April 8 – Kamra's plea in Bombay HC, high-level India-UAE talks, IPL: KKR vs LSG and PBKS vs CSK

• 84th Congress National Convention to be held in Gujarat after 64 years
At the two-day AICC session in Ahmedabad, Congress will finalise electoral strategies and organisational reforms. Key leaders, including Mallikarjun Kharge and the Gandhis, will attend.
• Finance minister on official visit to UK and Austria
Nirmala Sitharaman will undertake a week-long visit to the UK and Austria to attend the 13th India-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue and engage with global investors and policymakers.
• Bombay HC to hear Kunal Kamra's plea seeking quashing of FIRs
The hearing was advanced from April 21, citing urgency due to alleged death threats. Kamra faces multiple FIRs over his alleged "jibe" at Maharashtra deputy CM Eknath Shinde. Kamra argues that the chargesviolate his constitutional rights to free speech and personal liberty.
• High-level UAE delegation to visit India
Dubai's Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's visit is aimed at deepening UAE-India strategic and economic ties. Accompanied by key ministers and industry leaders, he will hold talks with Indian officials to enhance bilateral cooperation.
•IPL 2025: KKR vs LSG at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Kolkata Knight Riders face Lucknow Super Giants in a key IPL showdown. While KKR look to fix their unstable opening pair, LSG arrive with momentum and growing expectations from skipper Rishabh Pant.
• IPL 2025: PBKS vs CSK at New PCA Stadium, New Chandigarh
Chennai Super King fans continue to cheer for MS Dhoni, but is his legendary finishing touch fading? A win is critical for the team has had a string of losses.
• First-time investor? Here’s how to cope with the market downturn

Other key events
• LPG cylinders to get costlier by Rs 50 from today
• Amit Shah in J&K to review development work and attend a security meeting in Srinagar
• VHP to hold protests in Karnataka against reservation for Muslims in public contracts
• Sentencing by special court of four people convicted in the 2008 Jaipur serial blasts case
• Delhi's Saket district court to pronounce order on social activist Medha Patkar's appeal against her conviction in the defamation case of 2001
• Conference on ‘World Peace And Harmony Through Interfaith Dialogue' in Mumbai
• Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft launched with four Russians on board
• International Booker Prize 2025 shortlist to be announced
• Why health insurance looks like a trap to so many Indians
• Explained: Why Japan is fearing a quake that could kill 300,000

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Anniversaries
• Birth anniversary of singer Kumar Gandharva
• Birthday of singer and composer Amit Trivedi
• Death anniversary of soldier Mangal Pandey for his role in the events leading to the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny
• Death anniversary of artist Pablo Picasso
• Revolutionaries Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw handouts and bombs in the Delhi Central Assembly to court arrest on this day in 1929
• Signing of the Nehru-Liaquat Pact, also known as the Delhi Pact, in 1950
• Long Acre Square in Manhattan, New York, was renamed Times Square in 1904

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Last updated at 8.40pm | Compiled by Rajesh Sharma