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The first inaugural flight of British Airways flight BA-259 from London to Lahore with 194 passengers and 22 crew members arrived on October 13, 2020.

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The Pakistan International Airlines has announced its decision to operate cargo flights to Saudi Arabia to boost exports

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Ethiopia is at the top of the list with the number of people facing starvation and death expected to rise to 401,000. According to UN  hunger is expected to rise in 23 global hotspots. 

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China has provided 12 T16 high-tech farm drones to Pakistan to help combat locusts.

China will also send technical support staff to operate the drones and train local operators.

The operator can control five drones at the same time without actually being on the field.

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The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has issued notices to Google Inc and Wikipedia for "disseminating sacrilegious content"

"The platform has been issued the notice under the Removal and Blocking of Unlawful Online Content (Procedure, Oversight and Safeguard) Rules 2020 to remove sacrilegious content to avoid any legal action by the regulator."

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Pakistan Oilf­i­elds Ltd (POL) reported hyd­r­ocarbons discovery in exploratory well in Tal block, Mamikhel South-01 Khyber Pakhtoonthwa.

The company holds 21 per cent stake in the Tal Block, while the Ola and Gas and Development Company and Pakistan Petroleum own 27.8pc each. MOL is the operator of the block with 8.4pc interest.

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The commemorative Postage Stamp has denomination of Rs.20 and will be available for sale at all important post offices across Pakistan.

Pakistan Post has issued a commemorative postage stamp in connection with World Population Day at the request of the United Nations Population Fund and Population Council.

World Population Day is an annual event, observed on July 11 every year, which seeks to raise awareness of global population issues. It was inspired by the public interest in Five Billion Day on July 11, 1987, the approximate date on which the world’s population reached five billion people.

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Pakistan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on November 27, 2020 signed a $300 million policy-based loan to help promote macroeconomic stability through improved trade competitiveness and export diversification.

The loan agreement was signed by Secretary Economic Affairs Noor Ahmed and ADB`s Country Director Xiaohong Yang. Minister for Economic Affairs Khusro Bakhtyar witnessed the signing ceremony.

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 The missiles were fired from surface ships, fixed and rotary-wing aircraft.

Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi witnessed the firing of the missiles.

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 Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved the setting up of the National Intelligence Coordination Committee (NICC), a senior security source said on November 23, 2020.

 The new body would be led by the director general of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), who would function as its chairman.