Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (June 01, 2022) for CSS, PMS

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6. Big tobacco`s environmental impact is devastating: WHO

• The tobacco industry is a far greater threat than many realise as it is one of the world`s biggest polluters, from leaving mountains of waste to driving global warming, the WHO said on May 31, 2022.
• The World Health Organisation accused the industry of causing widespread deforestation, diverting badly needed land and water in poor countries away from food production, spewing out plastic and chemical waste as well as emitting millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide.
• In its report released on World No Tobacco Day, the UN agency called for the tobacco industry to be held to account and foot the bill for the cleanup

7. India, China seek to normalise ties

• India and China on May 31, 2022 agreed to hold the next round of the senior commanders meeting at an early date to achieve complete disengagement from all friction points in eastern Ladakh to create conditions for the restoration of normalcy in bilateral ties.
• According to The Hindu, the two sides reviewed the situation in eastern Ladakh at a meeting held under the framework of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China border affairs.
• The two sides exchanged views on the current situation along the LAC in the Western Sector in Eastern Ladakh, the External Affairs Ministry said in a statement

8. Lebanon re-elects Nabih Berri as speaker for seventh term

• Lebanese lawmakers re-elected Nabih Berri as parliament speaker on Tuesday for a seventh consecutive term, cementing his reputation as an immovable centerpiece of the country`s political landscape.
• Berri`s candidacy went largely unchallenged but the 84-year-old clinched only the bare minimum number of votes needed for a win one of his lowest counts since he first rose to the helm of parliament 30 years ago.
• Some lawmakers spoilt their ballots by writing slogans blaming the ruling class that Berri embodies for the successive crises that have hit Lebanon, from the 2020 Beirut port explosion to political assassinations and an ongoing economic meltdown

9. Canada announces complete freeze on handgun ownership

• Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday a proposed freeze on handgun ownership in Canada that would effectively ban their importation and sale, following recent mass shootings in the United States.
• The bill must still be passed by parliament, with the ruling Liberals holding only a minority of seats.
• `We`re introducing legislation to implement a national freeze on handgun ownership,` Trudeau told a news conference, joined by dozens of families and friends of victims of gun violence.
• `What this means is that it will no longer be possible to buy, sell, transfer or import handguns anywhere in Canada,`he said. `In other words, we`re capping the market for handguns

10. Israel, UAE boost ties with free trade accord

• Israel signed a free trade deal with the United Arab Emirates on May 31, 2022, its first with an Arab country, building on their US-brokered normalisation of diplomatic relations in 2020.
• Israel`s ambassador to the oil-rich UAE, Amir Hayek, tweeted `mabruk` congratulations in Arabic with a photo of Emirati and Israeli officials holding documents at a signing ceremony in Dubai.
• The Emirati envoy to Israel, Mohamed Al Khaja, hailed as an `unprecedented achievement` the deal that, according to the Israeli side, scraps customs duties on 96 percent of all products traded