The East Coast Railway (ECoR) Zone headquartered in Bhubaneswar (Odisha) has emerged as largest Freight Loading Railway Zone the country in year 2015-16 in terms of revenue loading performance.

The third phase of Union Health Ministry̢۪s universal vaccination programme Mission Indradhanush began on 7 April, 2016.

The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) has appointed CP Gurnani as its Chairman for 2016-17 and Raman Roy as vice chairman for the period.

Hashim Thaci has sworn in as the President of Kosovo after he was elected by the parliament in March 2016.

The first-ever North East-ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Business Summit kicked off in Imphal, Manipur with the focus on road connectivity, trade and tourism.

Researchers have developed the world̢۪s smallest nanoscale diode or molecular rectifier that could impact the development of molecular electronic devices in future.

• Kamla Advani passes away
• India wins 2016 Asian Nations Cup Chess tournament
• April 7: World Health Day

The government approved four-laning of a road project worth Rs.1,621 crore on the Karnataka-Andhra Pradesh section of National Highway-63.

Kamla Advani, the wife of BJP veteran L. K. Advani, died today at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) due to heart failure. She was 83.

The humble chair JK Rowling sat on while writing the first two books of the Harry Potter series was auctioned in New York City on Wednesday for $394,000.

Indian men have won the 2016 Asian Nations Cup Chess tournament by defeating Vietnam in the final round by 3-1 score played in Abu Dhabi.

• PM Narendra Modi launches Stand up India scheme for SC/ST, women
• Architect of Madras Atomic Power Station M H P Rao passes away
• Scientists discover new planet with triple-star system named KELT-4Ab