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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs/News (Nov 22 2022) for CSS

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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs/News (Nov 22 2022) for CSS
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November 22, 2022: National Current Affairs MCQs

1. Pakistan again seeks consensus for Security Council reforms

• Pakistan has once again called for a consensus before changing the form and size of the Security Council (UNSC), countering India`s effort to add more permanent members to the world body.
• `The UN General Assembly has agreed repeatedly that the Security Council needs to be reformed through its expansion on the basis of equitable geographic representation,` said Pakistan`s UN Ambassador Munir Akram.
• `We need a more representative, democratic, transparent, effective and accountable Security Council, said the Pakistani envoy while participating in the annual debate on UNSC reforms at the UN headquarters in New York this week

2. Pak-Afghan border reopens after a week

• Pakistan on November 23, 2022 reopened its border with Afghanistan at Chaman, which remained closed for a week hampering trade between the two neighbouring countries as well as the movement of people through the Friendship Gate.
• On Nov 13, the border at Chaman was closed for an indefinite period after an armed suspect from the Afghan side opened fire on Pakistani security personnel at Friendship Gate, resulting in the martyrdom of one soldier and injuries to two.
• The decision to reopen the border was taken at a meeting between Pakistani border authorities and Taliban officials held in Chaman

3. Foreign direct investment plunges 52pc in four months

• Foreign direct investment nosedived 52 per cent during the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY23), reflecting the poor economic health and political instability in the country.
• The State Bank of Pakistan`s latest data issued on November 21, 2022 showed that the FDI fell to $348.3 million in July-October FY23 from $726.5m during the same period of the last fiscal year (FY22).
• The FDI has been declining each year while the volume of investment is also very thin compared to that of regional countries like India, Bangladesh and China

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4. Anwar in talks with rivals despite anti-graft pledge

• Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said on November 21, 2022 he is in talks with the party of ex-premier Najib Razak, who is in jail for corruption, to form the next government after an inconclusive election.
• Anwar`s multi-ethnic coalition, which campaigned on an anti-corruption ticket, won 82 seats in Saturday`s election, the most of any bloc but still short of the majority needed to form government.
• Malaysia, one of Southeast Asia`s biggest economies, has had three changes of government in as many years, underscoring recent political instability. Saturday`s election offered no immediate solution to that impasse, only more of the political horse trading that have characterised recent polls

5. Qatar signs world`s `longest` gas supply deal with China

• Qatar Energy announced a 27-year natural gas supply deal with China on November 21, 2022, calling it the `longest` ever seen as it strengthened ties with Asia while Europe scrambles for alternative sources.
• The state energy company will send four million tonnes of liquefied natural gas annually from its new North Field East project to China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), it said.
• The deal `marks the longest gas supply agreement in the history of the LNG industry`, said Saad Sherida alKaabi, Qatar`s energy minister and Qatar Energy`s chief executive.
• Asian countries led by China, Japan and South Korea are the main market for Qatar`s gas, which is increasingly being sought by European countries since Russia`s invasion of Ukraine.

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6. 162 die as quake ravages Indonesia`s Java island

• A 5.6-magnitude earthquake killed 162 people, with hundreds others injured and missing, when it toppled buildings and triggered landslides on Indonesia`s main island of Java on November 21, 2022, with rescuers trying to reach survivors trapped under the rubble amid a series of aftershocks.
• The epicentre was near the town of Cianjur in West Java, about 75km southeast of the capital, Jakarta, where some buildings shook and some offices were evacuated. Doctors treated patients outdoors after the quake, which was felt as far away as the capital Jakarta, left hospitals in Cianjur without power for several hours. Indonesia`s disaster mitigation agency BNP-B spokesperson Abdul Muhari said the search would continue through the night

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7. WHO identifying potential pandemic pathogens

• The World Health Organisation said on November 21, 2022 it was thrashing out a new list of priority pathogens that risk sparking pandemics or outbreaks and should be kept under close observation.
• The WHO said the aim was to update a list used to guide global research and development (R&D) and investment, especially in vaccines, tests and treatments.
• As part of that process, which started on Friday, the United Nations` health agency is convening over 300 scientists to consider evidence on more than 25 virus families and bacteria.
• They will also consider the so-called `Disease X` an unknown pathogen that could cause a serious international epidemic

8. Erdogan threatens ground operation into Syria

• Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on November 21, 2022 threatened to launch a ground operation into Syria after cross-border air strikes on Kurdish positions and deadly fire on Turkey.
• `There is no question that this operation be limited to only an aerial operation,` Erdogan told reporters on a flight home from Qatar after attending the opening of the World Cup. The Turkish leader has threatened a new military operation into northern Syria since May.
• Overnight, Turkey hit dozens of targets in northern Syria as well as northern Iraq, a week after an Istanbul bomb attack killed six people and which Ankara blamed on the Kurdistan Workers` Party (PKK)

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9. Djokovic claims record-equalling sixth ATP Finals title

• Novak Djokovic beat Norway`s Casper Ruud 7-5, 6-3 to collect a record-equalling sixth ATP Finals title on Sunday, earning the biggest paycheck ever in tennis $4,740,300 for completing the season-ending tournament unbeaten.
• Djokovic sealed victory in style with his ninth ace to collect the title for the first time since 2015 in front of a rapturous crowd.
• `Got to stay focused the entire match, every single point, the momentum can switch to the other side really quickly,` the Serbian said in a televised interview after the match. `The fact that I waited seven years makes this victory even sweeter,` he added as he matched Roger Federer`s haul of six titles in the season-ending event

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10. Netherlands strike late to beat Senegal

• Late goals by Cody Gakpo and Davy Klaassen gave the Netherlands a 2-0 victory over African champions Senegal on November 21, 2022 on their return to the World Cup stage.
• With Senegal missing injured star man Sadio Mane and the Dutch without their main attacking threat Memphis Depay at kick-off, the Group `A` encounter in Doha looked set to end in a goalless draw.
• But with just six minutes remaining PSV Eindhoven forward Gakpo got up in front of Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy to head in a floated Frenkie de Jong cross from the left

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