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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (March 24 2023) for CSS

Shahzad F. Malik
Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (March 24 2023) for CSS
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March 24, 2022: National Current Affairs MCQs

1. Task force proposed to `check` anti-army campaign

• The government is mulling forming a special task force to check social media campaigns against the army, an official source told.
• He explained that a summary to set up the task force has been moved but was still awaiting approval. `For now it is just a proposal.
• The proposed task force will comprise officers from the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA). The proposed task force will be assisted by the police and other law enforcement agencies and frame recommendations to check the misuse of social media.
• The move came at a time when the government has accused the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and its chairman, Imran Khan, of running a vilification campaign against the military

2. IMF wants to be kept out of `election politics`

• The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on March 23, 2023 sent a strong signal to Pakistan to keep the Fund away from its domestic politics and reminded the government that the decision to hold or not hold elections `rests solely with Pakistan`s institutions`.
• Earlier this week, the IMF also dismissed claims that the global lender wanted Pakistan to review its nuclear program to qualify for the renewal of a loan package. Talks between Pakistan and the IMF over an extended fund facility (EFF) have been stalled for months, although more than once they came close to finalising it.
• The IMF statement came a day after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) decided to put off Punjab Assembly elections by more than five months, citing financial and security constraints

3. President confers civil awards for meritorious services

• President Dr Arif Alvi has conferred civil awards on 135 national and foreign citizens on Pakistan Day in recognition of their excellence and gallantry in their respective fields. The awards were conferred at an investiture ceremony held at the Aiwan-i-Sadr on March 25, 2023.
• The awards were conferred on politicians including Sartaj Aziz, late Mir Hasil Bizenjo and late Justice Rana Bhagwandas. Ahmed Ali Chagla, Muhammad Qavi Khan, Jahangir Khan and Jansher Khan were awarded for their services in the fields of arts and sports.
• Raees Ahmed and late Amjad Islam Amjad (arts): late Arif Nizami, Mujibur Rehman Shami, Javed Chaudhry, Nadeem Malik, Amir Ilyas Rana, late Ziauddin and Altaf Hassan Qureshi (journalism); Bilquees Bano Edhi (social services); Muhammad Ramazan Chhipa and Dr James M. Shera were also awarded

4. Pakistan Day parade rescheduled for tomorrow

• The Pakistan Day military parade, which was to be held on Thursday, was postponed due to weather conditions and will now be held on March 25, 2023 (tomorrow).
• The military parade is observed each year on March 23. The event is at the centre of celebrations to commemorate the 1940 Lahore Resolution when the All-India Muslim League demanded a separate nation for the Muslims of the British ruled India.
• The parade will be held at the Presidents House, the presidency said.
• Earlier, the Pakistan Army decided to hold the annual parade of the armed forces on a limited scale, joining the government`s austerity drive that aims at warding off the economic crisis

5. Bank of England delivers 11th rate hike

• The Bank of England (BoE) raised interest rates for the 11th time in a row on March 23, 2023, but said a surprise resurgence in inflation would probably fade fast, prompting speculation it had ended its run of hikes.
• Sounding more upbeat about the outlook for Britain`s sluggish economy but noting the risks posed by turmoil among global banks, the BoE`s nine rate setters voted 7-2 in favour of a 25 basis-point increase in bank rate to 4.25 per cent, as expected by economists polled by Reuters.
• This rate rise extends a run of increases that began in December 2021, although it was the Monetary Policy Committee`s (MPC) smallest increase since June

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6. Russia fails to supply arms to India because of war

• Russia is unable to deliver vital defence supplies it had committed to India`s military because of the war in Ukraine, the Indian Air Force (IAF) says.
• New Delhi has been worried that Moscow`s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 could affect military supplies from India`s largest source of defence equipment.
• The IAF statement is the first official confirmation of such shortfalls.
• The IAF statement was made to a parliamentary committee, which published it on its website on Tuesday. An IAF representative told the panel Russia had planned a `major delivery` this year that will not take place

7. Any attempt to arrest Putin would be declaration of war, says ally

• Any attempt to arrest President Vladimir Putin after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant for the Kremlin chief would amount to a declaration of war against Russia, his ally Dmitry Medvedev said on March 23, 2023.
• The ICC issued an arrest warrant on Friday, accusing Putin of the war crime of illegally deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine.
• It said there are reasonable grounds to believe that Putin bears individual criminal responsibility.
• Former President Dmitry Medvedev told Russian media that the ICC, which countries including Russia, China and the United States do not recognise, was a `legal nonentity` that had never done anything significant. Any attempt to detain Putin, though, would be a declaration of war, said Medvedev, who serves as deputy chairman of Putin`s powerful security council

8. Huge river restoration effort launched at UN water summit

• Several African and Latin American countries on March 23, 2023 launched a major initiative to restore 300,000 kilometers of rivers by 2030, as well as lakes and wetlands degraded by human activity.
• The `Freshwater Challenge,` led by a coalition of governments that includes Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mexico and Gabon, is the largest river and wetland restoration project in history.
• It aims to restore degraded rivers as long as seven times the Earth`s circumference and an area of wetlands larger than India by 2030, according to a statement from the UN Water Conference that ends Friday in New York City

9. Saudi, Iranian FMs to meet to reopen embassies

• Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud and his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian have agreed to meet soon and pave the way for the reopening of embassies under a deal to reestablish ties, Saudi state news agency SPA said on March 24, 2023.
• Earlier this month, Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to revive relations after years of hostility that had threatened stability and security in the Gulf and helped fuel conflicts in the Middle East from Yemen to Syria.
• The ministers spoke by phone to mark the occasion of the Muslim holy month of Ramazan, SPA said. Amirabdollahian emphasised during the call Iran`s readiness to strengthen relations with Saudi Arabia, Iran`s official news agency IRNA reported

10. TikTok chief faces hostile US lawmakers over China ties

• TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew faced relentless questioning from combative US lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle on March 23, 2023 over the video-sharing app`s alleged ties to China and its danger to teens.
• The 40-year-old Singaporean suf-fered unusually intense grilling by both Republicans and Democrats who fear that Beijing could subvert the site for spying, data harvesting and to secretly defend a Chinese Communist Party agenda.
• The Harvard-educated former banker failed over several grueling hours to defuse an existential threat to TikTok as the app seeks to survive a White House ultimatum that it either split from its Chinese ownership or get banned in the United States

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