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

1. Guterres advocates new repayment model for Pakistan

• United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on September 10, 2022 urged global financial institutions to create a new mechanism for countries like Pakistan to enable investment in climate resilience and sustainable infrastructure, instead of getting mired in debt repayment.
• Mr Guterres, who visited flood-hit areas in Sindh and Balochistan on Saturday, called the devastation he witnessed `climate carnage` as he appealed for a `massive and global response` to deal with climate change.
• Addressing the media at Jinnah Terminal as he concluded his visit, Mr Guterres said he had been very clear in his demand for `debt relief for developing and middle income countries like Pakistan that are on the verge of an extremely difficult financial situation. `In some cases, we are already seeing that defaults are coming… I am strongly advocating for what we can call debt swaps,` he said, adding that it will allow the countries to invest in climate resilience and sustainable infrastructure, instead of paying the debt.

2. GB governor refuses to sign Revenue Authority Bill

• The Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Governor Syed Mehdi Shah on September 10, 2022 refused to sign Revenue Authority Bill 2022 and returned it to the assembly for review. According to a press release issued by spokesperson, GB Governor Syed Mehdi has returned the bill to the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly for deletion and amendment of the clause of bill related to alcohol and other drugs as they are against Islamic values and social customs. On August 2, Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly passed the bill titled `Gilgit-Baltistan Revenue Authority Bill 2022`, with four opposition members also voting in favour of the bill.
• According to the bill, section 2 clause I dennes excise duty on alcohol liquor, opium and other narcotics. Opposition parties had protested against the bill claiming that legislation related to alcohol and other drugs is against Islamic values and demanded to return or amend the controversial clause of the bill

3. Shehbaz due in New York for UNGA on 19th

• Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, along with four members of his cabinet and other senior officials, is expected in New York on September 19 to attend the 77th session of the UN General Assembly.
• The prime minister is scheduled to address the General Assembly on September 23 and is expected to return to Pakistan the same evening.
• Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar, Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif and Federal Minister for Broadcasting and Information Maryam Aurangzeb will accompany the prime minister.
• The delegation will also include the foreign secretary and other senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other departments

4. Cholera kits arrive as WHO airlifts medical supplies

• Two shipments from the UN carrying emergency medical supplies and relief equipment for flood victims arrived at Karachi`s Jinnah International Airport on September 10, 2022.
• The shipments contained 15.6 tonnes of cholera kits, water and multipurpose tents that can be used as medical tents, a press release issued by the WHO said.
• The supplies were delivered to Pakistan with the support of the Dubai government and International Humanitarian City (IHC).

5. US Supreme Court to reopen to public after long Covid closure

• The US Supreme Court will allow the public to hear arguments in person for the first time in about 2-1/2 years following a closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Chief Justice John Roberts said, according to media reports.
• The court`s nine justices all of whom have been vaccinated against Covid-19 will begin hearing a new round of cases when the court`s next term kicks off on Oct 3.
• Roberts announced the public reopening while speaking at the 10th Circuit Bench and Bar Conference in Colorado Springs, CNN and local media outlet Colorado Politics reported. Court spokespeople did not immediately respond to requests for comment

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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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