Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs/News (Jan 25 2024) for CSS

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6. UN shelter hit by Israeli shelling in south Gaza

Tank shelling on a UN shelter on Wednesday killed at least nine people in Gaza`s main southern city of Khan Yunis, said the Gaza head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.
`Two tank rounds hit building that shelters 800 people reports now nine dead and 75 injured, Thomas White, UNRWA`s Gaza director, said on X, formerly Twitter

7. Arch rivals back two-state solution at UNSC

Pakistan has warned the international community that the lack of a two-state solution in Palestine would lead to perpetual conflict in the Middle East.
This warning was voiced at a UN Security Council meeting, which was called on Tuesday to highlight the situation in Israeli occupied territories and where even nations with frequent disagreements such as Pakistan and India, the US, China, and Russia reiterated their support for an independent Palestinian state, days after Israel`s prime minister rejected the two-state solution

8. Saudi Arabia to allow alcohol sales to non-Muslim diplomats

Saudi Arabia plans to allow alcohol sales to non-Muslim diplomats for the first time, two sources familiar with the plan said on Wednesday, modifying strict rules governing liquor in the conservative country.
Alcohol `will be sold to non-Muslim diplomats` who previously had to import alcohol via a diplomatic pouch, or sealed official package, one of the sources said

9. Sri Lanka passes new law to `regulate` social media

Sri Lanka`s lawmakers on Wednesday passed a bill to regulate online content, the speaker of the parliament announced, a law which opposition politicians and activists allege will muzzle free speech.
The Online Safety Bill proposes jail terms for content that a five-member commission considers illegal and making social media platforms such as Alphabet`s Google, Meta`s Facebook and X, formerly known as Twitter, liable for such content on their platforms

10. Saffron flags hoisted on mosque, church in India amid unrest

A mosque and a church were assaulted as Hindutva mobs staged victory marches in BJP-ruled states a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a controversial temple in Ayodhya.
A group of Hindu activists unfurled saffron flags in a mosque in Agra in Uttar Pradesh amid reports of a similar attack on a church in Madhya Pradesh