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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (November 03, 2022) for CSS, PMS

Shahzad F. Malik
Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (November 03, 2022) for CSS, PMS
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November 03, 2022: National / International Current Affairs

1. Pakistan, China agree to expand, accelerate CPEC

• China on November 2, 2022 assured Pakistan of its continued support to the country`s sustainable economic and strategic projects, including expansion of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Main Line-1 (ML-1) rail track besides an additional assistance package of RMB 500 million for the country`s flood-relief efforts.
• According to the Prime Minister Office (PMO), Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang made these commitments during separate meetings with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the People`s Great Hall in Beijing.
• The two sides signed and concluded a number of agreements covering bilateral cooperation in the areas of e-commerce, digital economy, export of agricultural products, financial cooperation, protection of cultural property, infrastructure, flood relief, post disaster reconstruction, GDI, animal disease control, livelihood, cultural cooperation, space, geosciences as well as law enforcement and security

2. Afghanistan registered trade surplus with Pakistan: report

• Afghanistan registered a trade surplus of $79 million with Pakistan, one of its largest trading partners, from July 2021 to June 2022, according to the latest report by an official US monitoring agency, known as SIGAR.
• The report prepared for the US Congress by the office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) noted that Afghanistan`s currency, the Afghani, appreciated by 11.6 per cent against the Pakistani rupee.
• The agency noted that despite economic and political troubles, the Afghan currency remained relatively steady this quarter, appreciating by 6.1pc against the euro and 0.2pc against the Indian rupee as well.
• Data issued by Afghanistan`s central bank, Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), however, showed that between the end of June and mid September, the Afghani depreciated 0.6pc against the US dollar and 1.9pc against the Chinese yuan

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3. WB okays $500m for Punjab, KP projects

• The World Bank has signed two agreements with the government to extend $500 million worth of two separate loans to Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
• The Economic Affairs Division in a statement said on November 2, 2022 that World Bank`s Country Director Najy Benhassine and Dr Kazim Niaz, Secretary EAD signed the financing agreements on behalf of the respective sides.
• The loans pertained to Punjab Resilient and Inclusive Agriculture Transformation Project worth $200 million and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Accessibility Project worth $300 million.
• The $200m Punjab project is designed to enhance equitable access to, and productivity of, agricultural water and improve the incomes of farmers, particularly small and medium landholders. The project is expected to contribute to transforming Punjab`s agriculture into a more inclusive, productive, sustainable, and market-oriented sector

4. China locks down over half a million people

• Chinese authorities imposed lockdowns on 600,000 people in the area surrounding the world`s largest iPhone factory on November 2, 2022, as workers complained of disorderly Covid controls at the facility.
• All people except Covid-prevention volunteers and essential workers `must not leave their residences except to receive Covid tests and emergency medical treatment`, officials from central China`s Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone said.
• The move comes after images emerged on Chinese social media last week showing people breaking out of the facility, which is run by Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn and makes products for Apple

5. UN peacekeeping convoy attacked in eastern Congo

• A United Nations peacekeeping convoy was attacked in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday evening, leaving two people injured, the UN mission said on Wednesday.
• The convoy was attacked when it stopped at an army checkpoint near an internally displaced persons site in Kanyarutshinya, 8km from the city of Goma.
• A crowd assembled and threw stones at the convoy, setting fire to at least one truck, the UN mission, MONUSCO, said on Twitter.
• UN peacekeepers fired warning shots into the air and finally left the zone, it said

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6. Can put headscarf reform to vote: Erdogan

• Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on November 2, 2022 his ruling AK Party (AKP) could put a constitutional amendment protecting women`s right to wear headscarves to a referendum if it was not passed by parliament.
• The AKP was set to present the reform to parliament as soon as parties step up efforts to appeal to voters ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections set for June with polls showing dwindling support for Erdogan and the AKP.
• However, the secularist CHP revived the issue last month with a proposal to enshrine the right to wear headscarves as it reached out to devout Turks, having long opposed the wearing of headscarves in parliament and public offices

7. Seoul rattled after Pyongyang launches 23 missiles

• North Korea fired at least 23 missiles into the sea on November 2, 2022, including one that landed less than 60km (40 miles) off South Korea`s coast, which the South`s President Yoon Suk-yeol described as `territorial encroachment` It was the first time a ballistic missile had landed near the South`s waters since the peninsula was divided in 1945, and the most missiles fired by the North in a single day. South Korea issued rare air raid warnings and launched its own missiles in response.
• The missile landed outside South Korea`s territorial waters, but south of the Northern Limit Line (NLL), a disputed inter-Korean maritime border.
• In response, South Korean warplanes fired three air-to-ground missiles into the sea north across the NLL in response, the South`s military said. An official said the weapons used included an AGM84H/K SLAM-ER, which is a US-made `stand-off` precision attack weapon that can fly for up to 270km (170 miles) with a 360kg (800lb) warhead

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8. Arab leaders say Palestinian cause still dear to them, but silent on split

• Arab leaders said on Wednesday that the Palestinian cause was still central for them after their first summit meeting in three years, but they did not directly address their own splits over peace with Israel or its election of a new right-wing government.
• The final declaration after the meeting in Algiers pledged continued Arab support for the Palestinian cause, said Jerusalem must be protected, condemned Israel`s use of violence against Palestinians and urged Israel to lift its blockade of Gaza.
• However, they made no new proposals for advancing Palestinian statehood or rights, with many Arabs disillusioned by what they have come for decades to see as empty rhetoric on the issue

9. Moscow `returns` to grain deal

• Russia said on November 2, 2022 that it would renew its participation in an agreement allowing Ukraine to export grain via the Black Sea, just four days after suspending its role in the deal.
• Moscow had pulled out at the weekend, saying it could not guarantee the safety of civilian ships crossing the Black Sea because of a drone attack on its fleet there.
• `The Russian Federation considers that the guarantees received at the moment appear sufficient, and resumes the implementation of the agreement,` the defence ministry said in a statement

10. Russian defence chiefs discussed nuclear use, claims NYT

• High level Russian military leaders recently discussed when and how they might use tactical nuclear weapons on the battlefield in Ukraine, the New York Times reported on November 2, 2022 citing unnamed US officials.
• But White House spokesman John Kirby downplayed the development, saying that Washington did not see any signs that Russia was making preparations to use nuclear weapons.
• Moscow, meanwhile, stressed that the world`s `top priority` should be to avoid a clash of nuclear powers that it stressed could lead to `catastrophic consequences`

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