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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (July 16, 2022) for CSS, PMS
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July 16, 2022: National / International Current Affairs

1. Nine terrorists killed, soldier martyred in search for abducted man

• Nine terrorists were killed and a havildar was martyred during an operation against the killers of Lt Col Laig Baig Mirza, an army officer who was kidnapped earlier this week while travelling to Quetta from Ziarat, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.
• However, Lt Col Mirza`s cousin, Umer Javed, who was kidnapped alongside him enroute to Quetta, has yet to be recovered.
• Security forces swooped down on a `hideout of terrorists` in the mountains near Ziarat after Thursday midnight, ISPR said.
• Once the terrorists realised they had been encircled, according to the statement, they opened fire at the advancing contingent, resulting in the martyrdom of Havildar Khan Muhammad

2. $1.17bn tranche to be released in three to six weeks: IMF

• The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that its agreement with Pakistan would lead to a `straight away` disbursement of $1.17 billion to the country.
• `It`s an agreement on a combined seventh and eighth review of the programme that will translate into about $1.17 million being disbursed to Pakistan. Pretty much, straight away, IMF`s Communication Director Gerry Rice said at a Thursday afternoon news briefing in Washington.
• He said this brought the total disbursements from the IMF to Pakistan under the ongoing program to about $4.2 billion. Answering a question about the timeframe for releasing the tranche, the IMF official said the executive board is likely to meet anywhere between three to six weeks from now

3. FIA told to crack down on online character assassination, harassment

• The federal government on July 15, 2022 decided to tighten the noose around those individuals using digital platforms for character assassination and harassment and posting `unethical` content on social media.
• Chairing a meeting, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) DG to launch a crackdown on cybercriminals.
• The minister made it clear that nobody would be allowed to tarnish anybody`s image on social media through derogatory content. He said the immoral and offensive content on social media threatened to create anarchy and degradation in society

4. Software technology park inaugurated in Gilgit

• Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid Khan inaugurated the first software technology park of the region here on July 15, 2022.
• The software technology park established in Chilisdas area of the city will provide free internet, basic facilities and co-working space to the staff of over 20 information technology companies.
• Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, the chief minister said GB had become the first region in the country to provide free internet and a co-working space to the youth in the IT sector.
• He said development of information technology was top priority of his government

5. Biden lands in Saudi Arabia to mend fences

• US President Joe Biden landed on July 15, 2022 in Saudi Arabia and met Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, beating a retreat from his campaign pledge to turn the kingdom into a `pariah` over human rights abuses.
• Saudi state media showed images of Air Force One at the airport in the coastal city of Jeddah after a flight from Israel, making Biden the first US leader to fly directly from the Jewish state to an Arab nation that does not recognise it.
• Wearing sunglasses, Biden emerged from Air Force One to walk down a purple carpet and be greeted by Makkah Governor Prince Khaled al-Faisal and Princess Reema bint Bandar Al-Saud, Saudi Arabia`s ambassador to Washington

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6. Saudi Arabia doubles Russian oil imports for power generation

• Saudi Arabia, the world`s largest oil exporter, more than doubled the amount of Russian fuel oil it imported in the second quarter to feed power stations to meet summer cooling demand and free up the kingdoms own crude for export, data showed and traders said.
• Russia has been selling fuel at discounted prices after international sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine left it with fewer buyers. Moscow calls the war in Ukraine a `special military operation`.
• The increased sales of fuel oil, used in power generation, to Saudi Arabia show the challenge that US President Joe Biden faces as his administration seeks to isolate Russia and cut its energy export revenues

7. S. Arabia opens airspace to `all carriers` in gesture to Israel

• Saudi Arabia announced on July 15, 2022 it was lifting restrictions on `all carriers` using its airspace, an apparent gesture of openness towards Israel hours before US President Joe Biden`s arrival.
• The US leader welcomed the `historic` decision, the latest conciliatory move by Riyadh concerning the Jewish state, which it has refused to recognise despite intensive efforts by the Israelis to establish ties with Arab countries.
• The Saudi civil aviation authority `announces the decision to open the Kingdom`s airspace for all air carriers that meet the requirements of the authority for overflying`, it said in a statement

8. Tehran unveils naval drone division

• Iran`s navy on July 15, 2022 unveiled its first division of ships and submarines capable of carrying armed drones, as US President Joe Biden tours the Middle East.
• The United States and Israel, the sworn enemies of Iran, have previously accused the Islamic republic of using drones and missiles to attack US forces and Israel-linked ships in the Gulf.
• `The first drone-carrier division of the Iranian navy consisting of ships and submarine units carrying all types of drone for combat, detection and destruction has been unveiled, state television said

9. India exempted from sanctions over Russia trade

• The US House of Representative has passed a legislative amendment that would protect India from punitive sanctions for buying missiles from Russia.
• The India-specific amendment, passed on Thursday afternoon, still has to go through the Senate before it`s signed by President Joe Biden.
• Authored and introduced by Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna, it urges the Biden administration to give India a waiver to the Countering America`s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), which can bring immediate sanctions against New Delhi for buying weapons from Moscow

10. US to resume International Space Station flights with Russia

• The United States said on July 15, 2022 would resume flights to the International Space Station with Russia, despite its attempts to isolate Moscow over the invasion of Ukraine.
• `To ensure continued safe operations of the International Space Station, protect the lives of astronauts and ensure continuous US presence in space, NASA will resume integrated crews on US crew spacecraft and the Russian Soyuz, the US space agency said in a statement.
• NASA said that astronaut Frank Rubio would fly with two Russian cosmonauts on a Soyuz rocket scheduled to launch on September 21 from Kazakhstan, with another astronaut, Loral O`Hara, taking another mission in early 2023.
• In a first, Russian cosmonauts will join NASA astronauts on SpaceX`s new Crew-5 which will launch in September from Florida with a Japanese astronaut also on the mission

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