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• Major Shabbir Sharif was born on April 28, 1943 in Kunjah, Gujarat
• Shabbir Sharif sacrificed his life on December 6, 1971.

• 52nd martyrdom anniversary of Shabbir Sharif observed on 6 December 2023.
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• Meta (Facebook) developed new app called Threads to compete with Twitter.
• Threads is a micro-blogging site.
• Launched on 5 July 2023.

• Threads has 500 characters and 5 minutes of video support.
• This is an app based on Instagram.

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In June 2023, England off-spinner Moeen Ali was fined 25 per cent of his match fee and handed one demerit point for using an unauthorised drying agent on his bowling hand in the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston.

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Wagner Group (a private militia) revolted against Russian Army in June 2023.

Wagner Group took control of Russia’s military headquarters at Rostov.

Wagner group led by Warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin

On 25 June 2023, a truce was brokered by Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko.

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Petr Pavel is a Czech politician and former army general who has been elected president of the Czech Republic in 2023.

He previously served as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 2015 to 2018

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Barcelona tennis tournament title 2023

Winner: Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)

Runner-up: Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)

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Khadija Mardi won the heavyweight gold medal at the IBA Women's World Boxing Championship 2023

Khadija Mardi belongs to Morocco.

With the win, Khadija El Mardi has become the first Moroccan, African, and Arab woman to win an international gold medal in boxing.

Note: IBA Women's World Boxing Championship 2023 held in India (in March 2023)

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Summit for Democracy 2023

Edition: Second (first held in 2021)

Hosting country: USA

Pakistan declined to participate (announcement made on 28 March 2023)

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BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting 2023

Edition: 19th 

Venue: Bangkok, Thailand 

Date: 9 March 2023

BIMSTEC: Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation 

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ICC issued war crimes warrant against: Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin: Russian President

Warrant date: March 17, 2023

Case: war crime accusation of unlawfully deporting Ukrainian children

Know About ICC 

ICC: International Criminal Court 

Headquarters: The Hague, Netherlands 

Founded: 1 July 2002

Membership: 123