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Ryadh is the capital of Saudi Arabia.

Permission was given after request from 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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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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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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It is claimed to be world's most powerful hydrogen bomb.

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Tehran is the capital of Iran.

Qasim Suleimani was recently killed by US strike in Iraq.

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 A pair of gold-plated glasses worn by Mahatma Gandhi has sold in Britain for 260,000 pounds ($340,000), the auction house said.

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China has recently successfully launched a new optical remote-sensing satellite "Gaofen-9 05" from its Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Northwest China.

This program was initiated in 2010.

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