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

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November 24, 2023: International Current Affairs MCQs News

6. Gaza truce delayed after `last-minute hitch`

A pause in Israeli aggression against Gazans is now expected to start this morning after the breakthrough `truce` secured through Qatari, Egyptian and American mediation was delayed after a `lastminute hitch`.
Meanwhile, the head of Gaza City`s Al Shifa hospital, which has been at the centre of severe military action, was arrested by Israeli forces

7. 5 troops, two fighters killed in held Kashmir

Five Indian soldiers and two Kashmiri fighters were killed during a firefight in India-held Kashmir on Wednesday, an army officer said.
An `intense firefight` broke out after Indian troops pursued the fighters into the dense forests of Kalakote, in the occupied territory`s south, the army`s 16 Corps said in a social media post.
The fighting killed five soldiers, including two elite commandos, and left another soldier wounded, an army officer said

8. Anti-Islam populist Wilders wins Dutch election

Far-right populist Geert Wilders wants to be the Netherlands` next prime minister and would focus his efforts on curbing immigration, he said following a landmark election win that will have repercussions in the Netherlands and beyond.
Wilders` win sent a warning shot to mainstream parties across Europe ahead of European Parliament elections next June, which will likely be fought on the same issues as the Dutch election: immigration, cost of living and climate change

9. Cameron meets Netanyahu, visits southern Israel

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Thursday after visiting the south of the country to see for himself the communities affected by last month`s Hamas raid.
Britain`s Foreign Office said former prime minister Cameron, who was appointed to the foreign policy brief last week, was due to meet Palestinian leaders later to discuss the way forward in the crisis

November 24, 2023: Sports Current Affairs MCQs News

10. Former WI star Samuels banned from cricket for six years

Former West Indies star Marlon Samuels has been banned from all cricket for six years for breaching an anti-corruption code, the sport`s world body said on Thursday.
The charges relate to the 42-yearold`s stint in a T10 league in the United Arab Emirates in 2019. He has since retired from all cricket.
The former top-order batsman who was also banned in 2008 was found by an independent tribunal to have made four breaches of the Emirates Cricket Board`s Anti-Corruption Code