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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (October 04, 2022) for CSS, PMS

October 4, 2022
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6. Army chief to receive honour cordon at Pentagon today

• US Secretary of Defence Lloyd J. Austin will host an enhanced honour cordon on Tuesday for Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa when he arrives at the Pentagon for an official meeting.
• The pooled press will be given access to the event, although there will be no briefing.
• An enhanced honour cordon is reserved for the US president, vice president, statutory appointees, general or flag officers of the US military, foreign dignitaries occupying positions comparable to these US officials, and for occasions in which such ceremonies promote international goodwill

7. Bill to reshape PMDC passed amid uproar

• Amid strong protest by the opposition, the Senate on October 3, 2022 passed a bill seeking to reconstitute the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) after dozens of amendments were inserted into it.
• Leader of Opposition Dr Shahzad Waseem of PTI objected to the `long list of fresh amendments`, suggesting the bill should be sent to the committee again. `They [the government] should have no problem as they have majority in the panel,` he maintained.
• While the treasury benches underlined the urgency to get the bill passed saying it`s about the future of medical students, the opposition members alleged that the proposed legislation was meant to `create a lot of incompetent medical professionals and serve the vested interests of a mafia`

8. UK govt makes U-turn on tax cut for the rich, but vows to go ahead with reform

• Britain`s under fire finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng on October 3, 2022 vowed to press on with his controversial economic reform plans, despite announcing a dramatic U-turn on a controversial tax cut for high earners.
• The proposed cut was part of a debt-driven economic package that has bombed with the markets, the electorate and much of the ruling Conservative party.
• The abrupt reversal raised questions about his and Prime Minister Liz Truss`s right-wing policy agenda, less than a month after taking power and a day after both vowed to stay the course

9. Paabo wins medicine Nobel for decoding ancient DNA

• Swedish paleo geneticist Svante Paabo, who sequenced the genome of the Neanderthal and discovered the previously unknown hominin Denisova, on Monday won the Nobel Medicine Prize.
• Paabo`s research gave rise to an entirely new scientific discipline called paleo genomics, and has `generated new understanding of our evolutionary history` the Nobel committee said.
• `By revealing genetic differences that distinguish all living humans from extinct hominins, his discoveries provide the basis for exploring what makes us uniquely human, it said in a statement

10. Pakistan down Bangladesh to go top in Women`s T20 Asia Cup

• Pakistan went top of the Women`s T20 Asia Cup league round standings after beating hosts Bangladesh by nine wickets at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Monday.
• It was the side`s second win in a row after they opened their campaign with a victory over Malaysia by an identical margin.
• Pakistan struck early after Pakistan captain Bismah Maroof won the toss and put Bangladesh in to bat when pacer Diana Baig cleaned up opener Shamima Sultana.
• It was over to the Pakistan spinners after that with Nida Dar, Omaima Sohail and Sadia Iqbal sharing four wickets between them. Diana took another wicket to restrict the hosts to 70-8 in 20 overs

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