• The Union Government has decided to increase the interest rate of Provident Fund to 8.8 per cent for the year 2015­-16.
  • British Astronaut Tim Peake of the European Space Agency creates new World Record of running Marathon in Space.
  • President Pranab Mukherjee nominated six eminent personalities, Subramanian Swamy, Narendra Jadhav, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Suresh Gopi, Swapan Dasgupta and Mary Kom to Rajya Sabha after recommendation of the Union government.
  • Bollywood Actor Manoj Bajpayee will be honored with Dadasaheb Phalke Foundation Award for the film Aligarh.
  • Earth Day is celebrated on 22 April across the globe with the theme “Trees for the Earth. Let’s get planting.”
  • World Health Organization declares Europe as the first Malaria free zone. Europe had become the first region to report zero cases of malaria in 2015.
  • ISRO today launch its seventh and final GPS satellite IRNSS­1G from PSLV C33 rocket from the launch pad in Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota near Chennai.
  • Anti­slavery crusader Harriet Tubman will become the first African­-American on the face of US paper currency as she will replaces former President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill.
  • Bollywood actor Salman Khan named as Goodwill Ambassador for the Indian contingent at the Rio Olympics.
  • Rahul Johri appointed as the first Chief Executive Officer of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
  • Dipa Karmakar created history by becoming the first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics.
  • Australia wins the 25th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup after defeating India by 4-­0 in the final held in Malaysia.
  • India is going to host the 2018 Commonwealth Judo Championships in Jaipur, Rajasthan. It was announced by the Judo Federation of India (JFI).

Important Days in April

  • 5th April : National Maritime Day
  • 7th April : World Health Day
  • 10th April : World Homeopathy Day (Birth day of Samuel Hanimen)
  • 17th April : World Hemophilia Day
  • 18th April : World Heritage Day
  • 22nd April : International Mother Earth Day
  • 24th April : Panchayati Raj Divas
  • 25th April  : World Malaria Day