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On January 8, 2020, Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was shot down minutes after taking off from Tehran, Iran, by an Iranian surface-to-air missile.

Fifty-five Canadian citizens and 30 permanent residents were among the 176 people killed in this national tragedy.

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Blind Dolphins are found in Indus river in Pakistan and Ganges river in India and Bangladesh.

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The Indus River dolphin, also known as the “bhulan,” is one of the world's most endangered cetaceans. 

It is endemic to the Indus River Basin of Pakistan and northwestern India. 

Blind Dolphins are found in the lower parts of the Indus River in Pakistan and in River Beas, a tributary of the Indus River in Punjab, India.

ND20-6-2023

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On 7 December 2022, the Time Magazine named Volodymyr Zelensky 'Person of The Year'.

Volodymyr Zelensky is the 6th and current president of Ukraine since 20 May 2019.

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• Know everything about BRICS: 
• BRICS founded: June 2009
  
• BRICS Member countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
  
• BRICS total members: 10 
• South Africa joined BRICS: 2010
• BRICS headquarters: Shanghai, China
• BRICS first conference hosted by: Russia (2009) 

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15th BRICS summit held in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2023.

• Know everything about BRICS: 
• BRICS founded: June 2009
  
• BRICS Member countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
  
• BRICS total members: 10 
• South Africa joined BRICS: 2010
• BRICS headquarters: Shanghai, China
• BRICS first conference hosted by: Russia (2009) 

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In April 2016, Instagram released a Windows 10 Mobile app.

Instagram started on October 6, 2010.

The platform previously had a beta version of Instagram, first released on November 21, 2013 for Windows Phone 8.

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• Belgium is often called the "Cockpit of Europe" due to its strategic location in the heart of Western Europe.
• Making it a hub for international politics, diplomacy, and warfare throughout history.
• The term "cockpit" refers to the control center of an aircraft, implying Belgium's central role in shaping European affairs.

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The United States criminalized the international slave trade in 1808.

Slavery was made unconstitutional in 1865, following the American Civil War.

It lasted from 1861 to 1865.

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Lufthansa is the Biggest airline in Germany 

It is one of the five founding members of Star Alliance,

It was founded in  December 1997.

Former Deutsche Luft Hansa founded the Airline

Headquarters of Lufthansa Airline: Cologne, Germany

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ND03-12-2022

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The International Business Machines Corporation, nicknamed Big Blue,

is an American multinational technology corporation

operations in over 175 countries.

Headquarters: Armonk, New York, United States

Founders: Herman Hollerith, Charles Ranlett Flint, Thomas J. Watson

Founded: June 16, 1911, Endicott, New York, United States