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FATF meeting held on 24 February 2023

Suspended membership of Russia over war in Ukraine

South Africa and Nigeria: Kept in gray list

Morocco and Cambodia: Removed from gray list 

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Bombing took place in Bajaur district KPK in a political gathering organised by the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl

Deaths: More than 50

Injured: More than 150

Incident Date: 30 July 2023

Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) claimed the responsibility of the attack. 

Explanation

Justice Shahid Karim of the Lahore High Court annulled Section 124-A, of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), dealing with Sedition .

Judgment date: 30 March 2023

Section 124-A is known as the ‘sedition law’.

Sedition means بغاوت

لاہور ہائیکورٹ نے بغاوت کی دفعہ 124 اے تعزیرات پاکستان کو کالعدم قرار دے دیا۔

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On 15 November 2023, Babar Azam announced that he was stepping down as the Pakistan cricket captain in all formats.

Babar Azam was first made the T20 captain in 2019, before taking charge of the Test and ODI teams in 2020.

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Global Artificial Intelligence Index 2023

First: USA

Second: China

Third: United Kingdom

Pakistan: 62

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International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation is observed on February 6.

Sponsor: UNO

Introduced: 2003

Theme 2023: Partnership with men & boys to transform social and gender norms to end Female Genital Mutilation

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World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global health emergence on 23 July 2022.

Europe is the epicenter of the outbreak.

monkeypox is a rare viral zoonotic disease that is caused by infection with the monkeypox virus.

There are now more than 16 thousand reported cases from 75 countries and territories, and five deaths as of 23 July 2023.

Monkeypox was first discovered in central Africa in the 1950s.

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The Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Assembly on June 30, 2022 approved the budget for the fiscal year 2022-23 (FY23) with an outlay of Rs119.3 billion.

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India’s Virat Kohli became the fastest batter to reach 13,000 ODI runs during the Asia Cup Super 4 against Pakistan at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

The 34-year-old record of fellow Indian veteran Sachin Tendulkar (321 innings), by achieving in just 267 innings.