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• Name: International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
• Date: 26 June (every year)
• Declared by: United Nations (UN)
• First Observed: 1989
• Purpose: Awareness against drug abuse and illegal trade

Last verified on 16-05-2026

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• World Environment Day is on 5 June.
• First observed in the city of Spokane in the USA in 1974.
• Established by the UN General Assembly in 1972.
• It is also called Eco Day.

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• 2020: Time for Nature in Colombia
• 2021: Ecosystem restoration in Pakistan
• 2022: Only One Earth in Sweden
• 2023: Solutions to Plastic Pollution in the Ivory Coast
• 2024: Land restoration, desertification, and drought resilience in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• 2025: Ending plastic pollution in South Korea

Last verified on 16-05-2026

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• Name: International Literacy Day
• Date: 8 September (every year)
• Declared by: UNESCO
• Year declared: 26 October 1966
• First celebration: 1967

Last verified on 16-05-2026

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• Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have signed a landmark Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement.
• Signed on 17 September 2025.
• This agreement is being considered the most significant upgrade in Pakistan-Saudi defence relations in decades.
• Signed in Al-Yamamah palace Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• Singed by Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

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• This agreement comes in the wake of Israel’s strike on Qatari capital Doha on 9 September 2025.

 Last verified on 10-02-2026