Daily Current Affairs Quiz : March 16, 2023

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In Uttarakhand, the government has given approval to the 10 percent horizontal reservation to the statehood activists in the state government job.
The decision was taken in the cabinet meeting under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. The Cabinet also given approval to new solar policy and to the proposal of increasing MLA Local Area Development Fund from 3 crore 75 lakh to 5 crore per year.

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The first international conference on Shared Buddhist Heritage commenced in New Delhi. It is being organised with a focus on India’s civilisational connect with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) nations 2023.
The event, under India’s leadership of SCO, will bring together Central Asian, East Asian, South Asian and Arab countries on a common platform to discuss Shared Buddhist Heritage.  The programme is being organised by the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of External Affairs and the International Buddhist Confederation.

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India’s retail inflation has been recorded at 6.44% in February 2023 from January’s three-month high of 6.52 per cent.
This was according to the data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI). However, the inflation print stayed above the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) upper tolerance level of 6 per cent for second straight month.

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The science fiction comedy, ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ dominated the Oscars, by winning seven awards.
At the 95th Academy Awards, the film received seven awards, which included the Best Picture award, best actress, best director, best supporting actor, best supporting actress, best editing and best original screenplay.  Michelle Yeoh has become only the second woman of colour to win the best actress Oscar after 2002.

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Cyclone Freddy with powerful winds and torrential rain has killed over 100 people in Malawi and Mozambique.
Freddy is on track to become the longest-lasting storm on record, as per the authorities. United Nations also announced that more than 11,000 people were affected by the storm, said the United Nations.