India

• Indian coast guard rescues missing tamil nadu fishing boat ‘mercedes’ 370 kms from lakshadweep islands
• Covid-19 vaccination drive for age of 18 years and above begins
• Actor bikramjeet kanwarpal dies at 52 from covid-19; had retired from army as major before acting debut in 2000
• Sent 3,000 oxygen concentrators to help india: unicef
• Covid-19: india gets first consignment of sputnik v vaccine from russia

Economy & corporate

• 30 existing nitrogen plants to be converted into oxygen manufacturing plants
• US. state department approves sale of six p-8i maritime surveillance aircraft to india; manufactured by boeing

World

• US: pentagon cancels parts of former us president donald trump’s border wall with mexico that were being built using military funds
• International labour day, also known as may day, observed on may 1
• Covid-19: who approves us manufacturer Moderna’s vaccine for emergency use
• Eli broad, entrepreneur turned philanthropist, dies in us at 87