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August 30, 2023: National Current Affairs MCQs News

1. Sutlej flood recedes as water moves downstream

The flood level in Sutlej river has started to recede as it moved downstream from Bahawalpur on Tuesday.
The decline in water flow has been recorded after the river remained in a high-flood state for the past many weeks as India released water following heavy rains in its northern states.
On Tuesday, the water entered the settlements of Weaslan, Sahlan, Lal De Goth, Hasilpur and Khairpur Tamewali in Bahawalpur district and caused widespread destruction

2. Two more ministers inducted in cabinet

Two newly-inducted caretaker ministers took oath of their office here on Tuesday.
Governor Ghulam Ali administered the oath to them at a function held at the Governor`s House.
A statement issued from the Chief Minister`s House stated that Eng Amer Nadeem Durrani and Eng Ahmed Jan took oath as ministers.
Caretaker Chief Minister Mohammad Azam Khan and other cabinet ministers also attended the event

3. PM Kakar to attend 78th UNGA session

Interim Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar plans to attend the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which opens on September 5, Dawn has learnt.
If the trip materialises, Mr Kakar will apparently be the first interim prime minister to represent Pakistan at the UN General Assembly.
A UN press statement marked Sept 19 as the first day of the high-level general debate that is addressed by world leaders

4. 16-member national health, population advisory body formed

On the directions of health minister Dr Nadeem Jan, a 16-member National Health and Population Advisory Committee was on Tuesday constituted to deal with health and population related technical matters and reforms.
The committee is chaired by Professor Dr Zulfiqar Ali Bhutta and comprises Dr Amjad Saqib, Dr Kaleemullah Thaheem, Dr Waqar Ajmal, Professor Shamsullah Bazai, Dr Arshad Rehan, Professor Dr Masud Sadiq, Dr Rana Jawad Asghar, Dr Juman Bahoto, Dr Haroon Jahangir Khan, Professor Dr Hameedullah, Dr Shehzad Ali Khan, Dr Malik Mohammad Safi, Dr Yasmin Qazi, Dr Nabila Ali and Dr Baseer Khan Achakzai, who is also Director General Ministry of National Health Services (NHS).Dr Achakzai, while talking to Dawn, said prominent figures having experience in all important fields had been inducted into the committee

5. Relief secretary to be made PDWP`s permanent member

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caretaker government has decided to appoint the secretary of the relief, rehabilitation and settlement department as a permanent member of the provincial development working party.
The decision was made during the eighth meeting of the caretaker cabinet here as a `significant step towards enhancing disaster preparedness and risk reduction measures in the province,` according to an official statement.
The cabinet also designated the additional deputy commissioner (relief) as a permanent member of the district development committee

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6. Air pollution cuts lifespans in Pakistan by up to 4 years

A rise in air pollution in Pakistan, particularly in highly polluted urban centres, could lead to a potential reduction of up to four years in life expectancy, according to the latest Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) report.
The annual report from the University of Chicago`s Energy Policy Institute indicates that those living in cities such as Lahore, Sheikhupura, Kasur and Peshawar could stand to lose up to four years of their lives

August 30, 2023: International Current Affairs MCQs News

7. China warns US against `disastrous` trade curbs

China`s premier warned US officials on Tuesday that moves to `politicise` trade issues would prove `disastrous` for the global economy, state media reported.
US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is currently on a four-day bridge-building visit to China aimed at better managing tensions between the world`s two largest economies

8. India`s SC seeks time frame to restore status of Kashmir

India`s Supreme Court has asked the BJP-ruled central government if there was a timeline to convert Indian-held Kashmir from a union territory to a state.
But even as the court questioned the Modi government on the changes in the status of the territory after August 2019, Beijing ramped up pressure on New Delhi by publishing a map showing territories claimed by India as part of China.
A five-member bench headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud on Tuesday heard a set of petitions against the abrogation of Article 370 on Aug 5, 2019, robbing the region of its special status and restructuring the state into two union territories

9. Burhan visits Egypt as deadly violence grips Darfur

Sudan`s army chief on Tuesday visited Egypt on his first trip abroad since the outbreak of war in April, with the latest violence killing dozens of civilians in battle-scarred Darfur.
As Abdel Fattah al-Burhan headed for talks with key ally Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, medics and witnesses said 39 civilians were killed, most of them women and children, in shelling of Nyala, the South Darfur state capital where fighting between the army and paramilitary forces has intensified

10. Britain delays post-Brexit border checks until 2024

The British government said on Tuesday it will delay introducing post-Brexit border controls on food and fresh produce from the European Union, postponing the start date to January 2024.
The UK had delayed implementing the checks several times since leaving the EU`s customs union and single market in January 2021, but British exports have faced controls for products heading in the opposite direction.
The UK was planning to finally roll out its new import controls in phases over 12 months from October 31 this year

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