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October 23, 2023: National Current Affairs MCQs News
1. `For-sale` PIA hit by worst-ever fuel crisis
- Once a profitable entity and the pride of a nation, the national flag carrier`s fortunes plummeted to an all-time low on Sunday, when its operations ground to a halt yet again, due to a lack of fuel.
- While Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), suffering losses to the tune of Rs750 billion, is no stranger to recurring crises, the current situation is probably the most dire in recent years as 77 flights were cancelled on Sunday after Pakistan State Oil (PSO) cut the carrier`s fuel supply
2. Poliovirus detected in samples from all provincial capitals
- A rise in positive environmental samples for polio has been detected across the country this month, with 11 new detections in seven cities, including Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta, Bannu, Pishin and Chaman.
- Peshawar reported four positive samples and Karachi two, whereas the remaining five cities detected one positive sample each
3. Gaza crisis can spread across ME, warns US
- US secretaries of state and defence warned on Sunday that the fighting between Israel and Hamas could lead to a broader conflict throughout the Middle East and America will retaliate if its troops were attacked.
- The two senior most members of the Biden administration used Sunday talk shows to claim that Iran and its proxies wanted to widen the conflict, but the United States would do what it can to prevent this
October 23, 2023: International Current Affairs MCQs News
4. Aid trickles in as Israel rains hell on Palestine
- An aid convoy carrying desperately needed fuel entered Gaza on Sunday, as Israel intensified strikes on the besieged enclave that is suffering a `catastrophic` humanitarian situation.
- Israel increased its attacks overnight and claimed it had killed `dozens of terrorists` in and around Gaza City, but the Palestinian health ministry said that more than 260 people had died in 24 hours
5. Populist right tops Swiss elections
- The right-wing populist Swiss People`s Party, which campaigned against mass migration and `woke madness`, comfortably topped Switzerland`s general election on Sunday, according to projections after the polls closed.
- The SVP took 29 per cent of the vote in elections to the lower house of parliament, improving its vote share by more than three percentage points, predicted market research group GFS Bern, which conducted the main polling throughout the election campaign
