Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs/News (July 16 2023) for CSS

Table of Contents

6. India ties up with UAE to settle trade in rupees

• India has signed an agreement with the United Arab Emirates that will allow it to settle trade in rupees instead of dollars, boosting India`s efforts to cut transaction costs by eliminating dollar conversions.
• During a visit by India`s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the UAE on Saturday, the two countries also agreed to set up a real time payment link to facilitate easier cross border money transfers

7. Paris bans protest against police violence

• A Paris court on July 15, 2023 banned a protest against police violence in the capital as tensions persist following riots earlier this month over the police killing of a teenager.
• Authorities have attempted to clamp down on demonstrations to avoid further chaos after the week of riots saw massive destruction to public and private property.

8. Sudan army returns to talks in Saudi as war enters fourth month

• Sudanese army representatives have returned to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia for talks with their paramilitary foes, a government source said on July 15, 2023 as the war between rival generals entered its fourth month.
• `A delegation of the armed forces has returned to Jeddah to resume negotiations with Rapid Support Forces (RSF) rebels,` the source said.
• The RSF has made no comment on returning to the talks in Jeddah, which Saudi and US mediators adjourned last month after a series of repeatedly violated ceasefires

9. China calls on India to meet `halfway` on border issue

• China`s top diplomat urged India to focus on `common interests` and meet China `halfway` to defuse border tensions between Asia`s most populous neighbours, the Chinese foreign ministry said on July 15, 2023.
• Relations between India and China have deteriorated in recent months over their contested Himalayan border, and a visa spat in which the two sides have expelled nearly all of each other`s journalists

10. UAE and India vow COP28 success as record heatwaves sweep world

• As record heat is forecast around the world from the United States to Europe and Japan, the UAE and India vowed on July 15, 2023 to make this year`s COP28 conference in Dubai a success.
• `The UAE and India are united in their determination to ensure the successful outcome of COP28 as an inclusive and action oriented conference,` read a statement following talks in Abu Dhabi between UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Indian PM Narendra Modi