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The United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in cooperation with Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority, has donated a shipment of 100 brand-new, state-of-the-art ventilators to support Pakistan in its fight against COVID-19 in Jul 2020.

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Sri Lanka: Asian island nation

Ceylon was changed into Sri Lanka on 22 May 1972

Sri Lanka's Capital is Colombo.

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British Airways resumed its direct flight operations after nearly 40 years in October 2020.

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China has provided 12 T16 high-tech farm drones to Pakistan to help combat locusts.

China will also send technical support staff to operate the drones and train local operators.

The operator can control five drones at the same time without actually being on the field.

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• Pakistan's economic freedom score is 54.8, making its economy the 135th freest in the 2020 Index.

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The commemorative Postage Stamp has denomination of Rs.20 and will be available for sale at all important post offices across Pakistan.

Pakistan Post has issued a commemorative postage stamp in connection with World Population Day at the request of the United Nations Population Fund and Population Council.

World Population Day is an annual event, observed on July 11 every year, which seeks to raise awareness of global population issues. It was inspired by the public interest in Five Billion Day on July 11, 1987, the approximate date on which the world’s population reached five billion people.

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Pakistan aims to generate 30% of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2030 such as wind, solar, biomass and small-scale hydro. This will complement the 27% of current electricity supply coming from large-scale hydro.

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Yousaf Saleem is a Pakistani jurist. He is first ever blind judge in Pakistan. He took oath on 26 June 2018. He was gold medalist of University of the Punjab LLB program in 2014. He also topped written judicial exam out of 6,500 candidates in 2017.

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Pakistan Oilf­i­elds Ltd (POL) reported hyd­r­ocarbons discovery in exploratory well in Tal block, Mamikhel South-01 Khyber Pakhtoonthwa.

The company holds 21 per cent stake in the Tal Block, while the Ola and Gas and Development Company and Pakistan Petroleum own 27.8pc each. MOL is the operator of the block with 8.4pc interest.

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• The Matiari-Lahore transmission project is an 878 km-long, 660 kV HVDC transmission line under CPEC and China's BRI.
• This project aims to enhance Pakistan's electricity transmission capacity and connectivity.