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August 23, 2023: National Current Affairs MCQs News
1. Relief in Battagram after daring mid-air rescue bears fruit
The nation remained glued to TV and mobile phone screens, looking on as locals, rescue workers and military personnel attempted to rescue eight people stuck in a chairlift suspended in mid-air after its cables snapped.
The 14-hour rescue operation, launched to save the people mostly students who were crossing a river in Allai tehsil of Battagram on Tuesday morning, concluded late at night when all eight on board the suspended chairlift were brought to safety.
An eyewitness told Dawn that one of the kids, who had a preexisting medical condition, was moved to the hospital for examination. The rest of those recovered were given initial first-aid at a camp set up nearby by Rescue 1122 personnel, however all of those rescued were said to be in good health and spirits
2. Bureaucrats refuse posting to Presidency after bills saga
The controversy which started from President Arif Alvi`s tweet regarding the `dubious` assent to two bills transformed into a crisis after it emerged that bureaucrats were hesitant to be posted to the Presidency, sources told Dawn.
The president is said to be facing a virtual `revolt-like situation` as senior bureaucrats were unwilling to take up the post of the president`s principal secretary (PS), sources said on Tuesday
3. Six soldiers martyred in S. Waziristan gun battle
Six soldiers embraced martyrdom, while four terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire in Asman Manza area of Upper South Waziristan district on Tuesday.
The military`s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), in a statement said that on Tuesday an exchange of fire took place between troops and terrorists in general area Asman Manza of South Waziristan district
August 23, 2023: International Current Affairs MCQs News
4. Tokyo to release water from Fukushima N-plant tomorrow
Japan will release water from the stricken Fukushima power plant into the Pacific Ocean from Thursday, 12 years after one of the world`s worst nuclear disasters.
China, which has already partially halted Japanese food shipments, sharply criticised and Its foreign ministry said that it had summoned Japan`s ambassador to lodge `solemn representations` against the release
5. BRICS faces rift over push for new members
BRICS leaders meeting in South Africa this week will consider expanding the five-nation bloc at a time of great interest in the group that accounts for a quarter of global wealth.
Opinions differ between Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa over accepting new members into the loosely-defined club of major emerging economies that is seeking an alternative to the Western-led international order
