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

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

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February 07, 2022: National / International Current Affairs

1. Islamabad, Beijing vow to boost links at all levels

• Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chinese President Xi Jinping on February 6, 2022 agreed to strengthen institutional links at all levels, cementing mutual strategic, diplomatic and economic ties between the two countries.
• While exchanging views on the entire spectrum of bilateral relations, regional situation and international political landscape, the two leaders appreciated the finalisation of a number of agreements and memorandum of understanding in the fields of trade, infrastructure, industrial development, agriculture modernisation, science and technology and socio-economic well-being of local people.
• The meeting held at the Great Hall of People was the last leg of PM Khan`s four-day trip to China

2. Five soldiers martyred as Afghan-based terrorists target post

• Five soldiers were martyred and four others suffered injuries when terrorists from across the Afghan border attacked a post in Kurram tribal district during Saturday-Sunday night.
• Informed sources said that Angoor Tangi, a check-post adjacent to Afghanistan`s Khost province, was targeted by the attackers.
• The sources said that firing between members of security forces and terrorists began at 8pm Saturday and continued for three hours.
• They said that insurgents from the Afghan side made several attempts to damage the fence along the Pak-Afghan border.
• The Inter-Services Public Relations, the armed forces` media affairs wing, confirmed the incident and said that security forces responded in a befitting manner to the terrorist attack

3. Qatari and UAE leaders hold first meeting since reconciliation

• Qatar`s emir met the de facto ruler of the United Arab Emirates during an official event at the Beijing Winter Olympics, in the first such interaction between the two Gulf leaders since four Arab states agreed to end a dispute with Doha over a year ago.
• Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani met Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan on the sidelines of a lunch hosted by China`s president on Saturday, Qatar`s state news agency said.
• UAE news websites published a video clip of the two leaders speaking

4. Ukraine plays down invasion fears, but US sounds alarm

• Ukraine on February 6, 2022 pushed back at `apocalyptic predictions` over a potential Russian invasion, after officials in the United States sounded dire warnings that Moscow had stepped up its preparations for a major incursion.
• US officials said the Kremlin has assembled 110,000 troops along the border with its pro-Western neighbour but intelligence assessments have not determined if President Vladimir Putin has actually decided to invade.
• The Russian force amassed on the frontier is growing at a rate that would give Putin the firepower he needs for a full-scale invasion some 150,000 soldiers by mid-February, US officials have said

5. African Union condemns coups, dodges Israel vote

• The African Union has condemned a recent `wave` of military coups that has seen an unprecedented number of member states suspended from the bloc, a senior official said on February 6, 2022, the last day of its annual summit.
• The putsches were among the main issues expected to be discussed at the summit, along with the AU`s ties to Israel and its response to a grinding war in the north of host country Ethiopia.
• Less than two weeks before the summit began on Saturday, Burkina Faso became the fourth country to be suspended by the AU after disgruntled soldiers toppled President Roch Marc Christian Kabore. Guinea, Mali and Sudan are also currently suspended

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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

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