1. The Central government has appointed new Governor for 5 states. B V Wanchoo as the new governor of Goa, Margaret Alva as the new governor of Rajasthan, Aziz Qureshi as the new governor of Uttarakhand and E S L Narasimhan as the new governor of Andhra Pradesh and K Sankaranarayanan as the new governor of Maharashtra.

2. Former BJP President Bangaru Laxman has been convicted for accepting bribe of Rs 1 lakh in 2001 by a Delhi court. That was revealed by a sting operation which had sent a shock wave during the tenure of NDA government and led to resignation of Defense Minister Fernandez. Bangaru Laxman has also been sentenced with a 4-year jail term after his conviction.

3. IMF has lowered India’s 2012 GDP growth forecast to 6.9% from its earlier forecast of 7% due to governance concern and lack of reforms.

4. Spanish unemployment has hit a new record high of 24.4% in March which is the highest in the entire euro zone. The number of unemployed people rose to 5,639,500 at the end of March.

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