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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (September 11, 2022) for CSS, PMS

September 11, 2022
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6. Pentagon combines sea drones, AI to police Gulf region

• Iran`s recent seizure of unmanned US Navy boats shined a light on a pioneering Pentagon programme to develop networks of air, surface and underwater drones for patrolling large regions, meshing their surveillance with artificial intelligence.
• The year-old programme operates numerous unmanned surface vessels, or USVs, in the waters around the Arabian peninsula, gathering data and images to be beamed back to collection centers in the Gulf.
• The programme operated without incident until Iranian forces tried to grab three seven-metre Saildrone Explorer USVs in two incidents, on Aug 29-30 and Sept 1.
• In the first, a ship of Iran`s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps hooked a line to a Saildrone in the Gulf and began towing it away, only releasing it when a US Navy Patrol boat and helicopter sped to the scene

7. Site in Switzerland picked for nuclear waste storage

• Swiss authorities have selected a site in northern Switzerland, not far from the German border, to host a deep geological storage repository for radioactive waste, they said on September 10, 2022.
• After nearly 50 years of searching for the best way to store its radioactive waste, Switzerland is gearing up for its `project of the century`, entailing burying spent nuclear fuel deep underground in clay.
• The organisation in charge of handling the country`s radioactive waste said it had decided that the Nordlich Lagern region was the best of three sites it had been considering for the underground storage facility

8. Charles proclaimed monarch in first televised ceremony

• Amid trumpet fanfare and gun salutes, Charles III was officially proclaimed king at a pomp-filled ceremony on September 10, 2022, where he pledged to emulate his late mother Queen Elizabeth II and serve for the rest of his life.
• The centuries-old tradition of the council was televised live for the first time as it officially announced the 73-year-old Charles as monarch.
• `I am deeply aware of this great inheritance and of the duties and heavy responsibilities of sovereignty, which have now passed to me,` Charles said in a speech before swearing an oath.
• `In taking up these responsibilities, I shall strive to follow the inspiring example I have been set

9. Scientists discover how air pollution triggers lung cancer

• Scientists said on Saturday they had identified the mechanism through which air pollution triggers lung cancer in non-smokers, a discovery one expert hailed as `an important step for science and for society`.
• The research illustrated the health risk posed by the tiny particles produced by burning fossil fuels, sparking fresh calls for more urgent action to combat climate change.
• It could also pave the way for a new field of cancer prevention, according to Charles Swanton of the UK`s Francis Crick Institute.
• Swanton presented the research, which has not yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal, at the European Society for Medical Oncology`s annual conference in Paris

10. Ukraine seizes key supply hub from Russian forces in east

• Ukrainian forces claimed on September 10, 2022 they had entered Kupiansk in eastern Ukraine, dislodging Russian troops from a key logistics hub in a lightning counter-offensive that has seen swathes of territory recaptured.
• German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, meanwhile, arrived in the Ukrainian capital for a surprise visit that she said was to demonstrate Berlin`s support for Ukraine in its battle against Russia.
• Ukrainian special forces published images on social media showing camouflage-clad officers with automatic weapons `in Kupiansk`. It `was and will always be Ukrainian,` their statement said. The town of some 27,000 people, that sits on a crucial supply route for Russia forces in the east, fell within the first week after the Kremlin ordered its invasion of Ukraine on Feb 24

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