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• Winner: Abdulrazak Gurnah
  • Award: Nobel Prize in Literature 2021
  • Presented by: The Swedish Academy
  • Recognition: For “uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee.”

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Alfred Nobel (a Swedish chemist) initiated Nobel Prize in:

• Peace
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Physiology or Medicine
• Literature

In 1901, Nobel Prize was first awarded in Stockholm, Sweden,

expected the Peace Prize in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway.

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Nobel Prize in Economics started in 1968

In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden's central bank) established the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize

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• The Shri Katas Raj Temples is also known as Qila Katas.
• The temple is located in Choa Saidanshah, Chakwal, near the M2 Motorway.
• The temples were established by the Hindu Shahis between the mid-7th and 10th centuries.

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Energy is measured in units of kilocalories

One kilocalorie  is equal to 4.18 kilojoules.

The amount of energy a food contains per gram is known as its energy density,

So we can describe fat as more energy-dense than protein or carbohydrate.

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A mouse helps users select items and point to objects on the computer screen.

It is a primary input device for graphical user interfaces.

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The One Unit was the reorganization of the provinces of Pakistan .

Prime Minister Muhammad Ali Bogra led it on 22 November 1954.

and passed on 30 September 1955

This program merged the four provinces of West Pakistan into a single province to parallel the province of East Pakistan

• West Punjab
• Sind
• NWFP
• Baluchistan

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The One Unit scheme was dissolved on July 1, 1970

General Yahya Khan imposed Legal Framework Order No. 1970 to end the program

and reinstate the provisional status of the Four Provinces as of August 1947.

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The SI unit of electric charge is the coulomb, represented by the symbol C.

One coulomb is the amount of charge that passes through a conductor carrying one ampere of current for one second.

It's also equal to the charge of about 6.24 quintillion electrons or protons.

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The VLOOKUP function in Excel is used to search for a value in the first column of a range

And return a value in the same row from a specified column.

It is commonly used for looking up data in a table or range.

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• Observed: 9 December every year

  • Purpose: Raise awareness about corruption and promote anti-corruption efforts.
  • Established by: the United Nations.

• 2026–2027 Campaign: “Connecting the Dots: Exposing the Links Between Corruption and Crime”.