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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (July 09 2023) for CSS

July 9, 2023
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6. EU considers extending Pakistan`s GSP+ status

• The European Commission has proposed extending Pakistan`s GSP+ status which is set to expire at the end of this year for another four years as a contingency measure.
• The EU has decided to introduce fresh legislation to continue the scheme for another 10 years, but there seems to be a deadlock between the EU Council, which wants to link the GSP+ scheme with migration, and the EU Parliament, which is not ready to do so.
• `The EU Parliament strongly believes that trade shouldn`t be linked with the migration issue,` MEP Heidi Hautala said during an interaction with visiting Pakistani journalists

7. Twitter `relocates` users in GB to held Kashmir

• Twitter seems to have blocked access to the government of Pakistan`s official account in Gilgit Baltistan and changed the region`s location to parts of India, it has emerged. In addition, when users turn on the location feature on the app, tweets sent from the region are marked as originating from India-held Kashmir.
• The issue came to light after several Twitter users in GB complained they were unable to access the government`s official account from the region.
• When users tried to access the account, a message was displayed stating the `account has been withheld in India in response to a legal demand`

July 09, 2023: International Current Affairs MCQs

8. Russian rockets kill eight in eastern Ukraine

• Eight people were killed and 13 injured on July 8, 2023 in Lyman in eastern Ukraine after the town came under Russian rocket fire, Ukraine`s interior ministry said.
• `So far we know about 8 dead… The number of injured has increased to 13 people,` the ministry said on social media.
• The strikes hit around 10am at two intersections that were busy with pedestrians, witnesses said. A residential building, an annex to a printing house and three cars were set on fire in the attack, the ministry said

9. US allies oppose cluster munitions for Ukraine

• Traditional allies of the United States have opposed the Biden administration`s decision to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine.
• Canada and the UK, considered to be some of Ukraine`s most vocal supporters, are also against the decision.
• `Canada is against the use of cluster munitions that Washington has promised to give Ukraine for its counteroffensive against occupying Russian forces,` Ottawa said on Saturday, reiterating a commitment to the Oslo agreement that bans the controversial weapon

July 09, 2023: Sports Current Affairs MCQs

10. Jamaica`s Jackson sets fastest time of year in women`s 100m

• Shericka Jackson threw down the gauntlet with a personal best and world-leading 10.65 seconds, the fifth-fastest ever, as she retained her women`s 100m title at the Jamaican championships on Friday to secure her spot at the World Athletics Championship in Budapest this summer.
• Jackson, who won the silver medal at last year`s World Championships in Oregon, is tied with American Marion Jones for fifth on the all-time list and eclipsed the previous fastest time of the year, the 10.71 set American Sha`Carrie Richardson at the US championships on Thursday

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