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October 14, 2023: National Current Affairs MCQs News
1. SBP `comfortably placed` to meet key IMF targets
The State Bank of Pakistan has not only surpassed its forward book target of $4.2 billion for end-September, as agreed upon with the IMF, but is also `very comfortably placed` to meet the other end-quarter targets, including net international reserves and net domestic assets, SBP Governor Jameel Ahmad has said.
Mr Ahmad`s remarks came during a series of meetings with international investors hosted by top-tier global banks like Barclays, JP Morgan, Standard Bank and Jefferies during the IMF-World Bank gatherings in Morocco, according to an SBP statement issued on Friday
2. IMF, World Bank urge funds for poverty, climate fights
The heads of the IMF and World Bank urged member nations on Friday to boost the funding firepower of the global lenders to help poorer countries combat poverty and climate change.
They made their plea at week-long talks of global finance ministers and central bank governors in Marrakesh, Morocco the first IMF World Bank annual meetings on African soil since 1973
3. Over 200 people in jail in blasphemy cases throughout country, Senate body told
A parliamentary body on Friday was informed that 215 individuals had been arrested under blasphemy charges with the highest number of arrests made in Sindh, which was 78.
A significant session of the Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights took place at the Parliament House, which was presided over by Senator Walid Iqbal.
The committee addressed multiple pressing issues, including the blasphemous act in Jaranwala, which led to the vandalisation of over 20 churches and almost 90 Christian houses
October 14, 2023: International Current Affairs MCQs News
4. Israeli embassy staffer attacked
A staffer at the Israeli embassy in Beijing was assaulted on Friday and was hospitalised in stable condition, Israel`s foreign ministry said, and Chinese police said a suspect had been arrested.
The attack did not occur within the embassy compound itself, the Israeli foreign ministry said,which is just one embassy over from that of the United States and in an area with a number of other embassies and a heavy police presence
5. Gazans flee after Israel`s `impossible` ultimatum
Flocks of Palestinians fled to southern Gaza in search of refuge on Friday after Israel warned them to evacuate before an expected ground offensive.
Thousands of Gazans were on the move in search of safety, carrying plastic bags of belongings, suitcases on their shoulders and children in their arms.
Some walked while others drove, with belongings strapped to the roofs of their trucks, cars and piled on carts pulled by donkeys
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6. Mutiny leaves Republicans leaderless for 10th day
Republican lawmakers Jim Jordan and Austin Scott launched bids on Friday to become speaker of the US House of Representatives as the lower chamber of Congress entered the 10th day of a leadership vacuum that has paralysed Washington.
With the party reeling from former speaker Kevin McCarthy`s unprecedented removal in a mutiny from the far right, Louisiana`s Steve Scalise was seen as the best hope for a replacement who could heal the bitter divides
7. Climate `countdown clock` report unveiled
Top scientists have launched a yearly report series to plug l
In a year marked by devastating extreme weather events, Dubai will host key UN negotiations starting on November 30 aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions and helping the developing world deal with climate impacts.
The UN scientific advisory panel in charge of summarising climate change research has produced comprehensive and authoritative assessment reports in cycles of five to seven years since 1988
8. Nasa launches spacecraft to explore metal-rich asteroid
Nasa on Friday launched a spacecraft from Florida on its way to Psyche, the largest of the several metal-rich asteroids l
The Psyche probe, folded inside the cargo bay of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, blasted off under partly cloudy skies from Nasa`s Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral on a planned journey 2.2 billion miles (3.5 billion km) through space. The spacecraft, roughly the size of a small van, is due to reach the asteroid in August 2029.The launch, shown live on Nasa TV, marks the latest in a series of recent Nasa missions seeking insights about the origins of our planet about 4.5 billion years ago by sending robotic spacecraft to explore asteroids primordial relics from the dawn of the solar system
9. Iran says US `cannot renege` on deal to transfer $6bn via Qatar
Iran said the United States `cannot renege` on an agreement to transfer $6 billion in frozen funds through mediator Qatar following the Hamas raid.
Tehran has come under intense scrutiny since Hamas fighters stormed across Israel`s southern border at the weekend.
Iran says it was not involved, but celebrated the Hamas attack as a `success`
October 14, 2023: Sports Current Affairs MCQs News
10. Cricket approved by IOC board for 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
Cricket`s more than 100-year Olympic exile moved closer to ending after the sport was approved for inclusion at the 2028 Los Angeles Games by the International Olympic Committee`s executive board on Friday.
IOC president Thomas Bach, speaking after the second day of an executive board meeting in Mumbai, said officials had accepted a proposal by LA organisers for Twenty20 cricket to be included as one of five new sports together with baseball/softball, flag football (non-contact American football), squash and lacrosse, leaving them with one last hurdle to seal their Olympic spots
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