- Goa State Government has decided to launch its own app-based taxi service at some key tourist destinations across the
- Maharashtra State Government has announced that, starting from June 2018, cancer patients in the state would be provided free chemotherapy treatment at district hospitals.
- With an aim to make organ transplants more transparent in the state, Kerala State Government has issued guidelines to be followed to confirm brain death cases.
- 51-day long 8 Theatre Olympics, concluded in Mumbai on April 8, 2018. Theatre Olympics is the largest international theatre festival and was held in India for the first time.
- Odisha Public e-library set up by Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) and Odisha Society of America (OSA) has started functioning from the Berhampur Town Hall in Odisha.
- The UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) has introduced secure digitally-signed QR Code on eAadhaar that will contain photograph of the Aadhaar holder along with demographic details.
- Export Promotion Council for EoUs and SEZs (EPCES) announced that, it has launched a new membership software application.
- Singapore and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Beijing to promote greater collaboration between Singapore and Chinese companies in third-party markets along the Belt and Road initiative.
- President of India, Ram Nath Kovind concluded his visit to Equatorial Guinea, the first leg of his visit to three African nations – Equatorial Guinea, Swaziland and Zambia
- Veena Sahajwalla, an Indian-origin scientist in Australia, has launched the world’s first microfactory that can transform the components from electronic waste like smartphones and laptops into valuable materials for reuse.
- India’s largest bank, State Bank of India (SBI) will be investing a total of Rs 80 billion in the 900 megawatt (MW) Arun
- III hydropower project of Nepal.
- 11 public sector banks have been placed under the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework due to non-performing assets
- Reliance Infrastructure Ltd (RInfra) said that, it has won a Rs 1,081 crore contract from Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) for work in two units of the Kudankulam project in Tamil Nadu.
- Congress general secretary Ashok Gehlot has been made a member of Congress central election committee.
- The Health Ministry has banned over the counter sale of 14 skin creams and ointments containing steroids.
- A new class of antibiotics named “Odilorhabdins” has been discovered which can help in fighting drugresistant or hard-to-treat bacterial infections.
- At least four kingfisher species are thriving in the Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary in Andhra Pradesh.