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Shahzad F. Malik
Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (July 26, 2022) for CSS, PMS
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July 26, 2022: National / International Current Affairs

1. SC throws out pleas for full bench on Punjab CM election

• After a prolonged hearing that continued late into July 25, 2022 evening, the Supreme Court finally rejected a set of petitions moved by the ruling coalition partners seeking hearing of Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Parvez Elahi`s plea by a full court comprising all available judges to decide the issue of chief minister`s election.
• However, the Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial-led bench provided another opportunity to the counsel representing Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) member parties to come prepared on Tuesday so that Mr Elahi`s challenge to Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Dost Mohammad Khan Mazari`s ruling for discarding all10 PML-Q votes could be discussed threadbare.
• At the hearing, Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan, a member of the three-member SC bench, repeatedly mentioned that all what the court wanted was an explanation if the direction to lawmakers comes from party head or parliamentary leader

2. 1.5 million Afghans chose to stay back in Pakistan after US pullout

• Pakistan remains the largest refugee hosting country in Asia and the Pacific as 1.5 million Afghans still prefer to stay in this country, even though one year has elapsed since the US forces beat a hasty retreat from Kabul.
• The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a report released on Monday that the number of refugees in Asia Pacific region grew by 138,400 last year and now stood at 4.2m, or 19 per cent, of the global refugee population. This represents a three per cent increase over 2020.
• By Dec 2021, the `Documentation Renewal and Information Verification Exercise` (DRIVE) found there were 1,252,800 registered Afghans, carrying `proof of registration` (PoR) cards, in Pakistan

3. Alvi offers virtual educational facilities to Afghan students

• President Dr Arif Alvi on July 25, 2022 reiterated Pakistan`s offer to provide virtual and online education facilities to the students of Afghanistan through Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) and the Virtual University of Pakistan (VUP).
• He made this offer to Afghanistan through Mufti Mohammad Taqi Usmani, President Jamia Darul Uloom Karachi, who is visiting Afghanistan and is expected to meet top Afghan leadership, says a press release issued by the Presidency.
• Talking to Mufti Usmani, the president said that since Afghanistan did not possess nationwide internet connectivity, initially education materials of AlOU and VUP can be communicated to Afghan students, both male and female, through its television network

4. Droupadi Murmu sworn in as India`s first tribal president

• Droupadi Murmu was sworn in as India`s president on July 25, 2022, making her the first person from one of the country`s marginalised tribal communities to serve as head of state.
• The former school teacher and state governor was elected to the largely ceremonial position last week with 64 percent of the vote by members of India`s parliament and state assemblies. Murmu, who is from the Santhal tribe and was born in eastern Odisha state, paid her respects before her inauguration at a memorial dedicated to India`s independence hero Mahatma Gandhi in New Delhi.
• `I started my life journey from a small tribal village,` Murmu, 64, said after taking the oath of office in parliament. `From the background I come from, it was like a dream for me to even getelementary education,` she added

5. Taiwan holds drill in preparation for `Chinese action`

• Taiwan kicked off its largest annual military exercises on July 25, 2022, with trench warfare and shoulder launched Stinger missiles deployed against simulated Chinese attacks in drills informed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
• Democratic Taiwan lives under constant threat of being seized by China, which views the self-ruled island as part of its territory to be taken by force if necessary.
• Russia`s assault on Ukraine has heightened fears that Beijing might similarly follow through on threats to annex its much smaller and outgunned neighbour

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6. Record-breaking Duplantis soars as US complete historic medal haul

• Armand Duplantis brought down the curtain on the World Athletics Championships in stunning fashion on July 25, 2022, breaking his own pole vault world record in the final act of the 10-day global track and field extravaganza.
• Af ter the United States claimed emphatic victories in both the men`s and women`s 4×400 metre relays, Duplantis took centre stage and duly delivered a perfect finale for the first championships on American soil apart from the fact maybe that the US-born and raised 22-year-old was wearing the yellow and blue of Sweden and not representing the Stars and Stripes.
• The Swede sailed over 6.21 metres to surpass his previous mark by one centimetre set in March en route to winning gold at the World Indoor Championships and complete his collection of medals by claiming a first world title

7. Tunisians vote on constitution set to bolster one-man rule

• Tunisians were voting on July 25, 2022 on a new constitution promoted by President Kais Saied, which has been criticised for giving his office nearly unchecked powers and threatening to install an autocracy in the birthplace of the Arab Spring.
• The referendum comes a year to the day after Saied sacked the government and froze parliament in a power grab that his rivals condemned as a coup.
• His moves were, however, welcomed by many Tunisians fed up with a grinding economic crisis, political turmoil and a system they felt had brought little improvement to their lives in the decade since the 2011 overthrow of dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

8. Chinese astronauts set up new lab on space station

• Astronauts entered the new lab module of China`s space station for the first time on July 25, 2022, in a major step towards completing the orbital outpost by the end of the year.
• The station is one of the crown jewels of Beijing`s ambitious space programme, which has landed robotic rovers on Mars and the Moon, and made China only the third nation to put humans in orbit.
• Once completed, Tiangong or `heavenly palace` will be constantly crewed by rotating teams of three astronauts, who will conduct scientific experiments and help test new technologies

9. Cameras to remain turned off until revival of N-deal, Iran tells IAEA

• Iran will keep the UN nuclear watchdog`s cameras turned off until a 2015 nuclear deal is restored, the head of the country`s Atomic Energy Organisation said on Monday, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.
• Iran informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) it had removed IAEA equipment, including 27 cameras installed under the 2015 pact with world powers, after the agency passed a resolution criticising Tehran in June.
• `We will not turn on the IAEA cameras until the other side returns to the nuclear deal, Iranian nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami said

10. Russian-Polish climber scales G2 in 15 hours

• Russian-Polish climber Denis Urubko has set another record by climbing 8,035m Gasherbrum-II within a span of 15 hours, just days after summiting 8,051m Broad Peak.
• This is his fifth summit of G2, while overall he is the 15th climber to scale all the 14 eight thousanders and eighth to achieve the feat without the use of supplemental oxygen.
• According to official Facebook page of Denis Urubko on July 23, the high-altitude mountaineer did another interesting composition in Karakoram. Starting at3am from base camp, he went alone by the icefall, the long glacier and followed classical route of G2 with some stops for breakfast and lunch. He finally reached the summit at 18:20pm

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