1. Myntra appoints Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma as first brand ambassadors

• Flipkart-owned fashion e-commerce platform Myntra announced that it had appointed celebrity couple Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma as its first brand ambassadors.
• Myntra has launched an integrated campaign called ‘Go Myntra-la-la’ which will be promoted across television, print, digital and outdoor.
• According to the 2018 Duff & Phelps celebrity brand valuation report, Kohli and Sharma, or ‘Virushka’ as they are popularly known, are the biggest ‘power couple’ it terms of brand promotions after Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh.

2. Japanese private firm sends first rocket into space

• An aerospace startup in Japan has successfully launched a rocket into space. It's the first privately developed Japanese spacecraft to reach orbit.
• The unmanned rocket named MOMO-3 took from a test site in Taiki on the northern Japanese island of Hokkiado.The successful flight lasted about 10 minutes, and came after two failed launches by the same company in 2017 and 2018.
• The MOMO-3 rocket weighs about 1.15 metric tons and is capable of carrying payloads of up to 20 kilograms (44 pounds) — although it cannot yet send them into orbit.

3. Nepali Girl  Bandana Dances For 126 Hours Straight To Set New World Record

• A Nepali teenager danced continuously for 126 hours to set a Guinness World Records on "Longest Dancing Marathon by an Individual", a feat previously hold by an Indian.
• Bandana Nepal beat the record set by Kalamandalam Hemlatha, who danced continuously for 123 hours and 15 minutes in 2011.
• Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli honoured the 18-year-old girl, Bandana Nepal, for achieving the feat.

4. Vodafone Idea signs multi-million dollar IT deal with IBM

• India's largest telecom operator Vodafone Idea Ltdannounced a five-year multi-million-dollar IT outsourcing deal with tech giant IBM.
• The collaboration will provide Vodafone Idea with a hybrid cloud based digital platform to enable more intimate engagement with its over 387 million subscribers (as of 31 December, 2018), enhancing business efficiency.
• The deal will also provide a platform for fast-track joint initiatives in Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things.

5. Paytm president Bhushan Patil quits

• Bhushan Patil, president at Paytm, has quit the company.
• Patil, who joined Paytm after a five year stint with Alibaba, had initially joined the Noida-based company to look after its cross border commerce business.
• With Paytm focusing on its domestic commerce business, he was one of the key executives for Paytm Mall. Patil joined Paytm in March 2016.

6. Bombay Stock Exchange appoints first independent woman Director Jayshree Vyas to board

• BSE, formerly known as the Bombay Stock Exchange, has finally appointed its first independent woman director Jayshree Vyas.
• BSE already has two non-executive women directors namely Usha Sangwan and Rajeshree Sabnavis on its Board.
• The Companies Act of 2013 mandates a certain class of companies to have at least one woman director on board.

7. SpaceX Launches Cargo Mission For NASA To The International Space Station

• SpaceX has successfully launched a cargo mission for NASA to the International Space Station (ISS), its fifth launch of the year, after being delayed by a few days due to a couple of issues.
• The launch had originally been scheduled to take place earlier, But an electrical problem on the ISS caused the mission to be pushed back while the problem was resolved. The spacecraft will now make its way to the ISS, and is set to arrive in the early morning of Monday, May 6.
• It carries 2,500 kilograms of research, supplies and hardware for astronauts living and working on ISS as part of the CRS-17 mission (17th resupply mission).

8. Barcelona legend Xavi Hernandez announces retirement

• Barcelona midfielder Xavi Hernandez has announced that the 2018/19 season will be his final one as a professional footballer.
• Xavi, who currently plays for Al-Sadd in Qatar, holds the all-time appearances record at FC Barcelona with 767, and scored 85 goals from 1998 to 2015.
• Xavi was the first captain of the team for his final season, following the retirement of Carles Puyol.

9. Gates Foundation Hires Senior Tata Official as India Policy Head

• The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has hired a senior executive from Tata Group, India’s largest business group, for its operations in the country.
• Ubale, who has spent more than a decade at Tata Group, was previously chief executive officer of its closely-held property arm Tata Realty & Infrastructure Ltd.
• The Gates Foundation, the world’s biggest private charity, has an endowment of $50.7 billion.

10. Shahid Afridi recently released his autobiography, titled ‘Game Changer’.

• Pakistan’s former captain and star all-rounder Shahid Afridi recently released his autobiography, titled ‘Game Changer’.
• The book, co-authored by Afridi and journalist Wajahat S Khan, details some interesting and exciting information from the cricketer’s life.
• He also holds the distinction of having hit the most number of sixes in the history of ODI cricket.