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• On 8 January 2024, Pakistani shooter Kishmala Talat qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics after bagging a silver medal at the Asian Shooting Championship in Jakarta, Indonesia.
• Kishmala Talat is the first Pakistani female shooter to qualify for the Paris Olympics 2024.
  
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As per WHO, Jordan become the first country in the world to be officially verified as having eliminated leprosy.

This significant milestone marks a new era in global public health efforts.

Jordan was declared leprosy free in Sep 2024.

WHO stands for World Health Organization.

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Cristiano Ronaldo surpassed one billion followers across his social media platforms, a milestone bolstered by the rapid success of his new YouTube channel, which has already garnered over 60 million subscribers in just over three weeks.

He achieved this milestone in Sep 2024

He is a professional footballer from Portugal.

Additional Info

Ronaldo also became the first footballer to score his 900th career goal (in Sep 2024)

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About SCO Heads of Government Meeting 2024

Edition: 23rd 

Venue: Jinnah Convention Centre, Islamabad

Starting date: 15 Oct 2024

Ending date: 16 Oct 2024

Chairmanship: Pakistan  

Non-Participation: Afghanistan 

Indian Paticipataion: S. Jaishankar

Additional Information

SCO, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, is an organization 

Having 10 member states with its headquarters in Beijing, China

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About ACC Under-19 Cricket Asia Cup 2024

Edition: 11th

Starting date: 29 Nov 2024

Final Held: 8 Dec 2024

Participating teams: 5

Winner: Bangladesh

Runner-up: India

Additional Information

ACC, Asian Cricket Council, is a cricket organization which was established in 1983, to promote and develop the sport of Cricket in Asia. 

Explanation

As per WHO, Jordan become the first country in the world to be officially verified as having eliminated leprosy.

This significant milestone marks a new era in global public health efforts.

Jordan was declared leprosy free in Sep 2024.

WHO stands for World Health Organization.

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Explanation

Jannik Sinner defeated Taylor Fritz in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2024 US Open.

Sinner became the first Italian man to win the US Open singles title and the first Italian man in the Open Era to win multiple major titles.

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Additional Info:

The US Open Tennis Championships, commonly called the US Open, is a tennis tournament organized by the United States Tennis Association annually in New York City

Explanation

• $11.25 million is the total prize fund for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024
• Edition: 9th

• Host nations: USA & West Indies

• Matches: 55

• Participating teams: 20

Explanation

In May 2024, a Japanese consortium unveiled the world's first high-speed 6G prototype gadget

It will be 20 times faster than 5G. 

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Explanation

25 May has been proclaimed by the United Nations as World Football Day.

25 May marks the 100th anniversary of the first international football tournament in history which took place on May 25, 1924 in Paris.

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