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The current largest army in the world, by number of active troops, is the PLA Ground Force of China with 1,600,000 active troops and 510,000 reserve personnel.

Beijing is the capital of China.

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The world’s first dual-mode vehicle, equally at home on road and rail, is set to make its public debut on 25-01-2021 in Japan’s Tokushima prefecture.

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The satellite abbreviated as ET-Smart-RSS was launched from China Wenchang spacecraft launch site as on December 23, 2020

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Researchers at the University College of London have created a new world record for the fastest internet in the world.

World's fastest internet speed has now been set at 178 TB.

Prior world record in Australia 44.2 Tbps.

With the help of this, entire Netflix can be downloaded in 1 second.

London is the capital and largest city while Pound Sterling is the currency of England.

Boris Johnson is the PM of  England.

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In February 2023, the Black Galaxy or ‘Invisible galaxy’ was discovered by researchers in Italy.

It was found and characterised using the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array.

The Black Galaxy is compact and has a large amount of interstellar dust.

It is forming stars at a rate 1,000 times faster than the Milky Way.

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In March 2023, Iran discovered a lithium deposit in the western province of Hamedan.

It is found to contain around 8.5 million metric tons of lithium ore.

Lithium is a soft, silver-white metal belonging to the alkali metal group of elements.

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Kenya launched its first ‘Taifa-1’ earth observation satellite.

Taifa-1 means Nation One.

Taifa-1 will operate for five years

Launched from rocket of Space X

Space X belongs to USA

Launching Date: 15 April 2023

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In April 2023, Japan discovered the uranium isotope 'Uranium-241'

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Australia will remove the British monarch from its currency notes on its $5 note with a design honouring Indigenous culture.

British monarch: Queen Elizabeth II

Announced made on 2 February 2023.

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In December 2022, South Africa and Kenya announced the Just Transition Initiative to put an end to plastic pollution in an inclusive manner.