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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) works to achieve sustainable growth and prosperity for all of its 190 member countries.

It does so by supporting economic policies that promote financial stability and monetary cooperation, which are essential to increase productivity, job creation, and economic well-being.

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The Mojave Desert is a xeric desert in the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada mountains in the Southwestern United States.

Area: 124,000 km²

Elevation: 1,500 m

Rivers: Colorado River, Mojave River

The Mojave Desert spans four states: California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona. 

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A stumping occurs when the wicket-keeper hits the wickets before the batsman can make it back to the crease.

The batsman is considered out if the wicket-keeper breaks the wicket before the batsman's foot or bat is grounded behind the crease.

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The real name of Ibn Taymiyyah is Taqi ud din Abu'l-Abbas Ahmad ibn Abd al-Halim ibn Abd as-Salam al-Najdi al-Harrani.

He was a renowned Islamic scholar, theologian, and reformer who lived from 1263 to 1328 CE.

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• Hamas stands for the Islamic Resistance Movement and in Arabic means “zeal”.
• The group politically controls the Gaza Strip, a territory that is home to more than two million people but is blockaded by Israel.
• Hamas has been in power in the Gaza Strip since 2007 after a brief war against Fatah forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

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 It is also known as “Queen of the water lillies”.

It is the National flower of Guyana.

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Notre-Dame meaning "Our Lady of Paris", referred to simply as Notre-Dame,in the 4th arrondissement of Paris.

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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: 32 (29 European & 2 North American countries)

Latest Member: Sweden

Type: Military Alliance

Official Languages: English & French

Founding members: 12

Sweden joined NATO: March 2024

Pakistan: Not a NATO member

Member Muslim country: Turkiye

2024, Sweden became 32nd member.

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

32. Sweden

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Karl Marx famously said, "All history is the history of class struggle" in his manifesto "The Communist Manifesto" (1848).

This quote encapsulates his belief that social and political change is driven by conflicts between different social classes, particularly between the ruling class (bourgeoisie) and the working class (proletariat).