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• The Three Gorges Dam is the world's largest power station
• Installed capacity (22,500 MW)
• Three Gorges Dam: hydroelectric gravity dam
• Location: Yangtze River, Central China
• River: Yangtze River (3rd longest in the world).
• Operation: Fully operational since 2012. 

Last updated on 09-03-2026

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• 10 Downing Street, colloquially known as Number 10.
• It is the official residence and office of the British Prime Minister.
• It located on Downing Street in London's City of Westminster.

Additional information:

• It was constructed between 1682 and 1684 by architect Kenton Couse.
• The building, over 300 years old, boasts approximately 100 rooms.
• It was officially designated on 14 January 1970.

Last verified on 02-02-2026

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World Wetlands Day is celebrated on February 2 every year.

This day is an environmentally related celebration.

First celebrated on February 2, 1971.

Theme 2025: Protecting Wetlands for Our Common Future

The 2026 theme is “Wetlands and Traditional Knowledge”

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Sharif Osman Bin Hadi was a Bangladeshi political and cultural activist, writer, and teacher

He was the co-founder and spokesperson of Inqilab Moncho.

On 12 December 2025, Hadi was shot in the Paltan area of Dhaka

Born: 30 June 1993, Nalchity, Jhalakathi District, Bangladesh

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 Ahmed Ben Bella was an Algerian politician and soldier

He served as the head of government of Algeria from 27 September 1962 to 15 September 1963

He was the first president of Algeria from 15 September 1963 to 19 June 1965.

He was born on 25 December 1916 in Maghnia

Died: 11 April 2012 (aged 95) Algiers, Algeria

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Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad was a Libyan field marshal

He served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Libyan Army from 2020 until 2025

He died in a plane crash on 23 December 2025 (aged 57–58).

The highest-ranking Libyan officer in the Government of National Unity (GNU),

Al-Haddad was born in Misrata in 1967

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Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bin Baz was a famous Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar

known as Ibn Baz or Bin Baz

The second Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia from 1993 to 1999. 

 He passed away in 1999 at the age of 88 or 90. 

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Pakistan has sold 40 JF-17 Thunder Block III aircraft to Azerbaijan

The total deal is worth around $4.6 billion,

 This is considered the largest export contract in Pakistan's defense industry history. 

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A data array stores multiple elements of the same type in contiguous memory locations.

Each element can be accessed directly using an index.

Arrays provide efficient memory storage and quick access.

They are a basic and widely used data structure in programming.

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The ripening of fruits is a biochemical process.

Oxygen is essential for cellular respiration, which drives ripening.

It helps in conversion of starches to sugars and softening of fruit tissue.

Controlled oxygen levels are used in storage and packaging to manage ripening.