September 21, 2023: International Current Affairs MCQs News
6. UAE bans meat imports from Pakistan via sea
- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has banned the import of frozen meat from Pakistan through sea route after allegedly finding fungus in a consignment of meat.
The meat consignment had been sent by a Karachi-based company by sea and the whole shipment was destroyed by the UAE authorities, while a ban was imposed on all further imports of frozen meat from Pakistan through maritime channels at least up till Oct 10. - However, meat exports by air will continue without any break.
- Pakistan exports meat worth around $144 million per year to the UAE
7. Lok Sabha votes to reserve 33pc of seats for women
- India`s lower house of parliament passed a billon Wednesday that would more than double the number of women lawmakers in its ranks, following several failed attempts to enact the measure stretching back decades.
- The proposed law would reserve one-third of seats in Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women once it takes effect, which could take until at least the end ofthe decade.
- It would not take effect before national elections next year, but will be a further fillip to the already commanding position of Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s party ahead of that poll
8. Saudis, Houthis hold talks to end Yemen war
- Saudi Arabia and the Iran-backed Houthi rebels put a positive spin on historic but inconclusive talks in Riyadh on Wednesday as diplomatic efforts increased to end Yemen`s bitter war.
- The five days of talks were `positive`, Saudi officials and a senior Houthi said, after the rebel delegation ended the first public visit to the Saudi capital since hostilities broke out between the two sides
9. Erdogan meets Netanyahu amid thaw
- Turkiye`s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met in New York on Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said `ties between the two countries were improving`.
- After more than a decade of tensions, relations have improved with recent high-level visits, including that of Israeli President Isaac Herzog to Ankara last year
10. Rwanda memorials put on heritage list
- Four memorials to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda of more than 800,000 people, mainly Tutsi, were added to UNESCO`s World Heritage list on Wednesday, the UN cultural body said.
- The sites at Nyamata, Murambi, Gisozi and Bisesero commemorating the mass killings were `just inscribed on the Unesco World Heritage list`, the organisation posted on X (formerly Twitter).
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