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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (August 22, 2022) for CSS, PMS
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August 22, 2022: National / International Current Affairs

1. Nine soldiers martyred as truck plunges into ravine in AJK

• Nine Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred and another four wounded as their truck plunged into a ravine in Bagh district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on August 21, 2022, officials said.
• `A Pakistan Army vehicle met an accident and fell into a nullah in Shujaabad, Bagh, early Sunday morning while on a routine military duty, said Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media affairs wing of the army, in a brief statement.
• `As a result, nine soldiers embraced Shahadat while four were injured,` it added.
• According to residents of the area, who took part in the rescue operation after the truck fell some 500 feet down into the ravine while negotiating a curve, seven soldiers lost their lives on the spot while two embraced martyrdom in the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Rawalakot

2. Jordanian princess arrives to review nutrition programme

• Princess Sarah Zeid of Jordan arrived in Karachi on August 21, 2022 on a week-long visit to Pakistan in her role as a Special Adviser on Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition of United Nations` World Food Programme (WFP).
• On her arrival at Jinnah International Airport, the Jordanian princess was received by federal Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Shazia Marri and Karachi Administrator Barrister Murtaza Wahab.
• Princess Sarah was visiting the country to acknowledge the efforts of the government, the WFP and its partners in addressing malnutrition, especially maternal malnutrition

3. IMF board members get staff reports

• Pakistan has moved closer to clinching a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as all 24 members of the Fund`s executive board have received copies of a staff report required to complete the process, diplomatic and IMF.
• The board is meeting on Aug 29 to consider the report on the competition of seventh and eighth reviews of $6 billion loan package signed in 2019. The board will also consider to extend the facility till June 2023.
• The documents distributed among the members included a letter of intent from Pakistan, spelling out the country`s plans to meet the IMF`s conditions for reforming the economy.
• Pakistan had also submitted a memorandum of understanding on economic and financial policies, along with a technical MoU submitted by the IMF team.

4. Police to hire more women as investigators

• The Lahore police higher-ups have given a green signal to make more appointments of lady police officers after it received positive public feedback during the first 10 days of posting of six women officers as heads of the investigation wings at the city`s police stations.
• The Lahore police has six divisions and the appointments have been made at one police station of each division. Inspector Farhat was posted as incharge of investigation at Wahdat Colony police station, Sub-Inspector Sadaf Rasheed at Quaid-i-Azam Industrial Area police station, SI Sumaira Nazir at Model Town police station, SI Ambrin Rehman at the Defence A police station, SI Shazia Kausar at Akbari Gate and SI Sonia Liaquat was posted in-charge investigation at the Racecourse police station.
• Though it constituted nearly Eve per cent of the total postings in 84 police stations, the move was declared a positive sign to increase the women representation in the police

5. Shells rain down on city near Ukraine`s Nplant

• Artillery shells rained down on a city close to Europe`s biggest nuclear plant on Saturday night and Russian missiles hit targets near Odesa, a Ukrainian Black Sea port and a grain export hub, as the war headed for its six-month milestone on Aug 24.
• The day will also mark 31 years of Ukraine`s independence from Soviet rule and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a nightly video address called for vigilance, saying Moscow could try `something particularly ugly`.
• As Ukraine prepared to mark its independence day embroiled in a war that has flattened towns and cities, killed thousands and forced millions to flee, military and regional officials reported more Russian strikes on targets in the east and south of the country

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6. Japan mulls long-range missile upgrades to `counter China`

• Japan is considering the deployment of more than 1,000 long-range cruise missiles to increase its ability to counter growing regional threats from China, Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun reported on August 21, 2022.
• The country plans to upgrade its existing surface to-ship missiles to extend their range from 100 kilometres to about 1,000 kilometres, which would be enough to reach Chinese coastal areas as well as North Korea, the newspaper reported, citing unnamed sources.
• Upgrades would also need to be made to allow Japan`s existing ships and aircraft to be able to fire the new missiles, which could hit land-based targets, the newspaper reported

7. Governor of Indiana latest US official to visit Taiwan

• The governor of Indiana arrived in Taipei on August 21, 2022, becoming the latest US official to visit Taiwan and defying pressure from China for such trips not to happen.
• China has been carrying out war games and drills near Taiwan since US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a two-day visit to Taipei earlier this month. Last week a second group of US lawmakers visited Taiwan.
• Governor Eric Holcomb tweeted that he would also be visiting South Korea, while Taiwan`s presidential office said he would meet President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday morning

8. Albania puzzles over military factory `intruders` from Russia and Ukraine

• Albania said on August 21, 2022 it was investigating why two Russians and a Ukrainian had tried to enter a military factory and police detained four Czech nationals also close to another military plant.
• The defence ministry said late on Saturday that two of its soldiers had been slightly injured while detaining a 24-year-old man from Russia who had entered the grounds of the Gramsh military factory and was trying to take photos. He resisted arrest and usedspray against the soldiers.
• Two others, a 33-year-old Russian woman and a Ukrainian man aged 25, were arrested nearby

9. Daughter of `Putin`s brain` killed in car bombing

• The daughter of Alexander Dugin, a hardline Russian ideologue close to President Vladimir Putin, has been killed in a car bombing on Moscow`s outskirts, authorities said on Sunday.
• According to family members quoted by Russian media, Dugin a vocal supporter of Kremlin`s offensive in Ukraine was the likely target of the blast as his daughter borrowed his car at the last minute.
• Daria Dugina was killed when a bomb placed in the Toyota Land Cruiser went off as she drove on a highway near the village of Bolshie Vyzyomy, some 40 kilometres outside Moscow, Russia`s Investigative Committee said in a statement

10. Babar, Naseem star as Pakistan edge Dutch to sweep ODI series

• Captain Babar Azam and fast bowler Naseem Shah starred as Pakistan edged the Netherlands by just nine runs in the third and final One-day International here at Hazelaarweg on August 21, 2022.
• The Netherlands were all out for 197 in the last over in which they had needed 14 runs for a first-ever victory over Pakistan.
• Tight bowling had restricted Pakistan to 206 all out with Babar top scoring with 91.
• In reply, Tom Cooper (62) and Vikramjit Singh (50) top scored for the Dutch but teenage fast bowler Shah, with 5-33, proved key as Pakistan swept the series 3-0

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