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1.Australia opens doors for techies, chefs, students, millennials.-From 1,800 chefs and yoga teachers, who can hope to get a quick entry, or students, who can now stay for up to four years on post-study work visas, and 1,000 millennials who can mix work and pleasure, thousands of Indians are set to get easy access to Australia with the signing of the bilateral trade agreement with India.-Times of India
2.India will be sending Sri Lanka rice as part of the US$ 1 billion credit facility that was extended by New Delhi in March. The facility was signed during the visit of Sri Lankan Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa's India visit last month. The facility is being used to supply essential commodities to the beleaguered country, starting with Rice in the next few days.-dnaindia.com
3.Crisis-hit Sri Lanka's cabinet resigned en masse from their positions at a late-night meeting Sunday, the education minister said, as anti-government protests escalated despite curfews.All 26 ministers aside from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his elder brother Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa stepped down, education minister Dinesh Gunawardena told reporters.-hindustantimes.com
4.Nearly 10 years in the making, India and Australia inked a landmark economic pact on Saturday, which will see duties being slashed on more than 85% of goods exported to the South Asian nation as both governments secure alternative supply chains and counter an assertive China.-The Economic Times
5.China sent the military and thousands of healthcare workers into Shanghai to help execute COVID-19 tests for all of its 26 million residents on Monday, in one of its biggest ever public health responses.The People's Liberation Army (PLA) on Sunday dispatched more than 2,000 medical personnel recruited from across the army, navy and joint logistics support forces to Shanghai, an armed forces newspaper reported.-hindustantimes.com
6.New Covid variant has been found in the UK, the World Health Organisation said in its latest report. The new mutant, called XE, may be more transmissible than any strain of COVID-19, the health body said.XE is a "recombinant" which is a mutation of BA'1 and BA.2 Omicron strains.-ndtv.com
7.Tata Group has announced to launch its much-anticipated super app 'Neu' on April 7 as it attempts to take on Amazon and Jio Platforms amid the rapid growth in the consumer digital economy space in the country.-moneycontrol.com
8.Since the Covid-19 pandemic situation has improved and things have come back to normal, students should prepare themselves for offline exams only — so said state minister of higher and technical education, Uday Samant, at Sunday’s convocation ceremony at the Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Samstha (MKSSS).-The Times of India
9.Fraudsters, posing as civic officials, continued to threaten citizens over masks even on the last day before the state government’s relaxations are set to come into force. One such case took place at Malad East on Friday where Prakash Maske was allegedly cheated of Rs 15,000 by two people, claiming to be BMC officials. -Mid-day
10.Lemon Tree Hotels announced its latest signing – Keys Lite by Lemon Tree Hotels, in Jaipur, Rajasthan. The property is owned by M/s T.F. Enterprises, and shall be managed by Carnation Hotels Private Limited, a subsidiary and management arm of Lemon Tree Hotels Limited. It is expected to open in December 2022. -hotelierindia.com
11.IHCL announces the opening of its first Ginger hotel in Kochi. Located at Kalamassery, the hotel is built around the brand’s design and service philosophy of offering a vibrant, contemporary, and seamless hospitality experience to its guests.Ginger Kochi, Kalamassery is strategically located on the Kochi-Salem Highway, with convenient access to Cochin SEZ and economic center with key IT companies and industries.-hotelierindia.com
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