Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: March 21, 2023

INDIA

• India has been invited for G7 Hiroshima Summit in Japan.
• Forest cover of Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Mumbai increased over period of 10 years.
• Second G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group meeting to begin in Udaipur.
• Supreme Court seeks Centre’s stand on plea over Telangana Governor delaying Bills.
• Estimated reserve of 5.9 million tonnes of lithium ore found in Salal-Haimna areas of Jammu and Kashmir.

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

• Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has added 14.86 lakh net members in January this year.
• Tamil Nadu Budget announced that women heads of eligible households will be given a monthly honorarium of ₹1,000.
• Indian economy to grow at 7%; inflation set to moderate: Finance Ministry

WORLD

• Bangladesh commissions its first submarine base ‘BNS Sheikh Hasina’.
• Nepal-India Literature Festival concludes with adoption of 10-point Biratnagar declaration.
• IMF approves Sri Lanka’s bailout program under an Extended Fund Facility.

SPORTS

• Top seed Carlos Alcaraz returns to World No. 1 in the rankings, after beating Daniil Medvedev in the Indian Wells final.
• The 2023 Swiss Open badminton tournament will start in Basel, Switzerland.

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