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

Shahzad F. Malik
Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (May 02, 2022) for CSS, PMS
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May 02, 2022: National / International Current Affairs

1. S. Arabia agrees to discuss extending term of $3bn loan

• Saudi Arabia on May 1, 2022 agreed to discuss extending the term of a $3 billion loan to help Pakistan`s new government tide over the prevailing economic crisis.
• Saudi Arabia affirmed its continuous support to Pakistan and its economy, including discussion of augmenting $3bn deposit with the central bank through term extension or otherwise, and exploring options to further enhance the financing of petroleum products and supporting the economic structural reforms for the benefit of Pakistan and its people.
• In a joint statement issued at the conclusion of three-day official visit of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to the kingdom, Islamabad and Riyadh said both sides supported the unity and independence of the countries of the region and their territorial integrity, as well as to give priority to political solutions that bring prosperity and progress to the region and its people

2. KP to celebrate Eid today, rest of country tomorrow

• While the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government decided to celebrate Eid ul Fitr on May 2, 2022 (today) following the announcement by an unofficial moon-sighting committee, the Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee declared that the festivity would be celebrated on May 3, 2022 (tomorrow) as the Shawwal moon was not sighted anywhere in the country.
• Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee chairman Maulana Abdul Khabeer Azad, while announcing the decision at a press conference on Sunday after a meeting of the panel comprising clerics belonging to all the four mainstream sects in the country, said: `The sky has been largely clear across the country, yet no authentic testimony of the moon being sighted was received and, therefore, it was agreed with consensus that Eidul Fitr will be on May 3

3. Govt claims ending power cuts across country

• The Power Division on May 1, 2022 announced that it had ended power cuts across the country by injecting about 2,500MW additional electricity into the system.
• `In line with commitment of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, loadshedding has been brought to zero with effect from 05:00am on May 1,` said Power Minister Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan. However, in a tweet, he added, `There was zero loadshedding on feeders with better recovery`.
• The minister said more than 2,500MW had been added to the system. The ministry was striving for uninterrupted electricity during and after Eid, he said

4. Punjab cabinet formation put on hold till governor`s ouster

• Formation of a new provincial cabinet after Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hamza Shehbaz was sworn in as chief minister of Punjab is likely to be delayed till the removal of incumbent Governor Omar Sarfaraz Cheema, Dawn has learnt.
• A senior leader of the PML-N disclosed on May 1, 2022 that discussion to finalise the names for PML-N-led Punjab cabinet was under way, but the process might be delayed for a couple of weeks till the governor`s removal.
• Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif sent a summary for Mr Cheema`s removal to President Arif Alvi on April 16

5. In GB, hope evaporates as glaciers melt faster and faster

• With glaciers melting faster than before, Gilgit-Baltistan residents in some areas live under the constant threat of a natural disaster.
• Those living in downstream areas and near lakes and rivers are most vulnerable, particularly those near Shisper and Hoper glaciers.
• Glaciers in the Himalaya, Hindu Kush and Karakoram mountain ranges have melted rapidly, creating thousands of glacial lakes in the country`s northern areas.
• Around 30 of these lakes are at risk of sudden hazardous flooding, known as glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), the climate change ministry said earlier this week, adding that around seven million people were vulnerable

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6. Russia threatens to seize assets of `hostile` countries

• Russia suggested on May 1, 2022 that it could seize the Russian-based assets of countries it deems hostile in retaliation for a US proposal to sell off Russian oligarchs` assets and pay the proceeds to Ukraine.
• `As far as companies based in Russian territory are concerned whose owners are citizens of hostile countries and where the decision has been taken` to seize Russian assets, `it is fair to take reciprocal measures and confiscate assets,` said the speaker of Russia`s lower house of parliament, Vyacheslav Volodin.
• `And the proceeds from the sale of these assets will be used for our country`s development,` he said on his Telegram channel

7. Indian troops killed 62 Kashmiri fighters this year: police

• Indian forces have killed 62 fighters, including 15 foreigners, in occupied Kashmir this year, a police official said on May 1, 2022.
• Vijay Kumar, the occupied state`s police chief, said some of the fighters killed this year had links with Lashkar-e-Taiba.
• A hallmark of the group is to conduct `fedayeen` attacks where men are willing to fight to the death, but are not suicide bombers.
• Kumar said 15 fighters linked with the Jaish-e-Mohammad, which took responsibility for one of the deadliest attacks on Indian forces in 2019, were among those killed in a series of operations

8. Clashes in Istanbul as Turks defy May Day ban

• Turkish police on May 1, 2022 detained more than 160 protesters who were trying to hold a May Day rally in defiance of a ban imposed by the governor`s office.
• AFP images showed riot police clashing with protesters near Istanbul`s Taksim Square, pinning some of them forcefully to the ground before rounding them up in a police car.
• The Istanbul governor`s office said 164 people were held after staging `an unauthorised rally` and refusing to disperse despite police warnings.
• An AFP photographer saw around 20 protesters detained near Taksim Square

9. Assam CM leads push to repeal faith-based laws

• India should replace marriage and inheritance laws that are based on religion with a uniform civil code, the chief minister of a northeastern state said on May 1, 2022, taking aim at rules that allow Muslim men, for example, to have four wives.
• Successive governments have steered clear of adopting such a code for fear of angering voters from India`s Hindu majority as well as its Muslim and Christian minorities.
• But members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s Hindu nationalist party and its hardline affiliates want to roll out the code in some states to gauge the strength of any backlash prior to a national push

10. `Right to be forgotten`: Israeli firm promises to purge digital footprint

• Three young Israelis formerly serving in military cyber units have figured out how to locate your digital footprint and give you the tools to delete it.
• The company Mine, co-founded by Gal Ringel, Gal Golan and Kobi Nissan, says it uses artificial intelligence to show users where their information is being stored like whether an online shoe store kept your data after a sneaker purchase three years ago.
• Ringel said Mine`s technology has already been used by one million people worldwide, with over 10 million `right to be forgotten` requests sent to companies using the firm`s platform.

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