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UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Total seats: 58

Votes: 157

Tenure: 2023 to 2027 (4 years)

Previous term: 2019 to 2023

Session: 42nd Session of the General Conference held in Paris

Head: Audrey Azoulay

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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

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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Arab League summit 2023

Edition: 32

Venue: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 

Date: 19 May 2023

Presided over by: Muhammad bin Salman 

Participants: 22

The Arab League is a regional organization in the Arab World 

Founded: March 22, 1945

Headquarters located in Cairo, Egypt

Members: 22 

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In 2023, the Tu-160 strategic bomber has been deployed in Ukraine by Russia.

 Tu-160 strategic bomber is the world’s largest bomber, known as the Blackjack in NATO countries.

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In March 2023, The United Kingdom (UK) government has introduced a new emergency alert service for its citizens.

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Santiago Pena has become the president Paraguay, assuming office in August 2023.

Paraguay is a country located in South America.

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Priyanshu Rajawat won Orleans Masters 2023 men's singles title.

Runner-up:  Magnus Johnsson (Denmark)

Held: 9 April 2023

Priyanshu Rajawat is a badminton player from India.

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Russia started exercises with the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in March 2023.

ICBM range: 12, 000 km (7,500 miles)

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A New York grand jury indicted Donald Trump over hush money payments made to a porn star during his 2016 campaign, making him the first former US president to face criminal charges.

Hush Money: راز چھپانے کیلئے کسی کو رقم دینا

Judgement date: 30 March 2023

Note: Donald Trump served as US president from 2017 to 2021