Gayatri Pullela has bagged both the singles and doubles crown at the Pembangunan Jaya Raya Junior Grand Prix in Jakarta, Indonesia. She won girls U-15 singles title by defeating her compatriot Samiya Farooqui by 21-11, 18-21, 21-16. Later, Pullela and Samiya won their U-15 doubles title by defeating Indonesian pair of Kelly Larissa and Shelandry Vyola in the final by 21-17, 21-15. Both Gayatri and Samiya train together at the Pullela Gopichand Academy in Hyderabad. Gayatri Pullela is the daughter of National Badminton coach Pullela Gopichand.

The Chief minister of Himachal Pradesh, Virbhadra Singh has recently launched an ‘unemployment allowance scheme’ at the state level function at Chamba on the occasion of the 70th foundation day of Himachal Pradesh. As per the scheme, the state government will provide an unemployment allowance of Rs 1,000 per month to youth having intermediate or above qualification where as the unemployed youth with disability would be given Rs 1,500 per month. Apart from this, the state government has also decided to regularize contract employees after three years in service, instead of the present period of 5 years.

Robert William Taylor (85), the internet and computer pioneer, has recently passed away in California, United States. He was instrumental in creating the internet and the modern personal computer. Taylor’s was also responsible for developing ethernet local networking and a word processing program that became Microsoft Word.

Manipur Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh today launched two web applications to check corruption and keep track of government activities. The two web applications were Anti-Corruption Cell and Digital Application for Review by Public And Nation (DARPAN), an official release said here. The two web applications would monitor all government funded projects and ensure transparency and accountability, Biren said launching the applications.

Promising Indian shuttler B Sai Praneeth clinched his maiden Super Series title at the Singapore Open after defeating compatriot K Srikanth in a historic all-Indian final on Sunday.

The sixth prestigious M.S. Swaminathan Award for contribution in the field of agriculture was on Friday given to R.R. Hanchinal, Chairperson of Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Authority, government of India. He received the award for his contributions and sustained support to the areas of crop improvement for hot and very hot dry environments, seed production technology and intellectual protection rights in plant varieties.

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The Supreme Court today (15 April, 2017) created the "third gender" status for hijras or transgenders. The third gender people will be considered as OBCs.

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Himachal Pradesh has become the first state in the country to ban coloured bags of recycled plastic.