Government auditor warns Gujarat of looming debt trap: Public debt estimated to be Rs 3.2 lakh crore at end of March 31, 2022; CAG states Gujarat understated its revenue deficit by Rs 10,997.93 cr by misclassifying revenue expenditure as capital & off budget operations

India records its warmest March days in 121 years: While the northwest region recorded its highest average maximum, central recorded its second warmest March in terms of day temperatures for the month since 1901

Indian aid to Sri Lanka: Amid protests in the midst of a severe economic crisis, Sri Lanakan govt has imposed 36-hour curfew across country; India starts supplying rice to Sri Lanka in first major food aid

India-Australia sign trade pact: India and Australia inked an economic cooperation and trade agreement (ECTA), under which Canberra will provide duty-free access in its market for over 95 per cent tariff lines, including textiles, leather, furniture, jewellery, machinery and select medical devices; India’s offer includes immediate tariff elimination on 40 per cent of its tariff lines 

Key whistleblower in NCP’s botched attempt to nail Aryan Khan dies: The whistleblower had reportedly overhead investigator Kiran Gosavi talk about a Rs 18 crore deal, of which Rs 8 crore was to be paid to then Narcotics Control Bureau Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede; An otherwise healthy man, the whistleblower is now dead