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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (Dec 09 2022) for CSS

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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (Dec 09 2022) for CSS
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December 09, 2022: National Current Affairs MCQs

1. TTP used `peace talks` to swell its ranks: NACTA

• A document prepared by the National Counter-Terrorism Authority (NACTA) presented to the Senate Standing Committee on Interior blamed the `peace talks` with the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) for an increase in terror attacks across the country.
• The Senate panel was informed that the dialogue initiated with the banned outfit by the government of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) `emboldened` the Taliban which increased their `footprint and magnitude of activities` during the corresponding period.
• `TTP, during peace talks process gained considerable ground; increased its footprint and magnitude of activities,` the Nacta document said. It added the withdrawal of the US forces from Afghanistan `gave impetus to TTP activities with its base [still] intact in Afghanistan`

2. SBP`s forex reserves fall to near four-year low

• The foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) plunged $784 million to a nearly four-year low of $6.72 billion during the week that ended on Dec 2, the central bank said on December 8, 2022.
• According to the central bank data, the SBP reserves were last recorded below this level during the week ended on Jan18, 2019, when it had some $6.64bn.
• Net foreign reserves held by commercial banks now stand at $5.867bn, meaning the country`s total liquid foreign reserves are now $12.58bn.
• Strengthening the foreign exchange reserves remained the top agenda of the new government since it took the helm in April. However, SBP`s reserves have since dropped by more than $4bn from around $10.9bn at the time

3. Rs205bn flood response plan unveiled

• The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on December 8, 2022 announced the Rs205 billion Flood Response Plan saying it will reconstruct the areas badly hit by the recent flooding and develop climate-resilient infrastructure in the province.
• The plan designed by the planning and development department with the support of the United States Agency for International Development and the United Nations Development Programme`s Merged Areas Governance Project focuses on two components, including short-term rehabilitation and long term adaptation and mitigation requirements to pave the way for a more sustainable climate response strategy in the province, according to an official statement.
• Finance and health minister Taimur Khan Jhagra said the world was entering uncharted waters with climate change

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4. E-stamp papers launched

• Additional Deputy Commissioner Sohail Ahmad said on December 8, 2022 that the e-stamp paper system would bring transparency in land and property dealings and eliminate forgery and fraud.
• After inaugurating e-stamp papers in the district, he said that launching the system was part of the provincial government`s initiative of e-governance.
• Additional Deputy Commissioner Abdul Latif, officials of National Bank and revenue were also present on occasion.
• He said that in the past various tactics were used for illegal activities through the stamp papers

5. Japan announces $3.9m grant for polio eradication

• The Japanese government has announced a grant of over $3.87 million for the polio eradication programme in Pakistan and procurement of essential oral polio vaccine to reach more than 18.61 million children under five years of age living in endemic and outbreak districts.
• The notes of the grant were signed and exchanged between the Japanese government and the UN Children`s Fund (Unicef) and between Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) and Unicef in Islamabad on Thursday. Minister for National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination Abdul Qadir Patel was present during the signing ceremony.
• Speaking on the occasion, Mr Patel said Pakistan had come a long way over the last 30 years, and from thousands of children paralysed by poliovirus in the 1980s and 1990s, `we have managed to reduce the number of cases and affected communities drastically`

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6. British publication apologises to PM

• British conservative newspaper Mail on Sunday, on December 8, 2022, issued an apology to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif over a 2019 article, in which it had alleged that he had siphoned off British aid money meant for earthquake victims.
• The development is being billed as a symbolic victory for both the ruling PML-N and PM Shehbaz, and comes on the heels of a defamation case initiated by Mr Sharif against the paper in the United Kingdom in 2020. The decision is the culmination of months of hearings and a constant back and forth between the lawyers of the paper and Mr Sharif.
• A brief statement published on the home page of the publication`s website on Thursday afternoon read, `In an article concerning Mr Shahbaz Sharif entitled `Did the family of Pakistani politician who has become the poster boy for British overseas aid STEAL funds meant for earthquake victims` published on 14 July 2019 we reported on an investigation by Pakistan`s National Accountability Bureau into Mr Sharif and suggested that the money under investigation included a not insubstantial sum of British public money that had been paid to the Punjab province in DFID grant aid

7. With $225m in blocked airline funds, Pakistan among top three on IATA`s list

• Pakistan has blocked some $225 million of airlines` dues, becoming one of the top countries restricting the industry from repatriating funds, the global airline association IATA said on Wednesday.
• Pakistan already became a `blocked fund` country in April along with Sri Lanka. The two countries were being monitored and flagged in IATA`s `watch list countries` in 2021.
• The amount of airline funds for repatriation being blocked by governments has risen by more than 25 per cent, or $394m, in the last six months to nearly $2 billion now, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which represents some 300 airlines comprising 83pc of global air traffic, said in a statement on Wednesday

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8. China, Saudi Arabia sign $30bn deals

• Chinese President Xi Jinping and Saudi Arabia`s powerful crown prince met December 8, 2022 on an Arab outreach visit that has earned a rebuke from Washington, reaching deals in areas, including energy and infrastructure.
• Agreements worth about $30 billion were signed, Saudi state media said, as China seeks to shore up its Covid-hit economy and as the Saudis, long-term US allies, push to diversify their economic and political alliances.
• Xi and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the 37-year-old de factoruler of the world`s biggest oil exporter, met at Yamamah Palace in Riyadh, flanked by high-ranking of ficials wearing face masks, footage aired on state television showed

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9. Israeli troops kill three Palestinians in West Bank

• Israeli troops killed three Palestinians on December 8, 2022 in their latest deadly raid on the flashpoint city of Jenin, Palestinian health officials said, as violence surges in the occupied West Bank.
• Israeli forces said no troops were hurt in an exchange of Kre in Jenin, during one of scores of near-daily raids it has carried out in recent months following a series of deadly attacks on Israelis.
• The Palestinian health ministry said three people were killed `by bullets from the Israeli occupation during its aggression in Jenin at dawn today`.
• The Israeli military said troops entered Jenin to detain people `suspected of involvement in terrorist activity`

10. EU welcomes Croatia into Schengen

• The EU on December 8, 2022 approved Croatia as the newest member of the border check-free Schengen zone from next month, but Austria and the Netherlands blocked Romania and Bulgaria from joining.
• Croatia`s accession from January 1 will make it the 27th member of Schengen, which would then comprise 23 of the EU`s 27 countries, plus Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland. The outcome was bitter news for Bulgaria and Romania, the EU`s two poorest nations, which have been trying for a decade to join Schengen and whose bids were linked together, unlike Croatia`s.
• Decisions on enlarging Schengen have to be taken unanimously, but Austria applied its veto, fearing that having Bulgaria and Romania in the Schengen area would increase already high inflows of asylum-seekers. The Netherlands was equally intent on keeping Bulgaria out, which impacted Romania`s twinned bid

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