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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (October 18, 2022) for CSS, PMS

Shahzad F. Malik
Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (October 18, 2022) for CSS, PMS
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October 18, 2022: National / International Current Affairs

1. Flood damage survey complete in 46 districts of Balochistan, KP

• The National Flood Response Coordination Centre (NFRCC) on October 17, 2022 announced that a joint survey of damages caused by the catastrophe has been completed in 46 districts of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
• A meeting of the NFRCC, held with Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal in the chair, was informed that out of the 46 districts where the damage survey has been completed 20 are in KP while 26 fall in Balochistan.
• The survey is still ongoing in 22 districts of Sindh, six of Balochistan, 13 of KP and two districts of Punjab.
• It was informed that the number of teams conducting the survey to be increased so that the exercise could be completed as early as possible

2. With turnout at 35pc, FAFEN finds by-polls peaceful

• With only 35 per cent of the registered voters turning out on the election day, by-elections in eight National Assembly and three Punjab Assembly constituencies remained peaceful.
• However, there were scattered instances of irregularities primarily concerning unchecked campaigning inside and around polling stations, Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) said on October 17, 2022.
• Overall, the voter turnout remained low compared to the general elections of 2018. The male turnout declined from 57.3 per cent in the general election to 39.5pc in the by-election, while the female turnout dropped from 45pc to 29.7pc

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3. Life expectancies diverged in Covid`s second year: study

• There was a dramatic divergence in the average life expectancy of people in different global regions during the second year of the pandemic, a study found on Monday, as higher vaccination rates helped some nations recover far more quickly than others.
• Because governments have counted Covid statistics in different ways, researchers have sought to give a clearer picture of the pandemic`s true impact by measuring a country`s total number of annual deaths from all causes and comparing it to the number from before the pandemic.
• Last year, researchers at Oxford University`s Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science said that in 2020 the pandemic caused the biggest decrease in life expectancy since World War II.
• But in 2021, a `sudden divergence appears,` said Ridhi Kashyap, a professor of demography at Oxford and coauthor of the latest study, published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour

4. NATO holds `routine` nuclear drill amid Russia tensions

• NATO on October 17, 2022 launched its regular nuclear deterrence drills in western Europe, after tensions soared with Russia over President Vladimir Putin`s veiled threats in the face of setbacks in Ukraine.
• The 30-nation alliance has stressed that the `routine, recurring training activity` which runs until October 30 was planned before Moscow invaded Ukraine and is not linked to the current situation.
• It will involve US B-52 long-range bombers, and up to 60 aircraft in total will take part in training flights over Belgium, the United Kingdom and the North Sea.
• NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has rejected any calls to scrap the drill after Putin ratcheted up his nuclear rhetoric as his troops lose ground in Ukraine.

5. Lahore Master Plan approved

• Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi has approved Lahore Master Plan-2050 besides giving nod to `one-window` facility for expatriate Pakistanis in the housing schemes of the Lahore Development Authority (LDA).
• Presiding over the LDA governing body meeting on Monday, the chief minister stated that because of the one-window facility, overseas Pakistanis would be able to purchase plots from the LDA in a day, adding they would also get the plots transferred in their name the same day.
• He also directed to the officials concerned to execute Shahdara plan as soon as possible so that its construction work could be launched.
• Consultant Mr David gave a detailed briefing on the Lahore Master Plan-2050 at the meeting that also discussed economic development, regional strategy and other issues

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6. Sweden elects right-wing PM backed for first time by far-right

• Sweden`s parliament on October 18, 2022 narrowly elected conservative leader Ulf Kristersson as prime minister, leading the country`s first government to be shored up by the far right Sweden Democrats.
• Kristersson, 58, was elected by a wafer-thin majority of three votes, after announcing a deal on Friday to form a governing coalition comprising his Moderate Party, the Christian Democrats and the Liberals.
• The government will be supported in parliament by its far-right ally, the anti-immigration, nationalist Sweden Democrats.
• `I am thankful and glad for the trust I have received from parliament and also considerably humble before the tasks ahead of us, Kristersson told a press conference following Monday`s vote. He is expected to present his new government on Tuesday

7. Sri Lankan author Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize

• Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka won the 2022 Booker Prize for fiction at a London ceremony on October 17, 2022 for his work, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, about a murdered journalist.
• `My hope for Seven Moons is this… that in the not-so-distant future… that it is read in a Sri Lanka that has understood that these ideas of corruption and race-baiting and cronyism have not worked and will never work.
• The 47-year-old author won international recognition with his 2010 debut novel, Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew

8. US officials not invited to Saudi forum

• US government officials have not been invited to a Saudi investment conference planned for later this month, its organiser told AFP on October 17, 2022, saying he did not want the gathering `to become a political platform`.
• The decision not to invite American officials, a departure from previous years, comes as tensions rise between longtime partners Washington and Riyadh over the Saudi-led OPEC+ cartel`s recent vote to cut oil production by up to two million barrels per day from November.
• The Future Investment Initiative (FII), a three-day conference set to begin on October 25 in Riyadh, typically draws Wall Street titans and high-ranking officials from around the world, and up to 400 American CEOs are expected to participate this year, said Richard Attias, CEO of the group behind the event

9. Six killed in drone attacks on Kyiv, other areas

• Atleast six people were killed by Russian attacks on civil infrastructure in the Ukraine`s capital and the eastern region of Sumy, Ukraine officials said Monday, after dozens of drones were launched at Kyiv.
• Russia launched the fresh attack using what the Ukrainian president`s office said were `kamikaze drones`. The strikes claimed atleast three lives in the capital and an equal number in the eastern region of Sumy, according to Ukrainian officials.
• `As of now, the number of people killed as a result of a kamikaze drone attack on a residential building has increased to three. Nineteen people have been rescued. (Rescue) work is ongoing,` the deputy head of the presidency, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, said on social media

10. Free Umrah visa for FIFA World Cup ticket holders

• MUSLIM holders of World Cup tickets will be able to perform Umrah in Saudi Arabia without the need to pay for a visa, the kingdom has announced.
• According to Middle East Eye online news website, those with a Hayya card the document given to fans attending FIFA World Cup matches in Qatar will not need to pay to do the year round pilgrimage to Makkah.
• Khaled al-Shammari, an assistant director of the visa department at the Saudi foreign ministry, recently announced that Hayya card holders could stay in Saudi Arabia for up to two months

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