Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in the US today to attend the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington DC. He is likely to meet his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif during his two-day stay in the US. The Nuclear Security Summit process has been instrumental in focusing leaders’ attention on the global threat posed by nuclear terrorism.

India face off against the West Indies in the second semi-final of the World Twenty20 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai today. The finals will be played in Kolkata on Sunday.

Today is the last day for all taxis in the National Capital Region to convert to CNG mode. Earlier, the Supreme Court had extended the deadline to March 31 and directed the Centre to set up 104 gas stations in 10 districts of the NCR. The SC also asked the petroleum ministry to set up CNG filling stations in 10 districts of UP and Haryana which fall under the NCR.

Samsung is to launch a new smartphone in India today. Samsung is running a microsite that hints at a smartphone targeted at motorcycle riders. There is speculation that the Galaxy J5 and J7 are likely to be launched today.

The BJP manifesto for the May 16 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu is to be released today. The party’s policy on prohibition besides its plans to extract ethanol from sugarcane and upgrade the standard of education in state board schools to that of CBSE schools, are among the proposals expected to find mention in the manifesto.

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