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April 29, 2023: National Current Affairs MCQs
1. Govt to divert cheap gas from power plants to homes
• The government has decided to stop the supply of cheap natural gas to power producers who are selling power to the national grid at exorbitant rates, Minister of State for Petroleum Musadik Malik said on April 28, 2023.
• Speaking at a press conference, he said the Cabinet Committee on Energy had decided to end `exploitation` by some power companies by `stopping supply to the rich and providing cheap gas to the public at large`.
• The policy would encourage competition among companies, which would lead to competitive prices for consumers, he said
2. Three soldiers martyred, seven `militants` killed in KP attacks
• The Pakistan Army confirmed on April 28, 2023 that militants targeted security forces in three overnight attacks in the Lakki Marwat district, triggering shoot-outs in which three soldiers were martyred and seven militants were killed.
• In the first attack, a suicide bomber on a motorcycle blew himself up near a security forces camp, located in the Government Postgraduate College, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement. The attack was followed by a fierce exchange of fire in which soldiers killed four militants.
• The two other incidents took place in the district`s Amir Kalam and Tajbi Khel areas, during which another three militants, including key militant commander Musa Khan, were gunned down, the military`s media wing said, adding that weapons and ammunition were seized from their possession
3. ECC approves offer for Roosevelt Hotel`s rental deal
• Out of sheer luck, Pakistan-owned Roosevelt Hotel has attracted a three-year rental offer for its 1,025 rooms from the New York City Government (NYCG) envisaging about $18 million in net cash flows instead of incurring over $160m carrying cost for the same period.
• The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on April 28, 2023 approved the offer in principle and constituted a four-member committee to negotiate the agreement with NYCG and the hotel`s worker union.
• The meeting of the ECC presided over by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar also allowed up to 20 per cent increase in the prices of more than 150 essential and other medicines and approved Rs1.164 trillion worth of Cash Credit Limit (CCL) for Punjab and Sindh governments for procurement of about 5 million tonnes of wheat in the public sector
4. India, Russia agree to boost defence ties
• India and Russia agreed to strengthen their defence partnership in talks between their defence ministers on April 28, 2023, the Indian government said, amid worries in New Delhi that the war in Ukraine was hurting its own military supplies from Moscow.
• Rajnath Singh and Sergei Shoigu held talks on the side-lines of a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) defence ministers` gathering in New Delhi.
• `They acknowledged the unique, long-lasting and time-tested relationship between India and Russia, the statement said
5. Russian strikes batter cities in Ukraine, kill 25
• Russian strikes battered cities across Ukraine on April 28, 2023, killing 25 people including five children, as Kyiv said preparations for a counter-offensive against Moscow`s forces were nearly complete.
• The deadly new attacks included a strike on a residential block in the historic city of Uman in central Ukraine, journalists saw rescue workers extracting victims` remains from destroyed buildings.
• The barrage of almost two dozen missiles overnight ended a weeks-long pause following the repeated Russian strikes that had aimed to paralyse Ukraine`s energy grid during the winter months
