- Third edition of the Annual 5G India Congress 2018 was held on April 20, 2018 in New Delhi.
- A Group of Ministers (GoM) constituted by the Union Road Transport and Highways Ministry, has recommended a uniform structure of road tax for vehicles across states.
- Nagaland launched “Saubhagya, Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana”, aimed at electrifying over 90000 households across the state by March 31, 2019.
- Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Statistics and Programme Implementation, Vijay Goel inaugurated the new office of Central Project Monitoring Unit for the e-Vidhan project of the Government at the Parliament House Annexe.
- The Four day first International SME (Small,Medium Enterprises) convention 2018 is being held in New Delhi
- Jagat Prakash Nadda,Union health minister has decided to roll out ‘Integrated initiative for prevention & control of viral hepatitis’ with a budget of Rs 517.39 crore for three year.
- A high-level Malaria Summit was held in London, UK on April 18, 2018 to step up action and announce new commitments in the fight against Malaria.
- king of Swaziland, King Mswati III announced that his country’s name has been changed to ‘Kingdom of eSwatini’.
- Syria has returned to France the prestigious Légion d’honneur presented to its President Bashar al-Assad.
- Leaders of 53 Commonwealth countries have unanimously agreed to work closely to evaluate and strengthen their cybersecurity frameworks and response mechanisms by 2020.
- Kyrgyzstan’s new President Sooronbay Jeenbekov has dismissed the republic’s cabinet of ministers headed by Prime Minister Sapar Isakov, the Kyrgyz president’s press service.
- India’s largest private sector bank ICICI Bank has introduced a ‘digital form’ which will help open current accounts in a few hours.
- Mid-size private sector bank YES Bank has got approval from the Reserve Bank of India to open two international representative offices – in London and Singapore.
- Telecom giant Vodafone announced the rollout of Voice-over LTE(VoLTE) Services in Chennai, Tamilnadu and confirmed it would expand the service across the State over the next few months.
- Four Indian who have featured in 2018 TIME 100 are Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli, Ola co-founder Bhavish Aggarwal, Bollywood star Deepika Padukone and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in 2018 TIME 100 Most Influential People List
- US Senate confirms appointment of Jim Bridenstine as NASA Administrator
- Prince Charles was confirmed as the successor to Queen Elizabeth as head of the Commonwealth at a meeting of the group’s heads of government in Windsor at Buckingham Palace in London, Britain.
- The Cuban government has selected the country’s 57-year-old first vice-president, Miguel DíazCanel, as the country’s President, replacing Raúl Castro.
- The Mumbai Football Arena, the new hub of Indian football, will play host to the inaugural edition of the four-nation Intercontinental Cup, which is slated to be held from June 1 to June 10, 2018.
- Differently-abled Indian arm wrestler Shrimant Jha won a bronze medal at the Asian Armwrestling Championship, which is being held from April 16 to April 22 in Kazakhstan.
- Kerala Kaumudi chief editor M.S. Ravi dead
- South Sudan’s military chief General James Ajongo dies during Egypt visit
- World Creativity and Innovation Day – 21 April
- National Civil Service Day – April 21