Current Affairs One-liners — 14 March 2025

Fri, 14 Mar 2025

• Mark Carney was sworn in as Canada's 24th Prime Minister on 14 March 2025 at Rideau Hall, Ottawa, by Governor General Mary Simon, along with the 30th Canadian Ministry.
• Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu presented the State Budget for 2025-26 in the Assembly on 14 March 2025, with a fiscal deficit of ₹1,06,963 crore, or 3% of GSDP.
• The G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting hosted by Canada's Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly in Charlevoix, Quebec, from 12 to 14 March 2025, ended on 14 March with a joint statement.
• Spot gold crossed $3,000 an ounce for the first time on 14 March 2025, touching a record $3,004.86, as investors sought a safe haven amid US tariff uncertainty.
• NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission launched on 14 March 2025 at 7:03 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, carrying four crew members to the International Space Station.
• The 89th meeting of the Network Planning Group (NPG) under PM GatiShakti, held on 14 March 2025, evaluated eight road, railway and metro projects, including a four-lane road tunnel under the Brahmaputra between Gohpur and Numaligarh in Assam.
• Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte appeared for the first time before the International Criminal Court's Pre-Trial Chamber I on 14 March 2025, by video link from the ICC Detention Centre.
• India's foreign exchange reserves rose by $15.267 billion to $653.966 billion in the week ended 7 March 2025, as per RBI data released on 14 March, the sharpest weekly rise in over two years.