Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs/News (Nov 30 2023) for CSS

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6. US charges Indian with plot to kill Sikh separatist

The United States has charged an Indian national with conspiring to assassinate a US citizen who advocated for a sovereign state for Sikhs, the US attorney`s office in Manhattan said on Wednesday.
Nikhil Gupta was arrested by Czech authorities in June and is awaiting extradition. He could not be reached for comment

7. Turkiye to ratify Nato accession `within weeks`, claims Sweden

Turkiye has told Sweden it expects to ratify its long delayed accession to the Nato military alliance within weeks, Sweden`s foreign minister said on Wednesday.
But Turkiye denied it has given any timetable for the ratification.
Sweden and Finland asked to join Nato last year after Russia`s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. But Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, whose country is a Nato member, raised objections over what he said was the two countries` protection of groups that Ankara deems terrorists

8. Killings of kids in Jenin mar attempts to extend truce

With just hours of peace left, mediators scrambled to extend a truce between Israel and Hamas on Wednesday.
But progress on the truce deal was marred by the killings of two Palestinian children by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.
Late on Wednesday night, AFP reported that another group of Israeli prisoners had been handed over to the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip. The release is the sixth under the extended humanitarian truce

9. Saudi fund scoops up 10pc of Heathrow airport

Saudi Arabia`s sovereign wealth fund is to buy ten per cent of London`s Heathrow airport from Spanish infrastructure giant Ferrovial, whose departure from the hub after almost two decades leaves Qatar as its biggest shareholder.
Ferrovial late on Tuesday said it was offloading its 25pc stake for nearly 2.4 billion ($3.0 billion), with the other 15pc going to French private equity group Ardian

10. US military plane crashes off Japan; one killed

A US military aircraft with eight people onboard crashed into the sea in western Japan on Wednesday, with several media outlets reporting one crew member had died and the condition of at least two hauled from waters was unclear.
Japan`s coast guard said what appeared to be wreckage from the tilt-rotor V-22 Osprey and one `nonresponsive` person had been found some 3 km from Yakushima island