Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs/News (Dec 09 2023) for CSS

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6. US vetoes Security Council resolution calling for immediate ceasefire

The United States on Friday vetoed the UAE resolution that called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, although 13 of the 15 members of the UN Security Council voted on its favor. Britain abstained.
The US veto ended a desperate effort by the UN Secretary General António Guterres who warned that if not stopped now, the fighting in Gaza would endanger the world peace and destabilize the Middle East

7. Rockets fired at US embassy in Baghdad

Salvoes of rockets were launched on Friday at the US embassy in Baghdad`s heavily fortified Green Zone, the mission said, the latest in a flurry of such attacks amid the Israeli aggression against Gaza.
`A multi-rocket attack was launched at US and Coalition forces in the vicinity of Union III and the Baghdad embassy complex` without causing any reported casualties or damage, a US official said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility

8. Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to swap war prisoners

Arch-foes Armenia and Azerbaijan have said they will exchange prisoners of war and work towards normalising relations, a breakthrough that has been hailed internationally.
The Caucasus neighbours have long fought over the Nagorno Karabakh region, which Azerbaijan reclaimed after a lightning offensive against Armenian separatists in September

9. COP28 chief pushes for draft deal as talks resume

The head of UN climate talks pressed nations on Friday to move fast to deliver an `unprecedented` pact on tackling global warming, as negotiators scrambled to bridge differences over phasing out fossil fuels.
While UN climate talks rarely finish on time, COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber has set the ambitious goal of wrapping up the summit in Dubai on schedule on Tuesday morning.

10. India`s SC to unveil fate of held Kashmir status on 11th

INDIA`S Supreme Court will pronounce its verdict on a set of pleas against New Delhi`s 2019 imposition of direct rule in occupied Kashmir on Dec 11, The Times of India reported on Friday.
In 2019, India`s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had revoked occupied Kashmir`s special status in a controversial move by repealing Article 370 of the Constitution.
A five-member bench, headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, had begun hearing the set of petitions on July 11 and reserved its verdict on Sept 5.