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The world's oldest chess grandmaster Yuri Averbakh died on 7 May 2022 at the age of 100.

Yuri Averbakh belonged to Russia. 

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Cambridge Dictionary

Word of Year 2020:  Quarantine

Word of Year 2021:  Perseverance

Word of Year 2022: Homer

Word of Year 2023: Hallucinate 

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Oxford Dictionary

Word of Year 2020:  No single word chosen

Word of Year 2021: Vax

Word of Year 2022: Goblin Mode

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Know all about ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022

Edition: 8th

Hosted by: Australia

Held: 16 October to 13 November 2022

Winner: England

Runner-up: Pakistan

Australia won by: 5 Wickets

England won: second time

Participating teams: 16

Total matches: 45

Player of series: Sam Curran (England)

Most runs: Virat Kohli (296 runs)

Most wickets: Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lankan), (15 wickets)

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Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva elected president of Brazil in October 2022.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is assuming office on 1 January 2023.

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For the first time, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) put Myanmar in ‘Black List’ on 21 October 2022.

Iran and North Korea are already in Black List Category of FATF.

FATF plenary held in Paris, France from 20 to 21 October 2022.

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The 91st INTERPOL General Assembly to be held in Vienna, Austria in 2023.

2023 will also mark the 100 years of creation of INTERPOL.

INTERPOL established in 1923.

INTERPOL headquarters located in Lyon, France. 

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• Mario Molina was a Mexican chemist.

• Mario Molina was the first Mexican-born scientist to receive a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in the year 1995.

• Mario Molina died on 7 October 2020.

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Pakistan won the Asia Cup Super Four Stage by defeating Hong Kong on September 2, 2022.

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• Defense Day 
• Celebrated on: 6 September (annually)
• India attacked Lahore which resulted as war between India and Pakistan: 6 September 1965
  
• Hero of 1965 war: Raja Aziz Bhatti
• War lasted for: 17 days
• 55th defense day celebrated on 6 September 2021
• 56th defense day celebrated on 6 September 2022