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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (Jan 11 2023) for CSS

Shahzad F. Malik
Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (Jan 11 2023) for CSS
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January 11, 2022: National Current Affairs MCQs

1. Amid chaos, PA echoes with demand for trust vote

• A day before the Lahore High Court (LHC) begins proceedings that may determine whether Chaudhry Parvez Elahi remains Punjab chief minister or not, the opposition in the provincial assembly challenged him to prove his majority in the house, amid chaotic scenes.
• The action-packed day of political wranglings which started with rumpus in the house culminated with a shoe hurled at the car of Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah.
• As Tuesday`s session began three hours after its scheduled time, the opposition demanded Chief Minister Elahi to take a vote of trust as per the Dec 19 directive of the governor.
• However, Mr Elahi evaded the vote for the second consecutive day

2. WB cuts Pakistan`s GDP growth forecast in half

• Warning of another global recession, the World Bank on January 10, 2023 forecast Pakistan`s economic growth to slow further to two per cent during the current year down by two percentage points from its June 2022 estimate because of the devastating floods and slowdown in global growth rate.
• The World Bank`s latest forecast also points to a `sharp, long-lasting slowdown` with global growth pegged at 1.7pc this year, compared to 3pc it predicted in June, said the bank`s latest Global Economic Prospects report, a flagship publication of the World Bank Group.
• It said that global growth was slowing sharply in the face of elevated inflation, higher interest rates, reduced investment, and disruptions caused by Russia`s invasion of Ukraine

3. Punjab, California sign sister-province agreement

• The US state of California and Punjab have signed a sister-province agreement to promote trade, educational and cultural relations.
• Anthony Rendon, speaker of the California State Assembly, and Wasif Khurshid, chairman of the Punjab Planning and Development Board, signed the agreement in Sacramento, California on January 10, 2023.
• The sister-province agreement would `promote mutual trade and commerce and increase the potential for educational, environmental and cultural relations between Punjab and California`, said an official statement issued later

4. FAO assures Pakistan of support in agriculture

• The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has assured Pakistan that it will continue to play a leading role in transforming the country`s agriculture food systems to make them more efficient, inclusive, sustainable and resilient. This is a challenge that has gained urgency following recent floods that have devastated the country`s agriculture sector.
• In Pakistan, the FAO will require massive and sustained investments in climate change adaptation and resilience, especially within the agri food sectors as this is crucial to ensure better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life for all the `4 Betters` that are at the core of the FAO Strategic Framework for the next decade, FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu said while speaking at the International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan, in Geneva on Monday.
• The FAO chief said the organisation had also been leading preparations for the agriculture, fisheries and livestock section of the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) and has contributed

5. South Asia sees worst child mortality rate in 2021

• South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa remained the two worst regions in terms of child mortality in 2021, a new UN report has said.
• The report released on January 10, 2023 estimated that around five million children died before the age of five while another 2.1 million children and youth between five and 24 years lost their lives in 2021.
• Children continue to face wildly differentiating chances of survival based on where they are born, with sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia shouldering the heaviest burden, the reports show, the report added

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6. EU approves Rs7.8bn grant for GB, KP

• The European Union has approved a grant of Rs7.86 billion (31.5 million euros) to support sustainable and climate-resilient projects in Gilgit Baltistan and Chitral in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to an official statement.
• This grant will be utilised towards building energy projects through implementation partners, said a statement by GB chief secretary`s office.
• The project will help alleviate the suffering of the people who are at the forefront, bearing the impact of climate change and global warming.
• GB Chief Secretary Mohiyuddin Ahmad Wani expressed joy over the grant and said the EU was supporting the GB government at a time when it is facing problems due to severe climate change

7. First spectrum refarming framework prepared

• The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MoITT) has finalised the draft of the first-ever Telecom Airwaves Spectrum Refarming Framework.
• The framework on spectrum refarming has been prepared with recommendations from Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), Frequency Allocation Board (FAB) and industry stakeholders.
• Frequency or airwaves spectrum refarming is a process governing the repurposing of frequency bands that have historically been allocated for legacy cellular services for a new generation of mobile technologies

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8. S. Arabia mulls boosting investment in Pakistan to $10bn

• Saudi Arabia said it could increase its investments in Pakistan`s economy to $10 billion, the Saudi state news agency reported on January 10, 2023, as well as increase the ceiling on deposits into the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) by $2bn, to $5bn.
• Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has directed a study to increase Saudi Arabian investments to $10bn from the previous $1bn announced in August, the news agency reported, citing a statement from the crown prince.
• He has also asked the Saudi Development Fund (SDF) which provides soft loans and grants to developing countries as a means to bolster allies and cement new relationships to consider raising the ceiling for Saudi deposits into the SBP as part of measures to support the struggling economy. Last month, the Saudis extended the terms of an existing $3bn deposit in the SBP it made in 2021

9. Ex-Maoist rebel named Nepal`s PM for third time

• Former Maoist rebel Pushpa Kamal Dahal was confirmed as Nepal`s prime minister for a third time on January 10, 2023, winning almost unanimous backing from legislators even though November`s election returned a hung parliament.
• Dahal, who still goes by his nom de guerre Prachanda, meaning `fierce`, secured 268 ballots in a vote of confidence in the 275-member parliament.
• Nevertheless, his seven party coalition may find it hard to govern as many of the allies have conflicting interests on looming issues including problems of secularism, the shape of the federal government and the distribution of citizenship ID cards

10. Russia pushes to capture Ukraine`s salt mining town

• Russian troops have stepped up an assault on the small salt mining town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine, forcing Ukrainian troops to repel waves of attacks led by mercenary forces, officials in Kyiv said.
• Britain`s defence ministry said on January 10, 2023 that Russian and forces of the Wagner contract group were probably now in control of most of the town, in the industrial Donbas region, after advances in the last four days.
• Seizing Soledar would be advantageous to Russian forces as they fight for control of the city of Bakhmut, a few kilometres to the southwest, where troops from both sides have been taking heavy losses in some of the most intense trench warfare since Russia invaded Ukraine nearly 11 months ago. It would also give Russia a welcome battlefield victory after a series of setbacks in recent months

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