Akihito became the first Japanese Emperor to step down from the throne in more than 200 years. His son, Crown Prince Naruhito, will ascend the Chrysanthemum throne today, beginning a new era. 30 April was the last day of the Heisei imperial era.
Prime Minister of Japan - Shinzo Abe.
Indian para-athlete Divij Shah secure a silver while Gurlal Singh and Hand cyclist Sudhakar Marathe won bronze medals at the Asian Road Para-cycling championships 2019 at Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Gurlal Singh is an Asian Para Games Bronze medalist.
International Labour Day or International Workers Day or May Day is celebrated on 1 May every year. The theme for 2019 is “ “Sustainable Pension for all: The Role of Social Partners". The day honours the sacrifices of workers during the 19th century.
International Labour Organisation HQ- Geneva, Switzerland
Bharti AXA General Insurance will be the first Indian insurer to sell policies through social media messaging platform WhatsApp and has tied up with web aggregator Wishfin Insurance for the speedy delivery of two-wheeler cover.
Bharti Axa General Insurance MD & CEO- Sanjeev Srinivasan
Bharti Airtel announced the launch of new over-the-top streaming service Wynk Tube that would combine audio and video content. Wynk Tube is an extension of Wynk Music that allows users to stream audio and video of popular tracks within the same interface.
Wynk Tube is free for Airtel & ₹99 pm for non-Airtel customers.
India was the world's fourth biggest military spender in 2018 behind the US, China, and Saudi Arabia, according to Swedish arms watchdog SIPRI. India, which was the fifth largest military spender in 2017, spent $66.5 billion in 2018.
Total world military expenditure rose to $1,822 billion in 2018.
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman attended a key conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and held bilateral meetings on its sidelines.
India became a full member of the SCO in 2017.
Twitter has announced premium content deals with Univision, The Wall Street Journal, NFL, ESPN, and Viacom for live-streaming videos on its platform. The deals were announced at Twitter's "Digital Content NewFronts" event.
Manish Maheshwari is the MD of Twitter India.
India is planning to launch its radar imaging satellite RISAT 2BR1 on one of the variants of its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket on 22 May. Following the launch of RISAT 2BR1, ISRO will send up a cartography satellite Cartosat-3.
ISRO- Indian Space Research Organisation; HQ- Bengaluru.
Filmmaker John Singleton, the youngest-ever person as well as the first African-American to be nominated for the Best Director Oscar, has passed away at age 51 years. John earned two Oscar nominations for his film 'Boyz N the Hood' in 1992.
“Bohemian Rhapsody” won max 4 awards at 2019 Oscar Awards.