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Over the last few years, Facebook has been heavily criticized for its impact on news distribution, and its subsequent influence on political and societal shifts. Now, we're about to get a case study in whether those criticisms are actually justified, with The Social Network set to block all news content in Australia due to disagreement over the Australian Government's proposed new media bargaining laws.

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Correct Answer: 35 per cent

United Nation Inter Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation was recently released for the first time titled “A neglected tragedy: The Global Burden of Stillbirths”.

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In March 2023, Ales Baliatski of Belarus, has been sentenced to 10 years in Jail.

Case: Smuggling money & finance of opposition's protests in Belarus

Note: The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organization Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties.

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Ukraine’s interior minister was among 16 people, including two children, who were killed when a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten outside the capital Kyiv on 18 January 2023.

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India has highest rate of bribery in Asia, Transparency International survey finds

A survey conducted by Transparency International (TI) has found that India has the highest rate of bribery in the region.

The results of the survey — the Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) – Asia — which were released on November 26, 2020 showed that India also had the highest rate of people using personal connections to access public services. 

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Wagner Group (a private militia) revolted against Russian Army in June 2023.

Wagner Group took control of Russia’s military headquarters at Rostov.

Wagner group led by Warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin

On 25 June 2023, a truce was brokered by Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko.

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ICC issued war crimes warrant against: Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin: Russian President

Warrant date: March 17, 2023

Case: war crime accusation of unlawfully deporting Ukrainian children

Know About ICC 

ICC: International Criminal Court 

Headquarters: The Hague, Netherlands 

Founded: 1 July 2002

Membership: 123

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On 30 October 2022, at least 153 people were crushed to death when a crowd in South Korea surged in an alleyway during Halloween festivities.

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Hardeep Singh Nijjar was a Sikh separatist leader involved with the Khalistan movement

Born: 11 October 1977 (India)

Allegedly killed by Indian agencies: 18 June 2023

On 18 September 2023, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused India's government of involvement in killing of Canadian Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar

Canada expelled an Indian diplomat from the country.

India's foreign ministry also expelled a top Canadian diplomat in a tit-for-tat move

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On 23 March 2023, hundreds of thousands of protesters marched against President Emmanuel Macron's plan to raise the pension age in France.