Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs/News (jan 10 2023) for CSS

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6. Up to 4m children still living next to contaminated floodwater: Unicef

• The UN Children`s Fund (Unicef) warned on January 09, 2023 that up to four million children are still living near contaminated and stagnant floodwaters, risking their survival and well-being, more than four months after a national state of emergency was declared in Pakistan.
• Acute respiratory infections among children, a leading cause of child mortality worldwide, have skyrocketed in the flood-stricken areas. In addition, the number of cases among children identified as suffering from severe acute malnutrition in the flood-affected areas monitored by Unicef nearly doubled between July and December as compared to 2021, and estimated 1.5m children are still in need of life-saving nutrition interventions

International Current Affairs MCQs News

7. Nato, EU eye `next level` partnership amid Russia threat

• Nato and the EU are seeking to ramp up cooperation after Russia`s invasion of Ukraine upended the European security order, a joint declaration on January 09, 2023 said.
• The two Brussels-based organisations have been looking to improve coordination for years, despite fears in some quarters that efforts to bolster the EU`s role in defence could undermine the US-led alliance.
• The invasion of Ukraine has spurred calls to better harness the combined clout of Europe`s economic muscle and US military might to better protect the one billion citizens living in member states. `This is a key juncture for Euro Atlantic security and stability, more than ever demonstrating the importance of the transatlantic bond, calling for closer EU-Nato cooperation,` said the statement, which is to be released by top Nato and EU officials on Tuesday

8. Brazilian troops clear Bolsonaro supporters` camp after capital stormed

• Brazilian soldiers backed by police dismantled a camp of supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro in the capital on January 09, 2023, a day after rioters launched the worst attack on state institutions since the country`s return to democracy in the 1980s.
• After thousands of Bolsonaro`s backers stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace on Sunday, police in riot gear amassed at the pro-Bolsonaro camp outside Brasilia`s army headquarters, while troops took down tents, witnesses said. The protesters were dispersed.
• President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Bolsonaro`s leftist rival who took office on Jan 1 after a narrow October election win, promised to bring those responsible for the violence to justice, after demonstrators broke windows and furniture, destroyed art work and stole guns and artifacts

9. Saudi Arabia lifts restriction on Haj pilgrim numbers

• Saudi Arabia will remove Covid-19 restrictions for the 2023 Haj season and host pre-pandemic numbers of pilgrims, the kingdom`s ministry of Haj and Umrah said on January 09, 2023.
• In 2019, the last year before the pandemic struck, some 2.6 million people performed the Haj. The kingdom allowed only limited numbers from its residents in 2020 and 2021 before it welcomed back one million foreign pilgrims in 2022.
• The ministry of Haj said in a tweet that the kingdom will impose no restrictions, including age limits, for this season

Sports Current Affairs MCQs News

10. Five-star Naseem, batters help Pakistan draw first blood against New Zealand

• Captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, Pakistan`s batting mainstays in limited-overs cricket, the lodestars on whom they depend on whether chasing or setting a target, were at the crease as the hosts looked to kick off the year of the World Cup with a victory in the first One-day International against New Zealand on January 09, 2023.
• Fans had turned up at the National Stadium but it was still less than half full. They`d been treated to an inspired spell of fast bowling by Naseem Shah, whose 5-57 restricted New Zealand to 2559, before Fakhar Zaman set up the chase with an enterprising half century, his 56 off 74 balls laying the stage for Pakistan to power on