Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs/News (Oct 21 2023) for CSS

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6. Sweden to limit social benefits for non-European immigrants

Sweden`s right wing government said on Friday it would make it harder for non-European immigrants to receive social benefits, saying it wanted to dissuade migrants from arriving, and better integrate those who do.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson`s minority government came to power a year ago with for the first time backing from the far-right Sweden Democrats (SD). It has vowed to crack down on immigration and crime

7. Tel Aviv bombs church sheltering displaced Palestinians

Interior ministry said several displaced people sheltering at a church compound in Gaza were killed and injured after an Israeli strike late on Thursday.
The strike left a `large number of martyrs and injured` at the compound of the Greek Orthodox Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza City, the ministry said

8. The most deaths Palestine has ever witnessed

AFTER a relentless and brutal bombing campaign of the Gaza Strip, Israel is on the brink of launching a ground assault.
This is not the first time that Tel Aviv has opted for a ground incursion into Palestinian territory. The current circumstances and situation, however, are unprecedented and not just in terms of sheer violence.

9. Pakistan made to pay by brutish Australia

Pakistan were well aware of the batting friendly surface and the small boundaries at the M.
Chinaswamy Stadium, where any inaccuracy or inconsistency by the bowlers or lack of discipline in the field almost never goes unpunished.
But against Australia on Friday, they seemed to have forgotten the play-book in the dressing room. Pakistan were guilty of spilling three catches almost all of them regulation as they fell to a 62-run loss against the five time champions; a second World Cup defeat in a row for Babar Azam`s men following their thrashing at the hands of arch-rivals India in their previous game

10. IOC rejects Putin`s `ethnic discrimination` accusation over Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin`s accusation that it is using the Olympic Games as a tool of politics and racism.
Putin lashed out on Thursday, saying the IOC had effectively suspended Russia from the Olympic movement