Explanation

• Abdullahi Mire has been awarded the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Prize 2023 for his work advocating for the right to education for displaced children.
• Abdullahi Mire is a journalist belongs to Somalia.

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• The Nansen Refugee Award is a medal issued annually by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in recognition of outstanding service to the cause of refugees.
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Explanation

FIFA Under-20 World Cup 2023

Edition: 23rd

Venue: Argentina

Final held: 11 June 2023

Winner: Uruguay (1st title)

Runners-up: Italy

Third place: Israel

Fourth place: South Korea

Matches played: 52

Goals scored: 154

Top scorer: Cesare Casadei from Italy (7 goals)

Best player: Cesare Casadei (Italy)

Best goalkeeper award: Sebastiano Desplanches (Italy)

Fair play award: USA 

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Explanation

FIFA Under-20 World Cup 2023

Edition: 23rd

Venue: Argentina

Final held: 11 June 2023

Winner: Uruguay (1st title)

Runners-up: Italy

Third place: Israel

Fourth place: South Korea

Matches played: 52

Goals scored: 154

Top scorer: Cesare Casadei from Italy (7 goals)

Best player: Cesare Casadei (Italy)

Best goalkeeper award: Sebastiano Desplanches (Italy)

Fair play award: USA 

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Explanation

FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 (football)

Edition: 9th

Venue: Australia, New Zealand

Final held: 20 August 2023

Final venue: Sydney

Winner: Spain

Runner-up: England

Third position: Sweden

Participating teams: 32

Total matched: 64

Official mascot: Tazuni

Total goals scored: 164

Top scorer: Hinata Miyazawa from Japan (5 goals)

Best player: Aitana Bonmatí from Spain

Best young player: Salma Paralluelo from Spain

Best goalkeeper : Mary Earps from England

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Explanation

ACC Men's Cricket Premier Cup 2023

Venue: Nepal

Champion: Nepal (first title)

Runner-up: UAE

Final held: 2 May 2023

Participating teams: 10

Total Matches: 24

Note: ACC stands for Asian Cricket Council

Explanation

BRICS International Competition Conference 2023

Edition: 8th

Venue: New Delhi, India

Dates: 11 to 13 Oct, 2023

Note: 

Explanation

A blistering and deadly heat wave, which the Italian Meteorological Society has named Cerberus after the three-headed monster that features in Dante’s ‘Inferno’ as a guard to the gates of hell, is sweeping across parts of southern Europe.“The earth has a high fever and Italy is feeling it firsthand,” Luca Mercalli, head of the Italian Meteorological Society, told CNN on in July 2023.

Explanation

• Wanindu Hasaranga won the ICC Men's Player of the Month award for June 2023.

• Wanindu Hasaranga belongs to Sri Lanka.

• Ashliegh Gardner declared ICC's Women’s Player of the Month for June 2023.
• Ashliegh Gardner belongs to Australia. 

Explanation

• About Henley Passport Index released in July 2023
• Released by: Henley & Partners

• Total countries: 103

• Topper: Singapore

• Pakistan: 100th (fourth worst)

• Pakistanis has visa-free access: 33 states
• Bottom: Afghanistan 

Explanation

The World Bank has warned that Pakistan’s inflation is projected to further rise to 29.5 per cent in the fiscal year 2023 due to higher energy and food prices and the weaker Rupee.