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

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6. Taliban break up women`s protest in Herat

• Authorities dispersed a women`s rally in Afghanistan`s western city of Herat on October 2, 2022, with protesters claiming they were beaten by Taliban forces who fired shots in the air.
• Scores of students turned out in protest against a Friday suicide bombing on a Kabul classroom that killed and wounded dozens of pupils as they prepared for exams.
• The bomber blew himself up in the women`s section of a gender-segregated study hall in a Kabul neighbourhood home to the Hazara community.
• The United Nations said at least 35 people were killed and another 82 wounded, most of them girls and young women

7. Israel hails proposed Lebanon maritime border deal

• Israel on October 2, 2022 praised a US proposal to resolve the country`s maritime border dispute with Lebanon, building further momentum towards an agreement between the two nations still technically at war.
• The draft agreement floated by US envoy Amos Hochstein aims to settle competing claims over offshore gas fields and was delivered to Lebanese and Israeli officials at the weekend.
• Lebanese authorities, who con-firmed receipt of the terms on Saturday, have pledged to deliver a reply `as quickly as possible`, following a flurry of recent announcements from Beirut that a deal with Israel was close

8. Kuwait crown prince accepts resignation of govt after elections

• Kuwait`s crown prince on October 2, 2022 accepted the government`s resignation, following a parliamentary election in the Gulf Arab country in which opposition candidates made considerable gains, state news agency KUNA reported.
• Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad alSabah, who has taken over most of the ruling emir`s duties, asked the outgoing government headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf al-Sabah to remain in a caretaker capacity until a new cabinet is formed.
• Kuwait, an OPEC oil producer, held early elections on Sept 29 after Sheikh Meshal dissolved parliament in a bid to end a political standoff between the cabinet, which is appointed by the royal family, and the 50-member assembly which is democratically elected and more independent than similar bodies across the region

9. Stadium stampede in Indonesia kills 125

• A stampede at a soccer stadium in Indonesia killed at least 125 people and injured more than 320 night after police sought to quell violence on the pitch, in one of the world`s worst stadium disasters.
• Officers fired tear gas in an attempt to disperse agitated supporters of the losing home side who had invaded the pitch after the final whistle in Malang, East Java.
• `It had gotten anarchic.
• They started attacking officers, they damaged cars,` Nico said, adding that the crush occurred when fans fled for an exit gate

10. England crush clueless Pakistan to take series 4-3

• By the end of a series which was supposed to help Pakistan find their `best combination` for the upcoming T20 World Cup, their problems are glaring.
• Pakistan`s over-reliance on their bowlers and openers was fully exposed with none showing up on a day when it meant the most the decider with the seven-match series evenly-poised at 3-3.
• A mammoth target proved too much for the side`s fragile middle-order, which looked anything but clueless as Pakistan succumbed to a 67-run loss on Sunday after Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan fell early following England`s relentless onslaught