Explanation

Serena Williams awarded Princess of Asturias Award for Sports 2025

She was awarded in recognition of her extraordinary sporting career

She is a professional tennis player.

She is an American athlete.

Additional Info:

Spanish badminton player Carolina Marin was awarded Princess of Asturias Award for Sports 2024.

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Explanation

Pakistan will host the Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organisation (ASOCIO) Digital Summit in November 2026.

24 member countries will participate in this summit.

Additional Info:

ASOCIO is a federation of national IT associations across Asia and Oceania.

The 2025 edition is taking place in November 2025 in Taipei.

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Explanation

In 2025, Bangladesh became the first country in South Asia to join the United Nations (UN) Water Convention.

The UN Water Convention is officially called the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes.

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About G20 summit 2025

Venue: South Africa

Theme: Solidarity, equality, and sustainability

Note: Donald Trump has said the US will not attend the G20 summit in South Africa over widely discredited claims that white people are being persecuted in the country.

Note: 19th G20 summit has held in Brazil in 2024

Additional information:

G20, Group of the Twenty, is a global organization

G20 was founded in 1999

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Explanation

The current Federal Minister of Science and Technology is Khalid Hussain Magsi.

 Sworn in on 07 March 2025

 He replaced Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui

 Updated on 07 Dec 2025

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Explanation

The world’s oldest former Olympic champion, ex-track cyclist Charles Coste has died

Coste won gold at the 1948 London Olympics and was a torch bearer at the 2024 Paris Games.

He died in 2025 at the age of 101.

He was the oldest living Olympic champion.

He belonged to France.

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In 2025, Pakistani security forces killed 22 terrorists, including the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) second-in-command, in three separate operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.

Four terrorists, including the “high-value target” Amjad alias Mazahim, were killed.

Additional Info:

According to ISPR, Amjad was a deputy to TTP chief Noor Wali Mehsud and headed the group’s Rehbari Shura.

He was wanted by law enforcement agencies and carried a Rs5 million bounty.

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Explanation

Know About World Happiness Index 2025

Published by UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network

Total countries included: 147

Topper: Finland

Bottom: Afghanistan (147)

Pakistan: 109

India: 118

Note: Finland topped this ranking for the 8th conservative year in 2025

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Explanation

Know About Human Development Index 2025

Topper: Iceland

Bottom: South Sudan

Pakistan’s Ranking: 168

Total Countries: 193

Indian Ranking: 130th

Released by: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Theme 2025: A matter of choice: People and possibilities in the age of AI

Additional Information:

Human Development Index was developed by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq in 1990.

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