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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (August 30, 2022) for CSS, PMS

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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (August 30, 2022) for CSS, PMS
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August 30, 2022: National / International Current Affairs

1. IMF approves much-needed $1.1bn payout

• The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on August 29, 2022 completed the combined 7th and 8th reviews of a loan facility for Pakistan, allowing immediate disbursement of $1.1 billion to the country, said an official IMF announcement.
• The statement pointed out that the disbursement `brings total purchases (money made available) for budget support under this arrangement to about $3.9 billion.
• This Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement –signed in July2019-was to provide $6bn to Pakistan during a 39-month period.
• On Monday, the IMF board approved an extension of the programme until end June 2023

2. Govt to form response centre to manage flood crisis

• The ruling alliance on August 29, 2022 held threadbare discussions to devise comprehensive plans for the relief and rehabilitation of millions of flood victims, as well as chalking out a strategy to meet natural catastrophes of this magnitude in future as the flooding caused by unprecedented monsoon rains swept nearly a third of the country.
• The meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, also decided to form a National Flood Response and Coordination Centre to provide proper institutional response to the calamity, which will comprise federal ministers, representatives of armed forces, chief ministers and experts It was also decided that all illegal constructions on the banks of rivers and other water courses would be removed

3. Cabinet donates one-month salary for flood relief

• The Punjab cabinet`s second meeting on August 29, 2022 expressed complete solidarity with the flood victims and announced giving them one month`s salary. The chief minister also reserved his helicopter for flood relief activities.
• The cabinet`s meeting, chaired by Chaudhry Parvez Elahi decided to meet the needs of other flood-affected provinces and the cabinet decided to dispatch medicines and medical staff to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and Balochistan.
• The meeting endorsed the decision to declare flood affected areas of Rajanpur, Dera Ghazi Khan and Mianwali as calamity-stricken and offered prayers for the departed souls. It also extended sympathies to the bereaved heirs

4. UN`s flash appeal today as flood aid trickles in

• As the United Nations is all set to launch a $161 million `flash appeal` on Tuesday (August 30, 2022) to provide critical food and cash assistance to Pakistan in the wake of unprecedented floods that have killed over 1,000 people and displaced millions, humanitarian aid supplies from across the world continued to arrive in the country on Monday.
• Although the government and the humanitarian partners are working to provide immediate relief to the flood-hit populace, the United Nations urgently needs $34.28 million to scale up immediate relief efforts, Dawn has learnt.
• UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Pakistan Julien Harneis called for `burden-sharing and solidarity` in the wake of a `climate-change driven catastrophe` which is expected to worsen. She said diseases and malnutrition are expecte d to rise in the post-floods scenario

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5. Pakistan to host Asia Pacific ICT Alliance Awards this year

• Pakistan is set to host the Asia Pacific ICT Alliance Awards (APICTA) for the first time ever. This will provide representatives from local companies to meet innovators and entrepreneurs from the region.
• The event is planned for the first week of December where all 16 member countries are expected to participate.
• This was announced by a delegation headed by Stan Singh, that is currently visiting Pakistan.
• Mr Singh said the reason for choosing Pakistan was that the country went through a challenging period and the economy was now back on track, and information and communication technology (ICT) sector of the country was growing at a fast pace, with high quality human resource

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6. KP okays climate change policy amid flooding, food insecurity fears

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has approved the climate change policy for the province along with an action plan containing 129 climate mitigation and 172 adaptation measures for 10 sectors.
• The action plan is to be carried out as priority and on short-, medium and long-term basis as envisaged under the KP Climate Change Policy, 2022.
• Officials told Dawn that a climate change policy was announced in 2017 but the need for a new policy was felt by the environment, forestry and wildlife department in the view of the merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas with the province, glacial lake outburst floods as well as locust attacks in southern districts, and for the determination of new ecological zoning

7. Gibraltar recognised as a British city, 180 years late

• Gibraltar finally joined the official list of British cities on Monday, after 180 years in which its status, granted by Queen Victoria, had been overlooked due to an administrative error.
• The British overseas territory bid to become a city earlier this year as part of the celebrations for Queen Elizabeth`s Platinum Jubilee, but research in the National Archives established it had in fact been granted city status in 1842.
• `It is excellent to see official recognition given to the City of Gibraltar, a huge accolade to its rich history and dynamism, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a statement.
• `This official recognition re-affirms Gibraltar`s special status in the Realms of Her Majesty, and rightly signifies the pride that Gibraltarians feel for their community and their distinctive heritage.

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8. Russia curtails war games as Ukraine war begins to bite

• Russian military exercises in the Far East this week will take place on a far smaller scale than when they were last held in 2018, renecting the strain on Moscow`s forces as they struggle to make headway on the battlefields of eastern Ukraine.
• Announcing the `Vostok 2022` war games, in which China will also participate, the Russian defence ministry said last month that its capacity to stage such exercises was in no way affected by what Russia calls its `special military operation` in Ukraine.
• But the 50,000 personnel that Moscow said on Monday will take part are a fraction of the official figure of 300,000 that were said to be involved four years ago though some Western military analysts suspect that number was overstated

9. Taliban officials, Russia near energy deal

• The Taliban administration is in the final stages of talks in Moscow over the terms of a contract for Afghanistan to purchase gasoline and benzene from Russia, Afghan commerce ministry officials told Reuters.
• Habiburahman Habib, the spokesperson for Afghanistan`s Ministry of Commerce and Industry, confirmed that an official delegation chaired by the commerce ministry was in the Russian capital and finalising contracts for supplies of wheat, gas and oil.
• `They are in negotiation with the Russian side,` he said in a message to Reuters, adding that they would share details once the contracts were complete

10. Ukraine prepares fresh offensive to `retake` southern region

• Ukraine on August 29, 2022 announced the start of a long-awaited counter-offensive to retake territory in the south seized by Russian forces since their invasion six months ago, a move reflecting Kyiv`s growing confidence as Western military aid flows in.
• The news came as a team from the UN nuclear watchdog headed to Ukraine to inspect the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant captured by Russian forces in March but still run by Ukrainian staff that has become a hotspot in the war.
• Moscow and Kyiv have traded accusations of shelling in the vicinity of the nuclear plant, Europe`s largest and close to front lines, amid fears of a radiation disaster in a country still haunted by the 1986 Chernobyl disaster

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