Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (October 24, 2022) for CSS, PMS

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6. Two pilots killed after Russian jet crashes into house in Siberia

• Two pilots were killed after a Russian jet conducting a test flight crashed on October 23, 2022 into a two-storey house in the city of Irkutsk in southern Siberia, the regional governor said.
• The incident comes days after a military jet crashed into a block of flats in the Russian town of Yeysk near Ukraine, killing more than a dozen people, including children.
• `A Su category plane hit a two-storey building in Irkutsk on Przhevalskogo street,` governor Igor Kobzev said on social media. The local department of the emergencies ministry clarified that a `Su-30 aircraft crashed during a test flight`. Kobzev later said two pilots were killed in the crash but residents were unharmed

7. Palestinian killed in Nablus blast

• A Palestinian militant was killed on October 23, 2022 in an explosion in the occupied West Bank, police said, with Israel staying silent on allegations from fighters that it was behind his assassination.
• Tamer al-Kilani was killed overnight in the Old City of Nablus in the northern West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.
• A Palestinian police inspector said that Kilani was killed in an explosion in Nablus, where the Lions` Den militant group has emerged in recent months. The group described Kilani as one of its `fiercest fighters` and blamed Israel for his death overnight.
• `The treacherous occupation (Israel) put a sticky TNT device as the way to assassinate` Kilani, the group wrote on Telegram

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8. Macron sees chance for peace in Ukraine

• French President Emmanuel Macron said on October 23, 2022 he believed there was a chance for peace in Ukraine, even as Russia warned the conflict there could escalate.
• `There is the prospect for peace, it will come around at some moment, said Macron at a conference in Rome aimed at seeking ways to promote world peace.
• `And at a particular moment, given how things are evolving, and when the Ukrainian people and its leaders will have decided on the terms of this, a peace deal can be built up with the other side,` added Macron

9. Kohli exposes Pakistan`s selection failure

• It was a great match one that will go down in legend. And Pakistan were good, though not quite good enough to overcome an inspirational innings from Virat Kohli, a mad last over from Mohammad Nawaz, some generous interpretations by the umpiring team in India`s favour, and a selection error of Pakistan`s own making.
• Kohli, as often is the way, saved his best for Pakistan. He may have mellowed over the years, winning admiration on both sides of the border, but remains a supreme competitor.
• Winning a game single-handedly, against the odds, is the pinnacle of batting achievement. It`s a narrative that Kohli loves, and to do it in Melbourne`s cricketing amphi theatre with 92,000 hooting and cheering fans, as well as the billions transfixed at home, was the height of audacity.

10. Mendis powers Sri Lanka to big win over Ireland

• Disciplined bowling and an unbeaten half-century by Kusal Mendis powered Sri Lanka to a nine-wicket hammering of Ireland in their opening Super 12 match at the Twenty20 World Cup on Sunday.
• Asian champions Sri Lanka restricted Ireland, who qualified for the second round by knocking out two-time champions West Indies, to 128-8 in Hobart.
• Spinners Maheesh Theel(shana and Wanindu Hasaranga took two wickets each after Ireland chose to bat first