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• NATO is a military alliance.
• NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
• Founded: 4 April 1949 (Washington, USA).
• Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium
• Official Languages: English & French.
• Founding Members: 12

Total Members: 32

• European: 30
• North American: 2

Latest Member: Sweden (joined 7 March 2024)

• Muslim Member Country: Türkiye
• Pakistan: Not a NATO member

List of NATO member countries:

1. Albania
2. Belgium
3. Bulgaria
4. Canada
5. Croatia
6. Czechia
7. Denmark
8. Estonia
9. France
10. Germany
11. Greece
12. Hungary
13. Iceland
14. Italy
15. Latvia
16. Lithuania
17. Luxembourg
18. Montenegro
19. Netherlands
20. North Macedonia
21. Norway
22. Poland
23. Portugal
24. Romania
25. Slovakia
26. Slovenia
27. Spain
28. Turkiye
29. United Kingdom
30. United States
31. Finland
32. Sweden

Last verified on 17-03-2026

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• Chandrayaan-3 is India's lunar mission.
• It was successfully landed on the Moon on 23 August 2023.
• It was launched on 14 July 2023
• It was launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
• India became the first country to achieve a soft landing near the Moon's south pole.
• Space Agency: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
• Lander & Rover: Vikram (Lander) and Pragyan (Rover)
• "Chandrayaan" is a Sanskrit word meaning "Mooncraft."

Last verified on 12-07-2026

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• The 21st G20 Summit will be held in Miami, Florida, USA.
• It will be held on 14–15 December 2026.

Additional Information:

• 2025: Johannesburg, South Africa — 22–23 November 2025.
• 2024: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — 18–19 November 2024.
• 2023: New Delhi, India — 9–10 September 2023
• 2027: United Kingdom — the UK will host the G20.
• 2028: Republic of Korea (South Korea) — Korea will host the G20.
• 2029: Saudi Arabia is next in the announced future cycle.

Last verified on 12-08-2026

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Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire in 2026, reaching a net worth of over $1.1 trillion following the highly anticipated initial public offering (IPO) of his space and artificial intelligence company, SpaceX.

He belongs to the US.

He is a businessman and former public official who is the CEO and largest shareholder of Tesla and SpaceX.

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international day of the victims of enforced disappearances is observed on 30 August by UNO.

With the aim to raise awareness about the global problem of enforced disappearances.

The observance was established by the UN General Assembly in 2010, and it is marked annually on 30 August.
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About Makkah Joint Defence Agreement 2026

Signing Date: 7 August 2026

Place: Al-Safa Palace, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Signatories: Shehbaz Sharif (Pakistan), Mohammed bin Salman (Saudi Arabia), Recep Tayyip Erdogan

(Turkiye)

The agreement was signed during the Makkah Al-Mukarramah Summit for Joint Defence.

An armed attack on one member will be regarded as an attack on all three.

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• Italy became the first European country to ban ChatGPT 
• When: March 31, 2023.
• Due to privacy concerns regarding the "massive collection and storage of personal data" used to train the AI

Last updated by NA on 22-April-2026

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NDB stands for New Development Bank

NDB established: 2014

NDB established: Brazil

NDB was established by: BRICS grouping

NDB Headquarters: Shanghai, China

NDB has 10 members.

Uzbekistan officially became the tenth member and the first Central Asian country to join the New Development Bank (NDB) in 2026.

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• The Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945, at 11:01 AM.
• The atomic bomb pm Nagasaki was dropped on 9 August 1945.
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•  The United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki On August 9, 1945. 
• The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people
  
• “Fat Man” dropped an atomic bomb at 11:02 that morning.
• Little Boy was the name of the Atomic Bomb dropped on the city of Hiroshima
  
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