1. China's Economy grew 6.7 % in the First Quarter, the slowest in Seven years. China GDP grew 6.7 percent year on year reach 15.9 trillion yuan data released by the National Bureau of Statistics.
2. Nepal First Woman Acting Chief Justice Sushila Karki has assumed office.
3. Sushma Swaraj ( External Affairs Minister) will embark on a four day visit to Iran and Russia (Moscow)
4. Death toll in the late lastnight's (15.04.2016) earthquake in the southern Japanese city of Kumamoto has risen to 20.
5. US Secretary of Defece Ashton Carter announced that the US Military is dispatching warplance and troops to the South China Sea as tensions with Beijing over the contested spratly and Paracel Islands Simmer.
6. India and the United States have agreed to enhance collaboration on tackling offshore tax evation and increase cooperation in sharing of cross-border tax information.