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Giant pandas live in a few mountain ranges in south central China, in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. They once lived in lowland areas, but farming, forest clearing and other development now restrict giant pandas to the mountains.

Giant pandas

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The fastest Test hundred was scored by Brendon McCullum, who scored a century off just 54 balls in his last Test match.

He broke the record of Viv Richards and Misbah Ul-Haq, who both scored centuries off 56 balls.

In ODIs, the fastest century was scored by AB de Villiers, who scored a century off just 31 balls.

Corey Anderson is second on the list, scoring a century off 36 balls, followed by Shahid Afridi, who scored a century off 37 balls.

The fastest T20I century was scored by Sahil Chauhan, who achieved this feat in just 27 balls against Cyprus in 2024, setting a new world record.

In T20s, previously the fastest century was scored by Chris Gayle, who scored a century off just 30 balls.

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Pakistan Standard Time (PKT) is 5 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time, which means PKT is GMT+5.

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Know about NATO

NATO full form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Founded: 4 April, 1949 (Washington, USA)

Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium

Total members: 31 (29 European & 2 North American countries)

Latest Member: Finland

Type: Military Alliance

Official Languages: English & French

Founding members: 12

Macedonia joined NATO: 27, March 2020

Pakistan: Not a NATO member

Member Muslim country: Turkiye  

On 4 April 2023, Finland became 31st member on 74th anniversary of NATO.

List of NATO member countries

1.       Albania

2.       Belgium

3.       Bulgaria

4.       Canada

5.       Croatia

6.       Czechia

7.       Denmark

8.       Estonia

9.       France

10.   Germany

11.   Greece

12.   Hungary

13.   Iceland

14.   Italy

15.   Latvia

16.   Lithuania

17.   Luxembourg

18.   Montenegro

19.   Netherlands

20.   North Macedonia

21.   Norway

22.   Poland

23.   Portugal

24.   Romania

25.   Slovakia

26.   Slovenia

27.   Spain

28.   Turkiye

29.   United Kingdom

30.   United States

31.   Finland

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China started J17 thunder aircraft production in 2003.

It made its first flight in August 2003.

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According to the World Glacier Inventory, there are approximately 198,000 glaciers in the world.

A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight.

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Horseshoe Bay is a small coastal community located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

It is situated about 30 kilometers (19 miles) west of Victoria, the capital city of British Columbia.

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• Sultan ibn Salman Al Saud was the first Saudi Arab, Muslim.
• He was the first member of a royal family to travel into space.
• He was flying on the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1985 as a payload specialist.

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The Himalayan River is a perennial river that originates in the snow-capped Himalayas. In the summer, the snow melts and the river continues to be supplied with water. On the contrary, the rivers on the peninsula are dry in the summer because they rely primarily on rainfall to supply water.

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Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Pakistan. Although there have been numerous amendments to the Constitution, there is yet to be a provision prohibiting the death penalty as a punitive remedy