Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for March 23, 2023
INDIA
- Bureau of Indian Standards launches first series of Lesson Plans under Learning Science via Standards.
- Vedic Heritage Portal to be inaugurated by Home Minister; hosted by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts.
- Umagine Chennai 2023, Asia’s largest summit on technology and innovation, to be organised in Chennai.
- IAF participate in Exercise Cobra Warrior in U.K along with air forces of U.K., Finland, Sweden, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, the U.S., and Singapore.
- ISRO: Chandrayaan 3 and the first solar mission Aditya L1 likely to be launched in mid-2023.
- Supreme Court agrees to constitute Special Bench to hear Bilkis Bano’s petition.
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
- Delhi government presents Rs. 78,800 crore annual budget for 2023-24 ;dedicated for clean, beautiful and modern Delhi.
- Income tax dept launches mobile app AIS for Taxpayers; to view information as available in the Annual Information Statement (AIS) and Taxpayer Information Summary (TIS).
- G20 Research and Innovation Initiative Gathering under India’s Presidency to begin in Assam’s Dibrugarh.
WORLD
- March 22, is celebrated as World Water Day, to raise awareness of 2 billion people currently living without access to safe water.
- US Federal Reserve hikes interest rate by 25 basis point to curb inflation despite recent bank failures.
- China and Russia unveiled a broad long-term blueprint for their deepening relations.
- U.S.-Argentine scholar Luis Caffarelli wins Abel Prize for mathematics.
SPORTS
- India’s Sarabjot Singh clinches gold medal in men’s 10m Air Pistol event at ISSF Rifle & Pistol World Cup.
- Boxing: Lovlina Borgohain, Nitu Ghanghas, Nikhat Zareen and Saweety Boora advanced to the semi-finals in the Women’s World Boxing Championships.
- PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy advance to second round in Swiss Open tournament.