Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (August 14, 2022) for CSS, PMS

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6. Pakistan condemns Jeddah bombing

• Pakistan on August 13, 2022 strongly condemned the recent terrorist incident in Jeddah, resulting in injuries to four people, including a Pakistani national.
• `The government and people of Pakistan reiterate their full support for and deep solidarity with the leadership, government and brotherly people of Saudi Arabia against any threats to the Kingdom`s sovereignty and territorial integrity,` a statement issued by the Foreign Office said.
• A Saudi national wanted for investigation killed himself by detonating an explosive belt on Wednesday while a security squad was chasing him. The suspect was about to be apprehended in Al-Samer district of Jeddah governorate when the incident happened, state-run Saudi Press Agency reported on Friday

7. Taliban violently disperse protesting women in Kabul

• Taliban fighters beat women protesters and fired into the air on August 13, 2022 as they violently dispersed a rare rally in the Afghan capital, days ahead of the first anniversary of their return to power.
• Since seizing control on Aug 15 last year, the Taliban have rolled back the marginal gains made by women during two decades of US intervention in Afghanistan.
• About 40 women chanting `bread, work and freedom` marched in front of the education ministry building, before the fighters dispersed them by firing their guns into the air, a correspondent reported

8. Four Kashmiri employees sacked for `anti-India activities`

• Authorities in held Kashmir on August 13, 2022 sacked four government employees, citing their alleged involvement in activities `prejudicial to the interests of the security of the state`.
• One of those dismissed is the son of the leader of a group fighting against India in the held territory.
• Also dismissed were two professors at Kashmir University that the administration claims were radicalising students to advance Pakistan`s agenda, and a woman working in rural development that the administration says was funding anti-India activities.

9. Sri Lanka allows controversial Chinese ship visit

• Sri Lanka granted port access on Saturday for a controversial Chinese research vessel, the foreign ministry said, despite neighbouring India’s concerns that it could spy on New Delhi’s military installations.
• The Yuan Wang 5 is described as a research and survey vessel by international shipping and analytics sites, but according to Indian media it is a dual-use spy ship.
• New Delhi is suspicious of Beijing’s increasing presence in the Indian Ocean and influence in Sri Lanka, seeing both as being firmly within its sphere of influence

10. Actress Anne Heche dies after being pulled off life support

• Hollywood actor Anne Heche has been declared legally dead, one week after she crashed her car into a Los Angeles building, a spokeswoman said.
• Heche, 53, had been comatose in hospital with a severe brain injury since the fiery collision on August 5.
• Having lost all brain function, she is `legally dead according to California law,` though her heart is still beating as her family keeps her body on life support while exploring organ donations, spokeswoman Holly Baird said