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• The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said that it is poised to deliver aid to Venezuela, warning that it will not accept any interference from President Nicolas Maduro or opposition leader Juan Guaido.


• The Red Cross “can never accept interference from other actors,” Rocca added, saying that Venezuela was a deeply polarized country and it was vital that no one take advantage of the aid.


• Guaido said Venezuelans should stay vigilant to make sure incoming aid is not diverted for “corrupt” purposes, but did not expound on the logistics of aid shipments nor say whether any agreement had been made with Maduro to let them in.

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• A judge has barred a planned celebration marking the anniversary of the 1964 Brazilian coup which overthrew the democratic government.


• President Jair Bolsonaro had planned to celebrate the anniversary of the start of military rule.


• The far-right president's decision had provoked widespread condemnation.


• He defended the decision earlier this week, stating the aim was to remember the era rather than commemorate military rule itself.

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• Victims of a tower block fire in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka may have been trapped because emergency exits were locked, officials say.


• At least 25 people died and 70 others were injured in the blaze.


• Six of the victims are believed to have fallen to their deaths when they jumped from the burning high-rise building.

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• That is the question facing officials in Japan, where a change of emperor is about to usher in a new era.


• Every emperor's reign, or "gengo", has a name, which is used alongside the Western calendar to count years - so the choice is taken pretty seriously.


• As millions of Japanese wait for the big announcement on 1 April, here's a guide to the secretive selection process.

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• Slovakia is set to vote for a new president, with front runner, Zuzana Caputova facing European Union Commissioner Maros Sefcovic.


• The two candidates got the most votes in the first round a fortnight ago, but failed to gain the 50% needed to win.


• If elected, Ms Caputova, a lawyer and anti-corruption activist with almost no political experience, will be the first female Slovak president.

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• In the decade after passage of the Right to Education (RTE) Act, while the target of 100% enrollment in primary schools has been largely met, the problem of qualitative improvement in learning remains.


• Now, a new study released by NITI Aayog suggests changes to traditional strategies for improving the quality of school education by a multi-pronged approach.

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• The closure of Pakistan airspace, which has been in place for more than a month, has cost Air India “ ₹5- 7 crore per day” as flights to the U.S. and Europe are forced to take a detour through the Middle East, said a senior official of the airline.


• Air India serves five destinations in the U.S. and ten in Europe, which together account for nearly half of the airline’s 37 international destinations.

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• India and the United States have jointly urged Pakistan to take meaningful, irreversible and verifiable action against terrorists and terror groups operating from its soil.


• Indian and US officials met in Washington for the sixteenth meeting of the US-India Counter terrorism Joint Working Group and the second session of the US-India Designations Dialogue.


• The Counter Terrorism Joint Working Group exchanged views on threats posed by international terrorist organisations as well as ongoing concerns over cross-border terrorism in the South Asia region.

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• The United Arab Emirates is the most liberal of the Gulf monarchies and our relationship with them is also very old.


• However, a visit by the Prime Minister to participate in a shilanyas in election season will throw up visuals that will be used in the elections,” said Ambassador Rajiv Dogra cautioning against such a trip.

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• Pakistan is refusing to acknowledge the damage caused by the Indian Air Force’s unprecedented, peace-time, cross-border strike against a terror camp in Balakot on February [latex]26^{th}[/latex] although the proof exists in front of its eyes in the form of the bombed-out structures, IAF chief BS Dhanoa said.


• Air Chief Marshal Dhanoa quoted lines from an iconic Bob Dylan track in response to a question on Pakistan downplaying the pre-dawn raid by the IAF’s Mirage 2000 fighters and also denying that any damage was caused by the precision bombing

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• Most people in India want to invest their money in fixed deposits (FDs) as they offer risk-free guaranteed return. FDs are quite popular, especially among senior citizens.


• Generally, FDs fetch a higher rate of interest as compared to savings.


• FD rates vary from bank to bank depending on the tenor of the deposits. Most banks offer FDs starting from 7 days up to 10 years.

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• The Ministry of Commerce and Industry of the government of India has launched a blockchain-based e-marketplace for coffee.


• Commerce Secretary Anup Wadhawan launched the coffee e-marketplace through video conferencing in New Delhi.

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• Kidambi Srikanth and PV Sindhu overcame tough competition to reach the semi-finals of the badminton India Open but women’s defending champion Zhang Beiwen of the United States crashed out.


• Srikanth, a former world number one, served past compatriot B Sai Praneeth 21-23, 21-11, 21-19 in the third round of the BWF World Tour Super 500 tournament in New Delhi.

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• Already assured of a summit clash against Korea - to be played before this match, the Indians scored goals almost at will which left the Polish players in daze.


• Striker Mandeep Singh continued his prolific form by scoring a brace as India mauled a hapless Poland 10-0 in their final league match of Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament in Ipoh

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• David Warner and Jonny Bairstow put behind a dismal bowling performance by Sunrisers Hyderabad with their brilliant batting to pull off a five-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in a Vivo IPL league match at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium.


• The flamboyant Warner meant business straight away — he flicked the first ball for a four and then pulled a six off pacer Dhawal Kulkarni in the first over of the chase.

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• Tashigang at an altitude of 15,256 feet has now became the world’s highest polling station in the sleepy hamlet of Buddhist-dominated Lahaul-Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh.


• Tashigang polling station falls in one of the 17 assembly segments that form the Mandi Lok Sabha seat.

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• Rustom Irani, the CEO of Cash Business of Hitachi Payment has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Hitachi Payment Services Pvt. Ltd. (Hitachi Payments). He will succeed Loney Antony.


• Rustom served as the Chief Operations Officer of Hitachi Payment Services, before assuming the role of the CEO of the company’s Cash Business in April 2018.

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• Scientists have long known that turtles, birds, honeybees and even bacteria can sense the earth’s magnetic field and use them for navigation.


• But this magneto-reception has hardly been tested in humans and many studies have been inconclusive.


• Now a team of researchers from California Institute of Technology, U.S. and the University of Tokyo has shown that humans do indeed unconsciously respond to the changes in the earth’s magnetic fields.

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• The Governor of Reserve Bank of India, Shaktikanta Das launched the book “Indian Fiscal Federalism” authored by Dr. Y.V. Reddy and G.R. Reddy.


• The launch event of the book was addressed by the Chairman of the 15th Finance Commission NK Singh, in New Delhi.

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• French film legend Agnes Varda, the only woman director to emerge from the so-called New Wave scene in the 1960s, has died aged 90 after a battle with cancer, her family said.


• With her two-tone bowl haircut, Varda was seen as the arty, eccentric "grandmother" of French cinema and tributes poured in for the highly-political artist revered for her originality.