Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs/News (Dec 20 2023) for CSS

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6. COAS engages in diplomatic, community outreach in US

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Asim Munir engaged with US scholars and foreign policy experts in Washington on Tuesday on the last leg of his weeklong visit to the United States.
The meeting covered the regional security situation in South Asia and economic stability in Pakistan, which some of the participants thought was linked to political stability and security in the country

7. S. Korean border troops to carry guns from now

Troops on the South Korean side of the Joint Security Area (JSA) on the border with the North have been authorised to carry guns, the UN Command said Tuesday, after Pyongyang`s soldiers reportedly started carrying weapons there last month.
Soldiers from both countries face off at the JSA north of Seoul, which is overseen by the US-led United Nations Command

8. Al Ahli hospital out of action after Israeli assault

One of the last remaining hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip stopped operating on Tuesday after being stormed by the Israeli army, its director said.
Fadel Naim told AFP Israeli troops had attacked the Al-Ahli hospital and arrested doctors, medical staff and patients, destroying part of the building`s grounds

9. Russia ready to talk on Ukraine, says Putin

President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia would be prepared to talk to Ukraine, the United States and Europe about Kyiv`s future if they wanted to, but that Moscow would defend its national interests.
`In Ukraine, those who are aggressive towards Russia, and in Europe and in the United States do they want to negotiate? Let them. But we will do it based on our national interests,` Putin told a meeting attended by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov among top defence leadership

10. OpenAI releases guidelines to gauge AI risks

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI published on Monday its newest guidelines for gauging `catastrophic risks` from artificial intelligence in models currently being developed.
The announcement comes one month after the company`s board fired CEO Sam Altman, only to hire him back a few days later when staff and investors rebelled