Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (January 31, 2022) for CSS, PMS

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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (January 31, 2022) for CSS, PMS

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January 31, 2022: National / International Current Affairs

1. Islamabad, Kabul agree to ease border crossing

• Pakistan and Afghanistan have decided to establish a national-level coordination mechanism for enhancing facilitation at border crossing points.
• The two sides have also pledged to initiate barter trade for which modalities will be worked out soon.
• The official announcements were made on Sunday when National Security Adviser Dr Moeed Yusuf concluded his two-day visit to Kabul where he met senior Taliban officials.
• During his trip, Islamabad and Kabul also refreshed the commitments to cement their diplomatic, social and economic ties and vowed to ensure peace and stability.

2. Nadra converting ID cards into digital wallets

• The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) is working to make the computerised national identity cards digital wallets under the government`s Digital Pakistan vision and an update to an already existing app will likely be made available later this year.
• `Translating this vision into reality, we have launched the `Pak Identity` mobile app as a key building block of digital ID to facilitate applicants of national identity cards through an online portal. The app helps capture biometric fingerprints, facial recognition and scan documents needed for processing a person`s ID card using smartphones, without visiting a Nadra office or embassy,` Nadra chief Tariq Malik said in an exclusive tall( with Dawn.
• `In a short span, 75,000 overseas Pakistanis have processed their national identity cards [called Nicop] from the comfort of their homes by using the app, which is supported by two-factor authentication,` he explained

3. Quetta`s Red Zone reopened after 17 years

• The Red Zone on the city`s main thoroughfare, Zarghoon Road, was opened for traffic on January 30, 2022 on the orders of Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo.
• The Red Zone was closed for the general public around 17 years back. Now, all barricades and hurdles have been removed and its gates have been opened for the people.
• Governor Syed Zahoor Ahmed Agha and Mr Bizenjo appeared in the Red Zone and announced the removal of all hurdles from the area where important installations, including Governor House and Chief Minister House, Balochistan Civil Secretariat and residences of the chief secretary, inspector general of Balochistan police and many ministers are located.

4. Canada to appoint representative for combating Islamophobia

• The Canadian government has decided to appoint a special representative to combat Islamophobia, an official announcement has said.
• `Islamophobia and hate, in any form, have no place in Canada,` said a statement posted on the official website of the Canadian government.
• The announcement coincided with the fifth anniversary of a terrorist attack on a mosque in Quebec City.
• Six people were killed and 19 injured when a shooter opened fire in the city`s Islamic Cultural Centre in the Sainte-Foy neighbourhoodonJan29,2017

5. Israeli president on first visit to UAE amid regional tension

• Israel`s figurehead president met the powerful crown prince of Abu Dhabi on January 30, 2022 on the first official visit to the United Arab Emirates by the country`s head of state, the latest sign of deepening ties between the two nations as tensions rise in the region.
• The UAE and Israel normalised relations in the fall of 2020, part of a series of US-brokered diplomatic deals between Israel and Arab states that had long avoided formal relations with Israel over its decades-old conflict with the Palestinians.
• President Isaac Herzog met with Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the de facto Emirati leader. The UAE`s state-run WAM news agency described a royal welcome for the Israeli leader at the palace, with the Israeli national anthem blaring and 21-gun salute roaring.

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6. Iraqi air strikes kill nine IS militants

• Iraqi air strikes killed nine suspected fighters of the militant Islamic State group, including four Lebanese, in retaliation for an IS attack on Iraqi army barracks earlier this month, officials said on January 30, 2022.
• IS gunmen in Iraq broke into a barracks in the mountainous al-Azim district outside the town of Baqouba on Jan 21, killed a guard and shot dead 11 soldiers as they slept.
• It was one of the boldest attacks by the militants in recent weeks and came amid an uptick in violence that stoked fears the group has been re-energised

7. N. Korea tests most powerful missile since 2017

• North Korea on January 30, 2022 tested its most powerful missile since 2017, ramping up the firepower for its record-breaking seventh launch this month as Seoul warned nuclear and long-range tests could be next.
• Pyongyang has never test-bred this many missiles in a calendar month before and last week threatened to abandon a nearly five-yearlong self-imposed moratorium on testing long-range and nuclear weapons, blaming US `hostile` policy for forcing its hand.
• With peace talks with Washington stalled, North Korea has doubled down on leader Kim Jong Un`s vow to modernise the regime`s armed forces, flexing Pyongyang`s military muscles despite biting international sanctions.

8. Forces aided by French army kill 60 `terrorists` in Burkina Faso

• Nearly 60 `terrorists` have been killed in Burkina Faso by local forces assisted by French forces deployed in the country, France`s military said on January 30, 2022, as a bloody insurgency rages.
• `On four occasions between January 16 and January 23, 2022, groups of terrorists were located, identified and neutralised by Burkinabe forces and by (foreign) units… in total nearly 60 terrorists were taken out,` the French military said in a statement.
• Burkina Faso has been struggling with jihadist attacks since 2015, when militants linked to Al Qaeda and the militant Islamic State group began mounting cross-border raids from Mali.
• More than 2,000 people have died, according to a toll

9. 2,000 children recruited by Yemen`s rebels died fighting: UN

• UN experts said in a new report that nearly 2,000 children recruited by Yemen`s Houthi rebels died on the battlefield between January 2020 and May 2021, and the Iranian-backed rebels continue to hold camps and courses encouraging youngsters to fight.
• In the report to the UN Security Council circulated, the experts said they investigated some summer camps in schools and a mosque where the Houthis disseminated their ideology and sought to recruit children fight in the seven-year war with Yemen`s internationally recognised government, which is backed by a Saudi-led coalition

10. Nadal edges Medvedev in epic for record 21st Grand Slam title

• Rafael Nadal got to 21 first, breaking the men`s record for most Grand Slam singles titles and doing it the hard way by roaring back from two sets down to beat Daniil Medvedev in a classic Australian Open final only months after fearing his glorious career might be over due to injury.
• Nadal was broken when serving for the championship for the first time at 5-4 in the fifth set, but he made no mistake two games later by serving an ace to earn three championship points and converted it on the first attempt.
• The 35-year-old Spaniard now has one more major title than Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, his long-time rivals in the so-called `Big Three` With the 2-6, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 win, Nadal also became just the fourth man in history to win all four of the sports major titles at least twice

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