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January 18, 2024: National Current Affairs MCQs News
1. Tehran ties downgraded in wake of cross-border attack
Pakistan on Wednesday downgraded its diplomatic relations with Iran, recalling its ambassador from Tehran and expelling the Iranian envoy in Islamabad, in the wake of Iranian missile and drone strikes in Panjgur, Balochistan a day earlier.
Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said Pakistan reserved the right to retaliate against the attack, which she described as an `illegal act` and without any justification. In both statements issued after the attack, Ms Baloch warned Iran of the consequences of its action
2. Current account posts $397m surplus
Pakistan`s current account posted a significant surplus of $397 million in December 2023, bringing the entire second quarter of the current fiscal year FY24 into positive territory with a surplus of $198m.
The December surplus was primarily attributed to higher exports, increased remittances, and a significant decline in imports, helping the country gain control over the most pressing economic issue that had brought it to the brink of default at the beginning of FY24
3. Pak-Afghan trade suspended for five days amid claim of Rs2.5bn losses
The five days long suspension of Pak-Afghan trade via Torkham border have caused Rs2.5 billion losses in terms of imports from Afghanistan, while another $15 million is lost in export business, claim official sources.
Customs officials posted to Torkham told Dawn on condition of anonymity that the average income on items imported from Afghanistan as custom duties was Rs540 million on a daily basis, while they would also collect another $3 million as custom duties and other related charges from Pakistan`s export items
4. Avastin eye injection scam Punjab CM approves action against 18 health officials under Peeda Act
Punjab Caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi has accorded approval to initiate action under Peeda Act against 18 officers of grade 19, 18 and 17 of the Punjab health department in light of findings of an initial inquiry report launched in the wake of Avastin eye injection scam.
The officers punished by the government were serving as drugs controller, deputy drugs controller and drug inspectors in Lahore, Gujranwala, Kasur, Jhang, Rahim Yar Khan, Khanewal, Bahawalpur, Sheikhupura, Sialkot, Rajanpur, Multan, Vehari districts
January 18, 2024: International Current Affairs MCQs News
5. Tel Aviv steps up Gaza strikes after medicine-aid deal
Tel Aviv stepped up air strikes on Wednesday over the Gaza Strip`s south, where medicines were expected to be delivered for Israeli prisoners in exchange for humanitarian aid under a newly brokered deal.
But nearly 24 hours after the deal was announced on Tuesday night, a Hamas official set new conditions for providing the drugs, insisting Israel must not inspect the trucks carrying them
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6. Plight of Palestinians echoes in US Senate
The plight of the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank echoed in the US Senate on Tuesday evening as senators debated a resolution questioning US aid to Israel.
The lawmakers overwhelmingly rejected the move by Senator Bernie Sanders, a former presidential candidate, to tie US aid to Israel`s treatment of Palestinians but he did succeed in generating a passionate debate on the issue
7. China`s population drops for second year after record low birth rate
China`s population fell for a second consecutive year in 2023, as a record low birth rate and a wave of Covid-19 deaths when strict lockdowns ended accelerated a downturn that will have profound long-term effects on the economy`s growth potential.
The National Bureau of Statistics said the total number of people in China dropped by 2.08 million, or 0.15 per cent, to 1.409 billion in 2023. That was well above the population decline of 850,000 in 2022, which had been the first since 1961 during the Great Famine of the Mao Zedong era
8. Webb telescope discovers oldest black hole yet
The James Webb space telescope has discovered the oldest black hole ever detected, which was thriving so soon after the Big Bang that it challenges our understanding of how these celestial behemoths form, astronomers said on Wednesday.
The black hole was vigorously gobbling up its host galaxy just 430 million years after the birth of the universe during a period called the cosmic dawn, according to a study in the journal Nature
9. Ex-attendant named as Japanese airline`s first woman chief
Japan Airlines named its first female president on Wednesday, a former cabin attendant who rose through the ranks to senior management, taking a deeply symbolic step in a country struggling to close a vast gender gap at work.
Mitsuko Tottori, a senior managing executive officer who joined JAL in 1985, the year it suffered one of the worst crashes in airline history, will become president from April 1, it said in a statement
January 18, 2024: Sports Current Affairs MCQs News
10. Allen pummels Pakistan with record ton, NZ clinch series
Finn Allen blasted a world-record-equaling 16 sixes in an innings of 137 from 62 balls as New Zealand beat Pakistan by 45 runsin the third Twenty20 international Wednesday to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.
Allen equaled the world record set by Hazratullah Zazai of Afghanistan of 16 sixes in a T20 international innings and posted the highest score by a New Zealander in T20 internationals, beating Brendon McCullum`s 123 against Bangladeshin2012
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