingdom's the SundayTimes Rich List 2017 with an estimated fortune of 16.2 billion pounds,
a massive 3.2 billion pound hike in their fortunes over the previous year. Their investments in industries such as oil and gas, automotive, IT, energy, media, banking, property and healthcare sectors.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Srilanka on May 11 to attend the biggest Buddhist festival Vesak Day. It is an important day in the Buddhist calendar, marks the commemoration of Lord Buddha's birth, enlightenment.

The world's biggest X-ray laser generated its first light in Hamburg, Germany. It was the "last major milestone" for the European X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL). The light produced at the European XFEL has a wavelength of about 0.8 nanometers, which is 500 times shorter than visible light wavelength and corresponds to the size of an atom. The repetition rate at first lasing was one pulse a second, but that will eventually go up to 27,000 pulses every second, according to the plan for the facility.

Western Railway's "Elphinstone Road station" has been rechristened as 'Prabhadevi' station and the Mumbai's iconic railway station, "Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus" (CST)
renamed to "Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus" (CSMT) by the Central Govt.