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Svante Paabo won the 2022 Noble Prize in Medicine for Sequencing the genome of the Neanderthal

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• Svante Pääbo won the 2022 Nobel Prize for his discoveries in human evolution. 
• The Sweden-based geneticist produced a full Neanderthal genome by extracting genetic material from 40,000-year-old bones
• research led to the first mRNA vaccines to fight COVID-19
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• Svante Pääbo ForMemRS is a Swedish geneticist who specializes in the field of evolutionary genetics.
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Six Pakistanis were among 117 UN peacekeepers who were awarded UN medals of courage on May 26, 2022 for sacrificing their lives for the cause of peace.

 Five of the six Tahir Ikram, Tahir Mehmood, Mohammed Naeem, Adil Jan and Mohammed Shafiq were from the armed forces, while the sixth, Ibrar Syed, was a civilian.

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In Summer Olympic Games 2024, Novak Djokovic becomes oldest player to win Olympic gold.

He won Olympic medal at the age of 37.

He is a professional tennis player. 

He belongs to Serbia. 

He triumphs in a 2-hour, 50-minute final against Carlos Alcaraz at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

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About Literature Nobel Prize 2024

Winner: Han Kang

She is the author of South Korea.

She is the first woman of South Korea to win Nobel Prize in Literature.  

Additional Inormation: 

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2023 was awarded to Norwegian author Jon Fosse.

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About Nobel Prize in Medicine 2023

Co-winners: Katalin Kariko & Drew Weissman

Katalin Kariko belongs to Hungary

Drew Weissman belongs to USA

For their work which helped develop Covid vaccines in early 2020

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Lionel Messi became the first footballer to receive the ‘American Presidential Medal of Freedom’.

He is a professional footballer of Argentina.

He received this award on 5 January 2025 from US president Joe Biden.  

Additional Information:

Presidential Medal of freedom is the highest civilian award of the United States of America.

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Lionel Messi became the first footballer to receive the ‘American Presidential Medal of Freedom’.

He is a professional footballer of Argentina.

He received this award on 5 January 2025 from US president Joe Biden.  

Additional Information:

Presidential Medal of freedom is the highest civilian award of the United States of America.

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Lionel Messi became the first footballer to receive the ‘American Presidential Medal of Freedom’.

He is a professional footballer of Argentina.

He received this award on 5 January 2025 from US president Joe Biden.  

Additional Information:

Presidential Medal of freedom is the highest civilian award of the United States of America.

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Academy award/Oscar award 2021

Edition: 93rd  

Date: 25 March 2021

Venue: Dolly Theater, Los Angeles (USA)

Best Director: Chloe Zhao (China)

Oscar Award is given by the US Academy of Motion Picture arts & Sciences

First Oscar: 16 May 1929