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Global Peace Index 2020

Edition: 14th

Total nations: 163

Released by: Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP)

Pakistan: 152

Bottom: Afghanistan

Topper: Iceland

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Global Innovation Index 2024

Total countries: 133

Released by: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Topper: Switzerland

Pakistan: 91st

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There has been an increase in the number of cases of individuals infected with the Klebsiella pneumoniae in Seattle, USA.

Klebsiella pneumoniae is a gram-negative, lactose-fermenting bacterium capable of causing destruction to the human and animal lungs

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Yaqoob Amil was the prominent poet of Balochi language.

Yaqoob Amil was killed by unidentified men Panjgur (Balochistan) on 20 April 2023.

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• Thaksin Shinawatra is an most famous politician of Thailand.
• He was PM of Thailand from 2001 to 2006.
• He was ousted by the military in 2006.
• He remained self exile for 15 years.

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Mwai Kibaki died on 21 April 2022

Mwai Kibaki died aged: 90

Mwai Kibaki served 3rd President of Kenya:  December 2002 to 2013

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The Nobel Prize in Physics for the year 2020 was awarded to three astrophysicists Roger Penrose from the UK, Reinhard Genzel from Germany, and Andrea Ghez from the USA.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 was awarded “for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity”,

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• Women's FIH Hockey Nations Cup 2022

• Edition: First

• Venue: Valencia, Spain

• Final held: 17 December 2022

• Winner: India

• Runner-up: Spain

• Total matches played: 20

• Total goals scored: 50

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• AFC Women's Asia Cup 2022 (football) 
• Edition: 20th 
• Venue: India 
• Champion: China
• Runner-up: South Korea 
• Final held on 6 February 2022

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• About ICC men's Emerging Asia Cup 2019
• Edition: Fourth 
• Venue: Bangladesh 
• Winner: Pakistan (first time) 
• Runner-Up: Bangladesh