| The Australian female umpire who has become the first woman to be an umpire in men's one-day international | Claire Polosak |
| The Indian writer who has been awarded the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2019 for his literary novel Solo | Rana Dasgupta |
| The journalist of Pakistan's Dawn newspaper who has been 71st World Press Freedom Hero Award by the International Press Institute, Vienna (Austria) | Cyril Almeida |
| The team which has won the 2nd Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh Memorial International Hockey Tournament held in Chandigarh defeating South Central Railway in the finals | Integral Coach Factory, Chennai |
| The city in which the first ever summit of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin was held recently | Vladivostok |
| The African country in which the world's first malaria vaccine RTS, S was launched for children upto 2 years | Malawi |
| The Malayalam film which has won the Best Cinematography Award at the 2019 Beijing International Film Festival | Bhayanakam |
| The rank of India in the Index of Cancer Preparedness 2019 released by Economist Intelligence Unit for 28 countries | 19 |
| The country which has released a commemorative stamp on the theme of Ramayana to mark 70 years of its diplomatic ties with India | Indonesia |
| The former of CEO of Network 18 Digital who has been named the new MD of Twitter in India | Manish Maheshwari |
| The former television serial comedian who has been elected the new President of Ukraine | Volodymyr Zelensky |
| The guided missile destroyer launched by the Indian Navy at Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders, Mumbai is named | INS Imphal |
| The team which has won the 73rd edition of Santosh Trophy football tournament defeating Punjab in the finals | Services |
| The place in China at which International Fleet Review is scheduled from 21 April with participation of INS Kolkata and INS Shakti of the Indian Navy | Qingdao |
| The HDFC promoted finance company with which the merger of Bandhan Bank has been approved by Competition Commission of India | GRUH Finance |
| The Reuters reporters at present imprisoned in Myanmar, who have been awarded the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2019 | Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone |
| The renowned Hindi poet and humorist who passed away on 12 April 2019 | Pradeep Chaubey |
| The integrated skill development programme launched by the Government of West Bengal with an annual target of 600,000 persons which has been awarded the World Summit on the Information Society Prize 2019 | Utkarsh Bangla |
| The name given by Hawaiian language professor Larry Kimura to the first ever black hole photographed by Event Horizon Telescope | Powehi |
| The Telugu poet who has been awarded the Saraswati Samman 2018 for his collection of poetry Pakkaki Ottigilite by the KK Birla Foundation | K Siva Reddy |
| The highest civilian award of Russia which has been awarded to the Indian PM Shri Narendra Modi | Order of the St Andrew, the Apostle |
| The cloud management tool launched by Google allowing its users to run applications from anywhere is named | Google Anthos |
| The Indian women's cricketer who has been named Wisden's Leading Women's Cricketer in the World for 2018 | Smriti Mandhana |
| The Indian cricketer who has been named Wisden's Leading Cricketer in the World for 2018 | Virat Kohli |
| The 12th edition of joint military exercise between India and Singapore conducted at Babina Military Station in MP from 08 to 11 April 2019 | Bold Kurukshetra 2019 |
| The railway station in North East Frontier Railway zone which has become the first in the country to be awarded ISO certification (ISO-14001) from National Green Tribunal | Guwahati |
| The former Australian hockey player who has been appointed as the coach of Indian national men's hockey team | Graham Reid |
| The village in West Imphal district of Manipur which has been tagged as India's first carbon positive settlement | Phayeng |
| The All India Football Federation president who has become the first Indian to be elected as the member of FIFA Executive Council for a period of 4 years | Praful Patel |
| The country which has conferred its highest civilian honour named Zayed Medal upon the Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi | UAE |
| The well-known film actress who has been appointed as the industry head of Google India | Mayuri Kango |
| The Air Force officer who has been appointed the new Chief of Strategic Force Command to replace Air Marshal Jasbir Walia | Air Marshal NS Dhillon |
| The team which has won the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament defeating India in the finals at Ipoh, Malaysia | South Korea |
| The Thai badminton player who has won the Women's Singles title at the India Open badminton tournament in New Delhi defeating He Bingjiao of China in the finals | Ratchanok Intanon |
| The Denmark badminton player who has won the Men's Singles title at the India Open badminton tournament in New Delhi defeating India's Kidambi Srikanth in the finals | Viktor Axelson |
| The Switzerland based NRI who has been awarded the Pravasiya Bharatiya Samman Award by the President of India | Dr. Rajendra Joshi |
| The country which has voted anti-corruption activist Zuzana Caputova to be its first female President | Slovakia |
| The biennial bilateral maritime exercise being conducted by the Navies of India and Australia off the coast of Visakhapatnam fro 02 April 2019 | AUSINDEX 2019 |
Launch date: 01 April 2019
Launch station: SHAR, Sriharikota
Indian Satellite launched: EMISAT (weight - 436 kg) intended for electromagnetic spectrum measurement.
Foreign Satellites launched: Bluewalker1 and M6P (Lithuania); Aistechsat-3 (Spain); Astrocast-2 (Switzerland); Flock-4A (20 satellites) and Lemur (USA). Total 28
Theme: Assistive Technologies, Active Participation
Designated by: UN General Assembly
First Observed in: 2008
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
Theme: United Nations Promotes SDGs - Safe Ground, Safe Home
First Observed in: 2006
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First Observed in: 2014
Designated by: World Health Organisation
Theme: Universal Health Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere
First Observed in: 1950
Designated by: UN General Assembly
First Observed in: 2011
Designated by: World Federation of Haemophilia
Theme: Reaching out - connect to your community
First Observed in: 1989
Designated by: UNESCO
Theme: Rural Landscapes
First Observed in: 1983
Designated by: UN General Assembly
Theme: Protect our species
First Observed in: 2010
Note: Earth Day was first observed in 1970 in the United States and it went global in 1990. The same day was adopted by the UN in 2009 as the International Mother Earth Day.
Designated by: UN Dept of Public Information
First Observed in: 2010
Significance: Birthday of William Shakespeare
Designated by: World Health Organisation
First Observed in: 2007
Theme: Zero malaria starts with me
Designated by: World Intellectual Property Organisation
First Observed in: 2000
Theme: Reach for Gold: IP and Sports
Designated by: International Labour Organisation
First Observed in: 2003
Theme: Safety and Health and the Future of Work
Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Award for music and art - Smt. Sucheta Bhide-Chapekar (Classical dancer)
Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Lifetime award (Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar) - Salim Khan (Scriptwriter)
Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Special Award - Madhur Bhandarkar and Helen for their contribution to Indian Cinema
Released by: Reporters without Borders
| Rank | Country | Rank | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Norway | 140 | India |
| 2. | Finland | 142 | Pakistan |
| 3. | Sweden | 177 | China |
| 4. | Netherlands | 150 | Bangladesh |
| 5. | Denmark | 126 | Sri Lanka |
Launched from: Virginia Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport
Launch vehicle: Cygnus spacecraft on Antares 230 Rocket
1st satellite of Nepal: Nepalisat 1
1st satellite of Sri Lanka: Raavana 1
Bulit by: Stratolaunch Systems Corp
Maiden flight: Mojave desert, California
Wingspan: 117 metres.
Number of engines: 6 Boeing 747 engines
Fuselage (body): 2
Designed: To drop rockets and other space vehicles at an altitude of 35,000 feet.
Note: Stratolaunch is a company setup by Microsoft co-founder Late Paul Allen
The President of India released ‘NIRF India Rankings 2019’ for Higher Education Institutions
List of top ranking institute in each category is as follows:
The Overstory - Richard Powers (Awarded Pulitzer Prize for fiction)
Quichotte - Salman Rushdie