Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (February 07, 2022) for CSS, PMS

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6. Tunisian president dissolves judicial watchdog, alleges bias

• Tunisian President Kais Saied on February 6, 2022 dissolved a top independent judicial watchdog accusing it of bias, the latest controversial move since he sacked the government last year.
• Saied has broadened his grip on power since July 25 when he sacked the government and froze parliament before later moving to rule by decree in Tunisia the cradle of the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings that ousted a series of autocratic leaders.
• Many in the North African nation welcomed his moves against a political system described as corrupt and ineffective, in the only democracy to have emerged from the revolts. But political figures and rights groups have warned of a slide towards authoritarianism, and world leaders have expressed deep concern

7. Queen Elizabeth marks jubilee with support to Camilla

• Queen Elizabeth II on February 6, 2022 became the first British monarch to reign for seven decades, announcing her `sincere wish` that Camilla, the wife of her heir Prince Charles, should ultimately be known as Queen Consort.
• Britain`s longest-serving monarch acceded to the throne aged 25 on February 6, 1952, following the death of her father King George VL She marked the historic date quietly at Sandringham, her estate in eastern England where her father died. But in a major statement on the future of the royal family, the 95-year-old released a message to the nation, saying `it is my sincere wish that, when that time comes, Camilla will be known as Queen Consort`. This means Camilla, now 74, would be crowned alongside Charles, now 73, and known to the public as Queen Camilla, royal experts said.
• Charles said the couple was `deeply conscious of the honour represented by my mother`s wish`, which would accord Camilla the full title of a mon-arch`s wife.
• He praised Camilla, saying: `My darling wife has been my own steadfast support throughout

8. HBL Pakistan Super League Shadab-inspired Islamabad United keep Karachi Kings winless

• It couldn`t have got gloomier than this for Karachi Kings.
• Two horrendous run-outs and the sight of Babar Azam`s uprooted off-stump was perfectly symbolised where they stood at the seventh edition of the HBL Pakistan Super League.
• Islamabad United, on the other hands, were led from the front by captain Shadab Khan as the all-rounder shone both with bat and ballin their 42-run win under lights here at the National Stadium on Sunday.
• Shadab finished with impressive stats of 4-15 after playing a crucial knock of 34 of f 19 (four fours and a six) to help United post 177 after they became the first team in the tournament to bat after winning the toss.

9. Song legend Lata passes away at 92, gets state funeral

• India`s widely loved playback singer Lata Mangeshkar passed away at a Mumbai hospital on February 6, 2022, falling victim toCovid-19. She was 92.
• Ms Mangeshkar was admitted to the Breach Candy Hospital in January after testing positive for the deadly virus.
• Her songs were popular across South Asia and beyond, and it was not unusual for strangers from varied cultures to hum her melodies doing their daily chores. A Senegalese cabbie in Chicago, for example, left his Indian passengers dumbstruck by breaking into a less heard but essentially a beautiful Lata Mangeshkar song from the 1960s. The movie was Ganga Jamuna and the rarely heard song was O re o re jhanan ghunghar baaje filmed on Vyjyantimala

10. India beat England to win U-19 World Cup for fifth time

• India clinched a record-extending fifth Under-19 World Cup title after a late partnership between Nishant Sindhu and Raj Bawa sealed a four-wicket win over England in a low-scoring game here at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.
• Set 190 to win, India`s run chase was dealt an early blow when opener Angkrish Raghuvanshi was tamely caught behind off Joshua Boyden`s second ball of the innings before Harnoor Singh and Shaik Rasheed settled in and saw off the new ball.
• But England, looking to win only their second title, kept chapping away and reduced the opposition to 97-4 before a 67-run stand between Sindhu (50 not out) and Bawa (35)swung the momentum back in India`s favour