1. World Day for Safety and Health at Work (28 April) observed globally.
2. India, Cyprus sign 4 agreements in Air Services, Agriculture, Merchant Shipping and Culture Education.
3. 21 lakh street lights installed across country under Street Light Programme.
4. El Salvador becomes 1st country in world to ban metals mining.
5. NASA's Cassini successfully executes dive in between Saturn, its rings.
6. Chhattisgarh passes State GST Bill.
7. President conferred Jnanpith Award to poet Sankha Ghosh.
8. Uma Bharti has launched Water Conservation Programme for Bundelkhand.
9. World Immunization Week 2017 observed with theme "VaccinesWork".
10. Tamil actor Vinu Chakravarthy passes away.
11. Shah Rukh Khan becomes first Indian actor to deliver Ted Talk.
12. Jonathan Demme, Oscar-winning director of The Silence of the Lambs, dies
13. Bhubaneswar becomes 1st Indian city to win Pierre L'Enfant Awards-2017.
14. Haryana Government appoints BS Sandhu as state’s DGP .
