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FIFA: Federation International de Football Association

FIFA Founded: May 21, 1904 (in France)

FIFA Headquarters: Switzerland

Membership: 211 National Associations

President: Gianni Infantino

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About men’s Cricket World Cup 2023

Edition: 13th

Format: One Day International (ODI)

Venue: India

Winner: Australia (sixth title)

Staring date: 5 October

Final date: 19 November

Runners-up: India

Participating teams: 10

Total Matches: 48

Note: This is the first time India hosting the tournament solely

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India is the winner of Asian Hockey championship

The 2016 Men's Asian Champions Trophy was the fourth edition of the Men's Asian Champions Trophy.

The tournament was held in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia from 20 to 30 October 2016.

India defeated the defending champions Pakistan 3–2 in the final to win the trophy for the second time.

pakistan has won 2 Asian Hockey championship

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22 April is celebrated as  World Earth Day

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Every year on April 22, Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970

Senator Gaylord Nelson made Earth Day on April 22

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 On the night of  September 7, 2013,  President Jack Roge of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)  announced Tokyo as the host city for the 2020 Olympics.

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Shatt al-Arab River is a transboundary river that forms the border between Iraq and Iran.

• Location: Forms the border between Iraq and Iran, and flows into the Persian Gulf.
• Formation: Formed by the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers near Qurnah, Iraq.
• Width: Varies from 120 ft (37 m) at Basra to 0.5 mile (0.8 km) at its mouth.
• Significance: Strategically important to both Iraq and Iran, which have defended their sovereignty rights over the river for centuries.
• History: The scene of prolonged and intense fighting between Iraq and Iran in the 1980s.

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The December 2023 ceasefire in Yemen was facilitated by the United Nations.

Part of the Yemeni civil war and the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict

Date: 26 March 2015 – ongoing (10 years and 2 months)

Operation Decisive Storm 26 March – 21 April 2015 (3 weeks and 6 days)

Operation Restoring Hope 22 April 2015 – present (10 years, 1 month and 4 days)

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The Fourth Geneva Convention was first adopted in 1949

It is based on parts of the Hague Convention (II) of 1899 and Hague Convention (IV) of 1907

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The First Geneva Convention was first adopted in 1864, revised in 1906,1929, and finally 1949)

The Second Geneva Convention (first adopted in 1949, the successor of the Hague Convention (X) 1907)

The Third Geneva Convention (first adopted in 1929, last revision in 1949)

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America appointed Michael Kurilla as the Commander of Centcom (United States Central Command).

He has been serving in this position since April 1, 2022.