Explanation

Global Hunger Index 2024

Edition: 19th

Total countries: 127

Pakistan: 109

Worst ranking: Somalia (127)

Topper: Belarus

Additional Information:

Global Hunger Index 2024 is published by Concern Worldwide, an Irish humanitarian organisation, and Welthungerhilfe, a German aid agency

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About Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology 2024

Co-Winners: Victor Ambros & Gary Ruvkun (American Scientists)

They are awarded for discovery of microRNA, which helps determine how cells develop and function

miscroRNA plays a key role in regulating gene activity.

Additional Information About Nobel Prize in Medicine 2023

Co-winners: Katalin Kariko (Hungary) & Drew Weissman (USA) 

For their work which helped develop Covid vaccines in early 2020

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Explanation

Balochistan reported the highest number of polio cases in Pakistan in 2024:

Balochistan: Reported the most cases with 27 infections

Sindh: Reported 23 cases

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Reported 22 cases

Islamabad: Reported one case

Punjab: Reported one case

Explanation

On 8 December 2024, HTS-led rebel forces captured Damascus, forcing Bashar al-Assad to flee.

Assad sought refuge in Russia while a caretaker government started dismantling the Ba'athist regime.

Explanation

Pakistan approached the IMF in 2024 to secure funding aimed at stabilizing its balance of payments, a situation where it didn’t have enough foreign exchange to pay for imports and debt obligations.

The IMF assistance helps rebuild foreign currency reserves, meet external debt servicing needs, and restore investor confidence.

Explanation

France has become the first country in the world to give constitutional right to abortion.

In 2024, France became the first country in the world to explicitly include the right to abortion in its constitution.
Abortion means اسقاط حمل

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Explanation

President Emmanuel Macron of France was awarded the Olympic Order in gold.

This prestigious distinction was bestowed upon him by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in recognition of his unwavering support for the Olympic Games Paris 2024 and his commitment to the Olympic ideals championed by Pierre de Coubertin.

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Explanation

In 2024, the joint military exercise between Pakistan and Oman was called "Mountain Lynx 1" or "Washq Al Jabal 1".

This exercise involved the Royal Army of Oman, units from the Pakistani Army, and the Royal Air Force of Oman.

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• • Six new countries Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, Argentina, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates were invited to become members of BRICS.
  • Five countries became full members of BRICS on Jan 1, 2024.
  • However, Argentina declined to join BRICS.

• Know everything about BRICS: 
• BRICS founded: June 2009
  
• BRICS Member countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
  
• BRICS total members: 10 
• South Africa joined BRICS: 2010
• BRICS headquarters: Shanghai, China
• BRICS first conference hosted by: Russia (2009) 

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Khalil Haqqani served as the Acting Minister of Refugees and Repatriation in the Taliban's interim government from September 7, 2021.

He was a senior leader of the Haqqani Network, a powerful faction within the Taliban.

Khalil Haqqani was assassinated on December 11, 2024.