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As per WHO, Jordan become the first country in the world to be officially verified as having eliminated leprosy.

This significant milestone marks a new era in global public health efforts.

Jordan was declared leprosy free in Sep 2024.

WHO stands for World Health Organization.

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The ambassador of Russia has been barred from 2022 Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm because of the war in Ukraine.

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In Sri Lanka, the proposed 21st amendment to the Constitution, aimed at curbing the unfettered powers of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, was presented before the Cabinet in May 2022.

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China has reportedly become the world’s first country to have successfully sent the 6G communications test satellite into the orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the Shanxi Province. 

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In October 2022, Poland chose the U.S. government and Westinghouse to build its first nuclear power plant, part of an effort to burn less coal and gain greater energy independence.

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In October 2022, Saudi endurance swimmer and dentist Mariam bin Laden swam from Saudi Arabia to Egypt, becoming the first Arab and Saudi woman to achieve such a feat.