Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs/News (Sep 02 2023) for CSS

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6. Move to link US aid to Pakistan with democracy

A Republican lawmaker has introduced an amendment to the House of Representatives` annual appropriations legislation that would cut off funds to Pakistan to discourage the `crackdown on political dissent`.
Republicans are a majority in the House.
The amendment, proposed by Tennessee Republican Andy Ogles, would bar the US Department of Defence from providing assistance to Pakistan in the wake of an ongoing crackdown by the country`s military establishment and its civilian allies

September 02, 2023: International Current Affairs MCQs News

7. Thai ex-PM`s jail term commuted to one year

Thailand`s king has commuted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra`s eight-year prison sentence to one year, the royal gazette said on Friday, a day after the billionaire submitted a request for pardon.
The country`s most famous politician returned to Thailand last week in a dramatic homecoming after 15 years abroad in self-exile to avoid jail time after he was ousted by the military in 2006

8. Four Armenian troops killed in clash with Azeris

Armenia and Azerbaijan said on Friday that they had sustained casualties in fighting around their common border, northwest of the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Armenia`s Defence Ministry said four of its servicemen had been killed and another wounded in shelling near the border villages of Sotk and Norabak. Azerbaijan said Armenia had struck its positions across the border in the Kalbajar region using drones, wounding three servicemen

9. African children `least able to cope` with climate risks, says UN

Children in Africa are exceptionally vulnerable to climate change but are `woefully` ignored by those responsible for funding the fight against the crisis, the United Nations said on Friday.
Africa a continent of 1.2 billion people is home to some of the countries least responsible for carbon emissions but is hit disproportionately hard by droughts, flooding, storms and heatwaves. Children in 48 of the 49 countries assessed are at `high or extremely high risk` of climate shocks, the Unicef said in a report titled Time to Act

10. Nasa spots new crater on Moon

Nasa has spotted a small new crater on the Moon that was likely caused by a Russian probe crash landing on the surface around two weeks ago.
The finding was made by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) by comparing before and after images of the estimated impact point, provided by Russian space agency Roscosmos.
The Luna-25 probe crashed on Aug 19