Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: March 14, 2023

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for March 14, 2023

INDIA

• Chief Justice of India refers petitions on same-sex marriage to Constitution Bench.
• Naatu Naatu number from the film RRR, and the documentary short The Elephant Whisperers won Oscar awards from India.
• Uttarakhand gives approval to 10% horizontal reservation to statehood activists in state government job.
• Centre approves additional financial aid under National Disaster Response Fund for five states
• First international conference on Shared Buddhist Heritage to begin in New Delhi.
• Yoga Mahotsav 2023 marks the beginning of 100 Days Countdown of 9th International Yoga Day

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

• India’s retail inflation recorded at 6.44% in February; remained above RBI’s 6% tolerance threshold for the second straight month.
• Rs 3 lakh 61 thousand crore loan given to MSMEs under Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme.
• After SVB, Signature Bank was closed by New York state financial regulators.
• E-rupee worth over Rs 130 crore in circulation: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

WORLD

• ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ dominated the Oscars, winning seven awards.
• Cyclone Freddy with powerful winds and torrential rain kills 70 people in Malawi and Mozambique
• India’s engagement with China ‘complex’, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in its annual report

SPORTS

• Cricket: Bangladesh clinches T20 series defeating World Champions England.
• 4th Asian Kho Kho Championship for Men and Women will be held at Baksa district in Assam.