Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs/News (Jan 20 2024) for CSS

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6. North Korea claims testing underwater nuclear drone

North Korea has conducted a test of its underwater nuclear weapons system in protest against this week`s joint military drills by South Korea, the United States and Japan, Pyongyang`s KCNA news agency said on Friday.
The test of the Haeil-523 system, a name North Korea has given to its nuclear-capable underwater attack drones, was carried out by the defence ministry`s think tank in the waters off its east coast, the report said, without specifying a date

7. Japan becomes fifth state to put probe on moon

Japan became the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon on Friday, but the probe was not generating solar power, its space agency said, during a mission to prove a `precision` landing technology and revitalise a space programme that has suffered setbacks.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) landed on the moon`s surface at 1520 GMT and re-established communication with earth, but its solar panels were not able to generate electricity, possibly because they are angled wrong

8. UN official says Gaza detainees humiliated

A UN human rights official accused Israel on Friday of mistreating Palestinian detainees in Gaza, saying he had met men who had described being held for weeks, beaten and blindfolded.
Ajith Sunghay, a human rights official in Gaza, told reporters it was not clear exactly how many men had been detained by Israel since it began its military operation in the Palestinian enclave on Oct 7, but he said the number ran into the thousands

9. Britain bans Hizbut Tahrir as terrorist group

The UK government on Friday officially banned Islamist group Hizbut Tahrir, making it a criminal offence for the first time to belong to the group, or invite support for it.
The development marks a significant move against the group, which has been considered by the successive UK governments for a ban, and takes place after ministers criticised it over demonstrations held against Israeli strikes on Gaza

January 20, 2024: Sports Current Affairs MCQs News

10. Under-fire Zaka leaves helm of Pakistan Cricket Board

Zaka Ashraf tendered his resignation as the Pakistan Cricket Board`s (PCB) Interim Management Committee (IMC) chairman on Friday, departing from his role 16 days prior to the scheduled completion of his extended three-month term, which commenced on November 4 last year.
The resignation, addressed to the patron-in-chief of PCB, Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar, was submitted shortly after Mr Ashraf had chaired his final IMC meeting. The committee granted approval to financial accounts and finalised the budget for the upcoming ninth edition of the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL), set to kick off on February 17.