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Day by Day Current Affairs (November 12 2019) | MCQs for CSS, PMS

November 12, 2019
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Day by Day Current Affairs (November 12 2019) | MCQs for CSS, PMS
Written by Shahzad F. Malik
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November 12, 2019: National Current Affairs

1. Uniform made compulsory in University of Balochistan

• The University of Balochistan has made uniform compulsory following the video scandal to deal with the issue of harassment.
• A circular issued by the university administration states that after May 1 next year no student (both boys and girls) will be allowed to enter the university premises without wearing the prescribed uniform available at Mother Care, Jinnah Road, Quetta. Balochistan High Court Chief Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail had instructed the university administ­ration to make uniform compulsory for students

2. ADB $2.5m grant to improve farm sector productivity

• The Asian Development Bank has approved a grant of $2.5 million for a technical assistance designed to facilitate rapid adoption of advanced technologies to improve the productivity and profitability of the agriculture sector in Punjab.
• The ADB assistance will help increase farmers access to technologies to strengthen agriculture value chains in rural Punjab, and contribute to farmers` high income, improved livelihood in rural communities, increased food security, and sustainable agriculture growth of the province, a report released by ADB said.
• Through the activities financed under the technical assistance, farmers` access to technologies for harvest, post-harvest and direct marketing will be enhanced, and engagement of agribusinesses and agriculture-base d industries operating in value chain businesses will be strengthened.

3. Gambia files Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar at World Court

• Gambia said on November 11, 2019 it had filed a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority, drawing praise from human rights groups and Rohingya activists.
• More than 730,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh since a 2017 crackdown by Myanmar’s military, which U.N. investigators say was carried out with “genocidal intent”. Buddhist majority Myanmar denies accusations of genocide.
• Gambia, a tiny, mainly Muslim West African nation, lodged its lawsuit after winning the support of the Organisation for Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which has 57 member states. Only a state can file a case against another state at the ICJ.
• “The aim is to get Myanmar to account for its action against its own people: the Rohingya”, Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou told a news conference in The Hague, where the U.N. court is based.

4. Moody`s cuts global outlook to negative

• Rating agency Moody`s cut its global sovereign outlook for 2020 to `negative` from `stable` on November 11, 2019, saying disruptive and unpredictable world politics would slow growth and increase the risk of economic or financial shocks.
• Moody`s, which has already slapped downgrade warnings on Britain, South Africa, India, Mexico, Turkey and Hong Kong, said there were three main drivers behind the move.
• Unpredictable politics and trade wars such as that between the United States and China would weaken open and commodity-exporting economies.
• The increasingly antagonistic environment was also likely to damage global and national institutions, which together with lower growth, raises the probability of crises but reduces the capacity to deal with them

5. Bolivian president resigns after losing backing of security forces

• Bolivian President Evo Morales has resigned after three weeks of sometimes violent protests over his disputed re-election, as his allies denounced an alleged coup.
• `I resign my post as president,` the leftist Morales said on Sunday in a televised address, capping a day of fast moving events in which many ministers and senior officials quit as support for Latin America`s longest-serving president crumbled and created a temporary leadership vacuum in the country.
• The streets of La Paz immediately exploded in celebration, with jubilant Bolivians waving the country`s flag, but violence and vandalism later erupted overnight and in the neighboring city of El Alto.
• In the confusion, a group of 20 lawmakers and government officials took refuge at the Mexican ambassador`s residence, and Mexico announced it was of fering asylum to Morales as well.

6. BJP suffers setback as Maharashtra slips out of its control

• In a setback, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s ruling party has decided not to form the government in the western state of Maharashtra the country`s richest leaving opposition groups scrambling on November 11, 2019 to cobble together an alliance.
• The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the single largest party in a state election in Maharashtra last month, and was expected to comfortably retain power with the help of its regional ally, the Shiv Sena.
• But in-fighting between the BJP and the Shiv Sena, which has gone on for a fortnight, has culminated in the allies parting ways, dealing the first major political blow to Modi`s ruling party since it retained power with a landslide mandate in a May general election.
• On Sunday, the BJP`s state president Chandrakant Patil said his party had decided to not stake claim to form government.

7. Troops to stay in Afghanistan for several years: US military chief

• The US military chief has predicted that American troops, already in Afghanistan for the past 18 years, would remain in the country `for several more years`.
• In an interview to ABC channel, broadcast on Saturday evening, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Mark Miley recalled that Washington sent its troops into Afghanistan because the country was allegedly used as a base to launch the Sept 11, 2001, terrorist attacks into the US. The deployment had one clear objective, to ensure that Afghanistan would never again be a haven for extremists who would attack the US, he added.
• `That mission is not yet complete,` he said. The effort to prevent Afghanistan from being a haven for terrorists plotting attacks on the US homeland is `ongoing` and has `been ongoing for 18 years`, he added

8. Vietnam deer rediscovered after nearly 30 years

• A very rare species of small, deer like animal thought to be on the verge of extinction has been spotted in the northwestern jungle of Vietnam for the first time in nearly 30 years.
• Known as the Silver-backed Chevrotain or Mouse deer, a specimen was last recorded in 1990, according to a study published on Monday in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution.
• The species, Tragulus versicolor, was first described in 1910 based on several animals found near Nha Trang, about 450 kilometres (280 miles) northeast of Ho Chi Minh City.
• With no confirmed sightings since 1990, experts assumed the species must have been pushed to the brink of extinction by hunting.

9. Mayday Rescue founder found dead in Turkey

• The British founder of a group that helped establish the Syrian White Helmets rescue organisation has died in Istanbul, his office said on November 11, 2019.
• His body was found with fractures to his legs and head outside the apartment building where he lived early on Monday, police said in a statement, while the Istanbul governor`s office confirmed an investigation had been launched into the death.
• The precise details of James Le Mesurier`s death could not be confirmed and his of fice did not wish to comment further.
• Le Mesurier was a former British Army officer who founded Mayday Rescue, which helped train the White Helmets when it began in 2013.

10. Fabulous France clinch Fed Cup with epic win over Australia

• France emerged teary-eyed and triumphant from a weekend of grit and inspiration to claim their first Fed Cup title in 16 years with a 3-2 win on November 10, 2019 over hosts Australia.
• Kristina Mladenovic and Caroline Garcia combined for the decisive point, grinding down Ash Barty and Sam Stosur 6-4, 6-3 in the doubles to seal France`s third title in the team event and leave a heaving crowd of 13,842 at Perth Arena deflated.
• Edged out 3-2 on home soil by the Czech Republic in the 2016 decider,Mladenovic and Garcia were resolved to avoid a repeat of that heartbreak, and they played fearlessly on the blue hardcourt.

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