Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs /News (Dec 04 2023) for CSS

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6. WFP seeks over $26m to resettle Afghans

As a senior US official is due in Islamabad on Monday (today) for talks on the resettlement of Afghan refugees, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking $26.3 million to help the displaced Afghans.
On Sept 15, Pakistan ordered all Afghans illegally residing in the country to leave by November 1 or face deportation. The order affects around 1.7m Afghans residing in the country, though figures on the undocumented population vary

7. India agrees to withdraw soldiers from Maldives

India`s government has agreed to withdraw its soldiers from the Maldives, the Indian Ocean archipelago`s President Mohamed Muizzu said on Sunday.
Muizzu won the presidential election in September, having campaigned to alter the Maldives`s `India first` policy and promising the removal of a small Indian military presence of some 75 personnel

8. Not protecting civilians will be `strategic defeat`, warns Lloyd Austin

Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin has cautioned Israel that it risks a `strategic defeat` if it fails to protect Palestinian civilians in Gaza during the ongoing crisis.
Speaking at the Reagan National Defence Forum in California on Saturday, Mr Austin emphasised the centrality of the civilian population in such unrest, stating, `In this kind of a fight, the centre of gravity is the civilian population.
And if you drive them into the arms of the enemy, you replace a tactical victory with a strategic defeat

9. BJP sweeps elections in three northern states; Congress wins in south

India`s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has almost swept the regional elections in three northern states, according to the results announced on Sunday.
As Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana, went to polls last month, the BJP dislodged Congress governments in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh and consolidated its hold on Madhya Pradesh the state it has ruled for 18 of the last 20 years. After eviction from Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, Congress is now in power in only one northern state Himachal Pradesh

December 04, 2023: Sports Current Affairs MCQs News

10. Pakistan women thrash New Zealand to make history

Pakistan women made history on Sunday as they registered their maiden win over New Zealand, beating the hosts by seven wickets in the first Twenty20 International at the University of Otago Oval.
The win was orchestrated by an impressive show of bowling by pacer Fatima Sana and a clinical batting performance by opener Shawaal Zulfiqar