Explanation

2023 national census (released on 5 August 2023)

Growth rate: 2.55 per cent

Total Pakistan population: 241.49 million

Punjab: 127.68 million

Punjab growth rate: 2.53 percent

Sindh population: 55.69 million

Sindh growth rate: 2.57 percent

Balochistan population: 14.89 million

Balochistan growth rate: 3.2 percent (highest of all)

KPK population: 40.85 million

KPK growth rate: 2.38 percent

Islamabad population: 2.36 million

Islamabad growth rate: 2.81 percent

Pakistan rural population: 61.18 percent

Pakistan Urban population: 38.82 percent

33 million population increased between 2017 and 2023 

110 million population increased between 1998 and 2023 

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Explanation

• Singles title at tennis Wimbledon 2023 (women’s category)
• Winner: Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic)
• Runner-up: Ons Jabeur (Tunis)
• Final held on 15 July 2023
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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

BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers Meeting held on 17 July 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand. 

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

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Explanation

Special Olympics World Games 2023

Edition: 16th

Venue: Berlin, Germany (hosted first time)

Final held: 25 June 2023

Pakistan won: 80 medals

Pakistan won: 29 silver medals 

Pakistan won: 40 bronze medal 

Pakistan won: 11 Gold medals

Explanation

Saudi Arabia restored diplomatic relations with Canada on in May 2023

Diplomatic ties first ruptured in 2018 when Saudi Arabia arrested several high-profile female human rights activists.

Explanation

South Asia is home to highest number of child brides in the world as increased financial pressures and school closures due to Covid forced families to marry off their young daughters, according to new estimates released by UNICEF on April 19, 2023

Explanation

In 2023, A report titled “More than a billion reasons: The urgent need to build universal social protection” was released by the International Labour Organization and UNICEF.

As per this report, only 26.4% of children between the ages of 0 and 15 are protected by social welfare programs. 

Explanation

World’s Wealthiest Cities Index 2023

Released by Henley & Partners

Topper: New York (USA)

Second: Tokyo (USA)

Explanation

Shakib Al Hasan won the ICC Men's Player of the Month Award for the month of March 2023 for the second time (first won in July 2021)

 Shakib Al Hasan belongs to Bangladesh. 

Hentriette Ishimwe won the ICC Women's Player of the Month Award for the month of March 2023.

Hentriette Ishimwe belongs to Rwanda.