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International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed across the globe every year on 17 October to raise awareness about the people who are struggling and living in poverty.

Theme 2024: Ending Social and Institutional Maltreatment 

Theme 2025: Ending social and institutional maltreatment by ensuring respect and effective support for families

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The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to South African jurist and human rights champion Navanethem "Navi" Pillay.

Honored for her lifelong efforts to promote peace and uphold international law.

Awarded by Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo, Norway.

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Maria Corina Machado of Venezuela won the Nobel Peace Prize 2025 for promoting democratic rights in her country.

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The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded jointly to Henri B. Kagan of France and Kenso Soai of Japan "for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis".

About Chemistry Nobel Prize 2025

Scientists awarded: Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi

Field of study: Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)

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• Winner: The Architects of AI.
• Announcement date: 11 December 2025.
• Organization: TIME magazine, USA.

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• 2024: Donald Trump was named Person of the Year.
• 2023: Taylor Swift was named Person of the Year.

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The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to a Belgian-born physicist Francis Halzen.

He helped develop the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, which uses Antarctic ice and light sensors to detect tiny particles called neutrinos arriving from distant cosmic sources.

About Nobel Prize in Physics 2025

Co-winners: John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis

Awarded for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit

The trio belongs to the USA.

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The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was jointly awarded to three scientists

1.      Karl Deisseroth from Stanford University of the USA.

2.     Peter Hegemann from Humboldt University of Germany.

3.      Georg Nagel from University of Würzburg of Germnay.

Awarded for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.

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The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi for discovering how the immune system decides what to attack or protect.

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The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was jointly awarded to three scientists

1.      Karl Deisseroth from Stanford University of the USA.

2.     Peter Hegemann from Humboldt University of Germany.

3.      Georg Nagel from University of Würzburg of Germnay.

Awarded for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.

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The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi for discovering how the immune system decides what to attack or protect.

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• IBRD (World Bank): 11 July 1950

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• United Nations (UN/UNO): 30 September 1947.
• FAO: 7 September 1947.
• Commonwealth of Nations: 1947; withdrew in 1972 and rejoined in 1989. 
• WHO: 1948.
• UNESCO: 1949.
• IMF: 11 July 1950. 
• SEATO: 1954; dissolved in 1977.
• CENTO: 1955; dissolved in 1979.
• OIC: 1969.
• SAARC: 1985.
• WTO: 1995.
• Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO): 9 June 2017.

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• Lima was originally named Ciudad de los Reyes, meaning “City of Kings.”
• Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro founded Lima on 18 January 1535.
• The name is associated with the Feast of the Epiphany in the Christian calendar.

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• Capital: Lima
• Country: Peru
• Continent: South America

Last verified on 15-10-2026

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