Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs/News (July 31 2023) for CSS

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6. Taliban create bonfire of music equipment

• Authorities from Afghanistan`s vice ministry created a bonfire of confiscated musical instruments and equipment in Herat province at the weekend, deeming music immoral.
• `Promoting music causes moral corruption and playing it will cause the youth to go astray, said Aziz al-Rahman al Muhajir, head of the Herat department of the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.
• Since seizing power in August 2021, Taliban authorities have steadily imposed laws and regulations that reflect their austere vision of Islam including banning playing music in public

7. Former Indian army chief blames China for Manipur violence

• Former Indian Army chief Gen (retd) M. M. Naravane has said that foreign interference in the Manipur violence cannot be ruled out and is `definitely there,` stressing that alleged Chinese aid to various insurgent groups has been continuing for many years.
• The Wire quoted Gen Naravane as speaking on Sunday on the dangers of a `two-front war,` heavily advocating for diplomacy to resolve conflicts for India, which faces a `two front threat` from Pakistan and China

8. Israel plans $27bn rail expansion

• Israel will build a 100-billion-shekel ($27 billion) rail expansion that will connect its outlying areas to metropolitan Tel Aviv and, in the future, could provide overland links to Saudi Arabia, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on July 30, 2023.
• Opening the weekly Israeli cabinet meeting, Netanyahu appeared to sidestep the constitutional crisis that has roiled the country for seven months, denting its economy and shaking Western allies` confidence in its democratic health

9. Decoupling from China `illusion`: France

• France`s finance minister said cutting all economic ties with China was `an illusion`, while Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto criticised Italy`s decision to join China`s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) four years ago as `improvised and atrocious` due to its limited impact on boosting exports.
• `We are totally opposed to the idea of decoupling.
• Decoupling is an illusion, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told reporters at the French embassy during a visit to Beijing on July 30, 2023.

10. Muslim woman assaulted in India

• A Muslim woman was assaulted and molested by a group of men in Ujjain city of India`s Madhya Pradesh state, according to local media reports.
• The woman, a physiotherapist by profession, was on her way home on Friday when the suspects tried to molest her. When she resisted, the men started beating her, according to a local newspaper, The Free Press fourmal her cousin, who came to her rescue, was also beaten. A video of the incident shared on social media showed men hitting him with iron rods and bats.