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Mohamed Ould Bilal has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Mauritania. The appointment was made by the Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani. Mohamed Ould Bilal is a veteran public administrator and has served as the head of the country’s national water agency, a presidential aide and a cabinet minister.

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Lebanon’s parliament on August 13, 2020 approved a state of emergency while citing exceptional circumstances in the country after a massive explosion in Beirut on August 4.

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced that its planet hunter TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) has found 66 new exoplanets or world beyond our solar system.

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Noted Urdu poet Rahat Indori, died in a hospital in Indore on August 11, 2020.

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United States of America has successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic missile named 'Minuteman 3'.

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United States of America has issued order that would ban TikTok and WeChat in 45 days when not sold by their parent companies.

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Genoa San Giorgio bridge, which was in news recently is located in Italy.

Rome is the capital of Italy.

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Shirley Ann Grau, who passed away recently, was associated with literature.

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Mauritius has recently declared an "environmental emergency".

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Filmmaker and writer Sadia Dehlvi passed away in New Delhi on August 5, 2020 after a two-year-long battle with breast cancer. Dehlvi was admitted to a hospital recently where she was undergoing treatment. She was 63.

بھارتی لکھاری سعدیہ دہلوی 5 اگست 2020 کو انتقال کر گئیں۔