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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
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6. Israeli forces attack two airports in Syria
- Israeli air strikes on Sunday put out of service two international airports in Syria, state media reported citing a military source, with the transport ministry saying flights were re-routed to Latakia.
- Syria`s foreign ministry lambasted the Israel strikes on the airports as well as its assault on Gaza, and criticised the country`s backers in a statement later on Sunday
7. Russian strike on Ukrainian mail depot kills six
- `Russian missiles hit the Nova Poshta centre an ordinary civilian object,` President Volodymyr Zelenksiy said on the Telegram messaging app.
- He posted a video showing s building with windows blown out and construction materials strewn about, with red trucks with Nova Poshta written in Ukrainian in front of it.
8. Bombay court rejects petition to ban Pakistani actors
- The Bombay High Court, in a landmark decision, has dismissed a petition seeking a ban on Indian citizens, companies, and associations from engaging Pakistani artists, including actors, singers, musicians, lyricists, and technicians, WION TV said on Sunday.
- A division bench of Justice Sunil B. Shukre and Justice Firdosh P. Pooniwalla firmly stated that the petition represents a `retrograde step in promoting cultural harmony, unity, and peace, and has no merit in it
9. Palestinian writer Heba Kamal dies in Israeli bombing
- A Palestinian writer and poet Heba Kamal Abu Nada died in Israeli bombing in the Gaza Strip, Gulf Today reported.
- The Palestinian Ministry of Culture mourned the deceased in a statement on its account on the social networking site Facebook, explaining that the deceased wrote stories, novels, and poetry.
- She was born in Saudi Arabia in 1991, from a refugee family from Beit Jirja, which was displaced in 1948.
October 23, 2023: Sports Current Affairs MCQs News
10. Kohli shines in chase as India beat New Zealand despite Mitchell ton
- Virat Kohli’s crafty 95 trumped Daryl Mitchell’s rapid 130 as India beat New Zealand by four wickets in a top-of-the-table clash in the 50-overs World Cup on Sunday.
- Kohli could not complete the chase but his matured knock helped India to reach a victory target of 274 with two overs to spare to maintain their unbeaten run in the tournament.
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