Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs/News (Aug 02 2023) for CSS

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6. 385 Pakistanis freed from traffickers` warehouse in Libya

• At least 385 Pakistani migrants, held in human traffickers` warehouses, have been freed in a law enforcement raid near the coastal city of Tobruk, in northeastern Libya.
• The Associated Press reported on Tuesday that the Pakistani nationals were released early on Monday from smugglers` warehouses in the Al Khueir area, south of Tobruk.
• According to Al-Abreen, a migrants` rights group based in the Tobruk, there are at least 11 children among the freed, some less than 10 years old

7. Five dead as communal violence flares in Haryana

• At least five people have been killed and at least 70 others, including several policemen, are hurt following violent clashes between Hindus and Muslims in the Indian state of Haryana.
• Following the violence, a curfew has been imposed and internet services suspended in the Muslim-majority area of Nuh, 50km south of the Indian capital of New Delhi. A ban on assembly of people has been imposed while schools and colleges have been closed as well.
• The violence reportedly flared after a crowd in Nuh tried to stop a Bajrang DalVishva Hindu Parishad procession, The Wire reported.

8. US, Chinese officials meet in Washington amid diplomatic thaw

• The top American diplomat for east Asia and the Pacific region held a `candid, substantive, and productive discussion` with his Chinese counterpart in Washington on Monday, the US State Department said.
• Yang Tao, director general of the Chinese Foreign Ministry`s North American and Oceanian Affairs Department, was hosted at State Department headquarters by US Assistant Secretary of State Daniel J.
• Kritenbrink and Sarah Beran, National Security Council Senior Director for China and Taiwan Affairs

9. Saudi Arabia okays $1.2bn aid for Yemen

• Saudi Arabia, which has led a years-long military coalition in Yemen, announced on Tuesday a $1.2 billion grant for the war-scarred country`s internationally recognised government, the latest attempt to prop up its economy.
• The money will help the government address its budget deficit and also fund salaries for civil servants and `support for ensuring food security`, the official Saudi Press Agency said

10. Drone hits tower housing Russian ministries

• A high-rise building in Moscow`s business district that houses three Russian government ministries was struck by a drone for the second time in three days on August 01, 2023, in what Russia called an attempted Ukrainian `terrorist attack`.
• A Ukrainian presidential adviser said Moscow should expect more drone attacks and `more war`