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Ryadh is the capital of Saudi Arabia.

Permission was given after request from UAE.

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Abu Dhabi is the capital of UAE.

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The Global Innovation Index is compiled by the World Intellectual Property Organisation, INSEAD business school and Cornell University which publishes its annual rankings after evaluating innovations in the country’s institutions, human capital and research, infrastructure, market and business sophistication, knowledge and technology outputs and creative outputs.

The report showed Pakistan’s ranking in terms of market sophistication fell from 102 in 2019 to 116 in 2020.

Pakistan ranked only better than Bangladesh (116) but was far behind India (48), Nepal (95), Sri Lanka (101).

Meanwhile, Switzerland, Sweden, the US and the UK lead the innovation ranking.

It was the 13th addition of this report.

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SCO stands for Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

Headquarters located in Beijing, China.

SCO has 8 member countries, 4 are central Asian countries, Russia, China, India and Pakistan ??.

Both india and Pakistan became member of SCO in 2017.

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USA is on second position while India is on third position.

Beijing is the capital while Yuan is the currency of China.

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Recently both Israel and UAE signed a deal to normalize diplomatic ties.

This agreement is known as "Abraham Accord".

UAE is the first Gulf country to establish diplomatic ties with Israel.

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel while Abu Dhabi is the capital of UAE.

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Hassan Diab was the previous prime minister of Lebanon and he resigned because of recent Beirut explosion.

Beirut is the capital of Lebanon.

Beirut witnessed explosion in August 2020.

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Pound Sterling is the currency while London is the capital of United Kingdom (UK).

Boris Johnson is the current prime minister of UK.

Global Vaccines Summit held on June 4, 2020.

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This resolution was drafted by France.

Beirut is the capital of Lebanon.

UNSC is a 15 member council out of which 5 are permanent members while 10 are non permanent members.

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Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Cup 2024

Edition: 30th

Venue: Malaysia

Winner: Japan (first title)

Runner-up: Pakistan

Starting date: 4 May 2024

Closing date: 11 May 2024

Participating teams: 06

Total matches played: 12

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