Current Affairs One-liners — 12 March 2026

Thu, 12 Mar 2026

• India's retail inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index (base 2024=100) rose to 3.21% in February 2026 from 2.74% in January, according to provisional data released on 12 March 2026.
• Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri told the Lok Sabha on 12 March 2026 that India's crude supply was secure and LPG output had been raised 28%, 13 days after the West Asia conflict disrupted the Strait of Hormuz.
• The first consignment of 25 tonnes of GI-tagged Joha rice from Assam was dispatched to the United Kingdom and Italy on 12 March 2026, facilitated by APEDA.
• Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy inaugurated Netflix's Eyeline Studios, a visual effects and virtual production hub, in Hyderabad on 12 March 2026.
• Union Heavy Industries Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy flagged off an upgraded Super Rapid Gun Mount for the Indian Navy and dedicated new facilities at BHEL's Haridwar plant on 12 March 2026.
• Paralympic champion Sumit Antil won the men's F43/F44/F64 javelin gold with a throw of 69.25 m on day two of the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in New Delhi on 12 March 2026.
• The Karnataka Cabinet approved the Karnataka Freedom of Choice in Marriage and Prevention and Prohibition of Crimes in the name of Honour and Tradition (Eva Nammava Eva Nammava) Bill, 2026 on 12 March 2026.
• The Technology Development Board under the Department of Science & Technology announced financial support for OrbitAID Aerospace's satellite docking and refuelling technology on 12 March 2026.
• The National Highways Authority of India issued the letter of award on 12 March 2026 for a 7-km greenfield bypass around Gangaikonda Cholapuram on NH-81 in Tamil Nadu, whose foundation stone the Prime Minister laid on 11 March.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke by telephone with Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian on 12 March 2026, urging dialogue and diplomacy amid the West Asia conflict.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage on 12 March 2026 to those who took part in the Dandi March, which began on 12 March 1930, and invoked it at the NXT Summit the same evening.
• C-DOT's AI-driven fraud detection platform FraudPro was named among the top finalists of the GSMA's Global Mobile (Glomo) Awards at Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona, the Communications Ministry said on 12 March 2026.
• The Publications Division of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry released 'Bharat 2026 – A Reference Annual' in English and Hindi on 12 March 2026.