2. Country’s largest private mobile operator Bharti Airtel and Axis Bank made a partnership to provide banking services through Airtel Money platform.

3. Grammy-winning disco legend Donna Summer (Queen of Disco), who steamed up the charts in the 1970s and 80s with raunchy hits like “Love to Love You Baby” and “Hot Stuff,” died at age of 63.

4. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to set up a $2 billion swap facility for SAARC (South-Asian Association for Regional Co-operation) member-nations, the swap will be offered in U.S. dollar, euro or Indian rupee against the domestic currency.

5. The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has issued notice to National record holder in the 400 metres, Manjeet Kaur, for her “failure” to submit to a dope control during the Federation Cup meet at Patiala last month.

6. Pastor Maldonado gave Williams a first Formula One race win in almost eight years, when he fought off local hero Fernando Alonso in a thrilling Spanish Grand Prix.

7. Seeking to diversify its business portfolio and venture into new and challenging areas, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has drawn up plans to enter the marketing and re-gasficiation of LNG and into the City Gas Distribution (CGD) business.

2. Aziz Qureshi was sworn in as the fifth Governor of Uttarakhand by Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice Barin Ghosh at a simple ceremony in Raj Bhavan here on Tuesday. The ceremony was conducted by Chief Secretary Alok Jain.

3. Kaiga atomic power plant‘s two units have been selected for ‘Power Line Awards 2012‘ under the “best performing Nuclear power station” category.

4. Tokyo Electric Power Co posted an annual loss of almost $10 billion as compensation claims for the Fukushima nuclear disaster brought it to the brink of bankruptcy and fuel costs soared after idling all its atomic plants. Govt agreed to pay $12 billion to prevent from bankruptcy.

5. To meet the drinking water needs of people in Naxal-affected areas, the Government is planning to set up 10,000 solar based water systems in 78 districts which have been hit by Left Wing Extremism.

6. Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi won the Asian continental chess championship despite losing to AR Saleh Salem of UAE in the final round that concluded. Negi finished the tournament on 7 points and was tied for first place along with Yu Yangyi of China. Eaplier in leagues Negi has beaten Yangyi, so emerged as winner.

7. Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar has been appointed as the new chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) for a three-year term.

8. Amrapali Jewels, worn by Hollywood actresses like Megan Fox and Halle Berry, has been short-listed for Andrea Palladio International Jewellery Awards (APIJA), which honours the best in jewellery business across the world.

2. India, according to a report published by the Brussels-based Security and Defence Agenda (SDA) and McAfee, ranked fifth in the list of countries affected of cyber crime. The report named, ‘Cyber Security: The Vexed Question of Global Rules’, rated the Internet privacy in the country as low.

3. Vladimir Putin the former Russian Prime Minister and the president of the United Russia Party took the oath as the President of Russia on 7 May 2012.

4. Yesteryear actress Sushma Seth and Miss India World Vinya Mishra were awarded with Kalpana Chawla excellence award, at Mavlankar Auditorium, New Delhi.

5.  The Socialist Party leader Francois Hollande defeated the Union for a Popular Movement leader and incumbent president Nicholas Sarkozy to become the 24th French President.

6. Bollywood actor Mithun Chakravarti received the PC Chandra lifetime achievement award in Kolkata on 29 April 2102.

7. Bangalore artist Sheela Gowda, who uses unconventional materials like cow dung, ash and hair to make sculptures was shortlisted for UK’s biggest contemporary art prize, the 40000 pounds Artes Mundi.