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December 11, 2023: National Current Affairs MCQs News
1. Responses to Pakistan`s climate-induced challenges `won`t come cheap`
Holistic responses to climate change-induced challenges for developing countries like Pakistan are not going to be cheap, since conventional mechanisms have demonstrated their inability to move at speed and scale that is required.
This was the thrust of the argument put forward by Dr Charles Ehrhart at a discussion held on the sidelines of the COP28 summit
2. Lahore comes down to fifth position in polluted cities club
The Punjab capital city recorded a maximum Air Quality Index (AQI) level of 282 at 11am ranking it as the fifth most polluted city in the world by 7:30pm.
High levels of air pollution were also reported in other areas of the city, including Zacky Farms (AQI 310), University of Management and Technology (270) FAST University Lahore (266), Polo Ground Cantt (263) and CERP Office (249)
3. Army chief arriving in Washington on first official visit
Army Chief Gen Asim Munir left for Washington on Sunday for his inaugural visit to the United States since assuming the role last year.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) confirmed in a statement that this was Gen Munir`s first visit to the United States as the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), during which he is scheduled to meet senior US military and government officials
December 11, 2023: International Current Affairs MCQs News
4. Israeli tanks blast their way into Khan Yunis
Israeli tanks blasted their way into the heart of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip the refuge for hundreds of thousands of civilians who fled other parts of the enclave on Tel Aviv`s orders as Hamas said Israeli forces were mounting `very violent raids`.
At the opposite end of the Gaza Strip, residents also described some of the most intense fighting of the war so far.
Intense fighting was reported in Jabalia and Gaza City`s Shejaiya district, while the Israeli army said on Sunday that it had struck over 250 targets in the previous 24 hours
5. S. Arabia, Iraq stonewall COP28 efforts on fossil fuel phase-out
With less than 48 hours left before the UN climate summit officially comes to an end, oil producers Saudi Arabia and Iraq resisted moves to agree to a phase-out of fossil fuels, a key demand at the COP28.
Over 80 countries, including the US, European Union and members of Pacific Island states threatened by rising seas have been some of the most vocal in calling for a phase-out of oil, gas and coal
