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

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

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March 01, 2022: National / International Current Affairs

1. Cabinet approves 28.8pc job quota for south Punjab

• The Punjab cabinet gave its nod to reserving 28.8 per cent job quota for the population of three divisions of south Punjab through an amendment in the Punjab Civil Servants Act 1974.
• The Punjab government had earlier allocated around 35pc job quote for the candidates having domicile of any south Punjab district, but it was challenged in the Lahore High Court.
• Eventually, a cabinet committee on functionality of south Punjab, headed by finance minister, was empowered to finalise job quota for the candidates from the region on the basis of population.
• The committee decided to allocate 28.8pc job quota for south Punjab candidates and it was approved by the cabinet

2. Rs3.8tr collected in July-February

• The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) collected Rs3.79 trillion in the first eight months of the current fiscal year (8MFY22), exceeding the target of Rs3.53tr by Rs268 billion, provisional data compiled by the tax body showed.
• Compared with the revenue collection of Rs2.92tr in 2020-21, 31 per cent growth was posted in July February FY22. The historic growth will provide a cushion to Prime Minister Imran Khan for subsidising petroleum prices, reduce electricity prices and offer incentives in taxation to the IT sector and industries

3. Pakistan `won`t take sides` in UN debate on Ukraine

• Pakistan has decided not to participate in the emergency session of the UN General Assembly that began to discuss the Ukrainian crisis.
• `Pakistan has decided not to take sides on this issue,` a diplomatic source told Dawn. `Islamabad sup-ports a peaceful and negotiated settlement.
• Prime Minister Imran Khan, who visited Moscow on the day the invasion began, defended his decision on Monday, saying that he was there to discuss bilateral issues only.
• The General Assembly is expected to wind up its debate on Tuesday and by then representatives of more than 100 countries would have addressed the emergency session. The meeting will decide whether to support a US-sponsored resolution that demands Russia`s immediate withdrawal from Ukraine

4. AJK, GB phone network `bigger than rest of Pakistan`

• Almost entire Azad Jammu & Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan have telephone coverage, but the internet services are limited to 40 per cent areas of the region and that too is mainly the 3G network.
• According to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Annual Report 2021, the tele density in the region increased by 8.3pc over the previous year 2019-20 to 95.4pc in AJK and GB which is much higher than that of mainland Pakistan.
• The PTA has said that the subscribers` growth rate has witnessed a fluctuating trend over the last five years, the average annual growth rate hovered at 12pc

5. Dozens killed as Russian artillery pounds Kharkiv

• Russian artillery bombarded residential districts of Ukraine`s second largest city Kharkiv, killing possibly dozens of people, Ukrainian officials said, as Moscow`s invading forces met stiff resistance from Ukrainians on a fifth day of conflict.
• The attacks took place while Russian and Ukrainian officials met on the Belarusian border to discuss a ceasefire. The talks ended with no breakthrough.
• Russia also faced deepening isolation and economic turmoil as western nations, united in condemnation of its assault, hit it with an array of sanctions that created ripple effects around the world. Global shares slid and oil prices jumped

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6. Ukraine raises $13m in crypto after crowdfunding appeal

• Ukraine`s government has raised cryptocurrency worth almost $13 million after posting appeals on social media for donations of bitcoin and other digital tokens, data from blockchain analysis firm Elliptic showed.
• Ukraine`s official Twitter account made the appeal for cryptocurrency donations on Saturday following the country`s invasion by Russia, posting digital wallets addresses for tokens including bitcoin and ether.
• `Stand with the people of Ukraine. Now accepting cryptocurrency donations, Ukraine`s Vice-Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, who is also minister of digital transformation, wrote on Twitter

7. Ukraine applies to join European Union

• Ukraine`s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has signed an application for Ukraine to join the European Union.
• The action comes five days after Russia invaded its smaller neighbour, touching off widespread international condemnation and offers of military assistance from the 27-member nation EU and elsewhere.
• Andrii Sybiha, head of Zelenskyys office, said on his official Facebook page that the documents are on the way to Brussels.
• Photos of Zelenskyy were posted in Facebook. He was flanked by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and chairman of the parliament Ruslan Stefanchuk

8. Iran says key issues unresolved in Vienna nuclear talks

• Iran said efforts to revive a 2015 nuclear deal could succeed if the United States took a political decision to meet Tehran`s remaining demands, as months of negotiations enter what one Iranian diplomat called a `now or never` stage.
• The stakes are high, since the failure of 10 months of talks would carry the risk of a fresh regional war and the imposition of additional harsh sanctions on Iran by the West.
• Iran`s foreign ministry spokesman identified the remaining outstanding issues as: the extent to which sanctions would be rolled back, providing guarantees that the United States will not quit the pact again, and resolving questions over uranium traces found at several old but undeclared sites in Iran

9. Muslims are victims of blasphemy law as well: Archbishop Welby

• Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said though there was a clear commitment by the Pakistani government to religious freedom and belief, minorities of all sorts, and also the Muslim majority, remained suppressed in their daily lived experience.
• `There are very clear misuses, as is recognised, of the blasphemy law against minorities; however most of the misuses well over 50pc are Muslims misusing it against Muslims,` Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said during an interview with Dawn.
• The archbishop is visiting Pakistan to express support to the Christian community, meet national leaders and highlight the importance of maintaining good relations between different faiths in Pakistan

10. Sporting bodies move to ban Russia amid invasion of Ukraine

• International sports bodies moved to further isolate Russia for its invasion of Ukraine and pushed Moscow closer to becoming a pariah on the playing field.
• The International Olympic Committee urged sports bodies to exclude Russian athletes and officials from international events, including football`s World Cup.
• Athletes from Ukraine and other nations had called on the IOC to take action after Russia launched its invasion by land, air and sea last week following a declaration of war by President Vladimir Putin.

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