Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (March 02, 2022) for CSS, PMS

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6. Kyiv, Kharkiv face brunt of Russian aggression

• Russian forces stepped up their attacks on populated urban areas March 1, 2022, bombarding the central square in Ukraine`s second-largest city and Kyiv`s main TV tower.
• Ukrainian authorities said five people were killed and five wounded in the attack on the TV tower. Officials said a TV control room and a power substation were also hit and Ukrainian TV channels stopped broadcasting.
• Flames were seen shooting up from a military base northeast of Kyiv, in the suburb of Brovary, in footage taken from a car driving past. In another video verified by AP, a passenger pleaded with the driver, Misha, we need to drive quickly as they’ll strike again. At the same time, a 40-mile (64-kilometer) convoy of hundreds of Russian tanks and other vehicles advanced on Kyiv and Russian forces pressed their attack on other towns and cities across the country, including at or near the strategic ports of Odesa and Mariupol in the south

7. Lavrov faces walkouts at two international meetings

• As boycotts and bans continued to be announced over Russia`s invasion of Ukraine, numerous diplomats walked out on Tuesday when Russian foreign minister addressed the UN Human Rights Council.
• From closed airspace to frozen assets, meanwhile, Western countries announced increasingly severe economic sanctions against President Vladimir Putin, his relatives and inner circle and on the Russian economy. During the meeting of the UN human rights panel, diplomats filed out of the room when Sergei Lavrov`s pre-recorded video message began to be played

8. Poor nations need $60bn a year to protect nature: NGOs

• Wealthy countries should provide at least $60 billion every year to the world`s poorest nations to combat biodiversity loss, an alliance of environment groups said on March 1, 2022.
• The appeal by WWF, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and other green groups was launched on the sidelines of a major UN environment meeting in Nairobi.
• It comes ahead of key talks for a UN biodiversity summit to be held in China that will see nations hammer out conservation targets for the next decade.
• The $60bn would address `the disproportionate impact of wealthy country consumption habits on biodiversity,` the signatories said in a joint statement

9. Israel`s top court freezes four evictions in Sheikh Jarrah

• Israel`s Supreme Court on Tuesday froze the eviction of four Palestinian families from the flashpoint east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, where Jewish settler groups have sought to seize control.
• Justice Isaac Amit, in a ruling by a three-judge panel, wrote the families would be recognise d as protected tenants, and would pay a Jewish settier group a symbolic annual rent of 2,400 shelcels (about $740) `until a determination of … land rights`.
• The four families in annexed east Jerusalem were at the heart of clashes that helped spark the 11-day war last May between Israel and armed groups in the Gaza Strip

10. 100pc stadium capacity allowed for Australia test series

• The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Covid-19 has decided to allow 100 per cent stadium capacity for the month-long Pakistan-Australia cricket series, starting from March 4.
• The decision was taken on Tuesday when the Australian team started preparations at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium for the first test match against Pakistan.
• While the coronavirus positivity across the country was recorded at 2.29 per cent, the NCOC data showed it was between 8pc and 10pc in Rawalpindi and Hyderabad. Muzaffarabad, Gilgit and Nowshera reported more than 10pc Covid positivity