Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa became the only member of the family to retain a Cabinet position in his younger brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa's new Cabinet of 17 ministers appointed on Monday, as the island nation was facing the worst economic crisis.

The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Monday said it has increased prices of its entire model range with immediate effect in order to partially offset the impact of rise in input costs.

 The Mumbai-based fish factory known as Shree Ulka LLP at the MSEZ (Mangaluru Special Economic Zone) was reportedly closed and locked by the police in the background of the deaths of five factory workers. Concerning the disaster that occurred in the factory, four individuals including the factory’s production manager were taken into custody, the Mangaluru City Police Commissioner N. Shashikumar informed. 

P Ravi Kumar, IAS, Chief Secretary, Govt. of Karnataka, the chief guest for the Cyclothon 2022 Bengaluru Chapter, along with Shri A K Tripathi, Executive Director (Southern Region), GAIL (India) Limited flagged off Saksham Cyclothon from Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru on 17th April 2022 (Sunday).

Continuing his splendid run, fast-rising Indian swimmer Vedaant Madhavan added a second medal to his kitty, a gold in the men's 800m freestyle at the Danish Open in Copenhagen.

India logged 2,183 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,30,44,280, while the active cases declined to 11,542, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.

 China on Monday reported first fatalities in Shanghai due to the ongoing COVID-19 surge in the city where the Omicron variant continues to paralyse the country's business hub of 26 million people.

 Authorities in South Carolina are investigating a shooting at a nightclub early Sunday that wounded at least nine people. It was the second mass shooting in the state and the third in the nation during the Easter holiday weekend.