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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (September 07, 2022) for CSS, PMS

September 7, 2022
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6. Blindness, vision problems on the decline, survey shows

• The prevalence of bundness and vision impairment among people aged 50 and above in Pakistan has reduced remarkably, from seven per cent to around two per cent, a survey by federal Ministry of Health shows.
• The results of `Third National Survey of Blindness` conducted between 20192021, were announced in a ceremony on September 6, 2022.
• According to the survey, 9,028,073 people in the country have vision impairment ranging from mild impairment to permanent blindness. Out of them, 484,027 are blind, down from 1.5 million in 2004, when the survey was last conducted.
• The prevalence of blindness was found to be higher in females with 2.07pc as compared to 1.98pc in males, revealed Prof Asad Aslam Khan who is the National Coordinator of Prevention of Blindness Programme in Pakistan.
• The overall number was 2.02pc

7. Toxic air kills over 128,000 Pakistanis every year

• At least 128,000 deaths are reported in Pakistan every year as a result of air pollution and related sicknesses, said Fair Finance Pakistan, a non-government body working to mitigate the impacts of climate change, on the eve of World Clean Air Day.
• Pakistan, alongside China and India, accounts for the highest deaths owing to air pollution as millions across the country are forced to breathe air that contains high levels of hazardous pollutants and particulate matter. The NGO also launched an online campaign to raise public awareness and facilitate actions to improve air quality in the country.
• Asim Jaffry, country programme lead, said: `There is a need to change the business model in Pakistan and elsewhere to ensure that business operations exercise responsibility especially the financial sector to ensure net zero carbon footprints, protect human life and the planet`s ecology

8. Truss takes over as Britain`s prime minister, Johnson bows out

• Liz Truss took over as British prime minister on September 6, 2022, facing one of the most daunting set of challenges for an incoming leader in post-War history led by soaring energy bills, a looming recession and industrial strife.
• Truss, the fourth Conservative prime minister in six years, flew to the royal family`s Scottish home to be asked by Queen Elizabeth to form a government.
• She replaces Boris Johnson who was forced out after three tumultuous years in power.`Ms Truss accepted Her Majesty`s offer and kissed hands upon her appointment as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury,` Buckingham Palace said

9. 27 killed as Al Qaeda launches attack on Yemen separatists

• Twenty-one separatist fighters and six members of Al Qaeda`s Yemen branch were killed on September 6, 2022 as an attack by the jihadists punctured months of relative peace in the war-torn country, government and security sources said.
• Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) attacked positions held by the UAE-trained Security Belt group in Abyan province in Yemen`s south, the sources said.
• The violence came just days after the jihadist group released a video of a United Nations worker whom it abducted in the same province more than six months ago

10. UN urges Lanka to check `drift towards militarisation`

• Sri Lanka must immediately reverse its `drift towards militarisation` and prosecute those responsible for leading the country to its unprecedented economic crisis, the United Nations said on September 6, 2022.
• The South Asian island nation has suffered acute food and fuel shortages, lengthy blackouts and spiralling inflation this year after running out of foreign currency to import essentials.
• The crisis sparked months of protests against the government over economic mismanagement, culminating in a huge crowd storming the residence of the then-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and chasing him from the country

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