Daily Current Affairs 16 March 2026

March 16, 2026 featured major science and sports milestones: ISRO successfully hot-tested the CE20 cryogenic engine at 22-tonne thrust for LVM3 upgrades; India topped the medal table at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix with 208 medals including 75 gold; the 98th Oscars saw KPop Demon Hunters win Best Animated Feature; BCCI honoured five World Cup-winning teams at the Naman Awards; and illegal earth-cutting continued to threaten the Kalshila wetland connected to Ramsar-listed Deepor Beel in Assam.