Explanation

Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) 2023

Edition: 49th

Dates: 16-17 March

Venue: Nouakchott, Mauritania

Representor of Pakistan: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Explanation

UAE Hosted First I2U2 Vice-Ministerial Meeting to Discuss Investment Opportunities

Participants: India, Israel, the United States and the UAE

Date: February 21-22, 2023

About I2U2

Established: October 2021

First virtual summit: July 2022

The quadrilateral I2U2 stands for “I” for India and Israel and “U” for the US and UAE. 

Explanation

BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting 2023

Edition: 19th 

Venue: Bangkok, Thailand 

Date: 9 March 2023

BIMSTEC: Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation 

Explanation

2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup

Edition: First

Venue: South Africa

Winner: India

Runner-up: England

Final held: 29 January 2023

Participating teams: 16

Matches played: 41

Player of the series: Grace Scrivens (England)

Most runs made by: Shweta Sehrawat of India (297 runs)

Most wickets taker: Maggie Clark of Australia (12 wickets)

Explanation

FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 (football)

Edition: 9th

Venue: Australia, New Zealand

Final held: 20 August 2023

Final venue: Sydney

Winner: Spain

Runner-up: England

Third position: Sweden

Participating teams: 32

Total matched: 64

Official mascot: Tazuni

Total goals scored: 164

Top scorer: Hinata Miyazawa from Japan (5 goals)

Best player: Aitana Bonmatí from Spain

Best young player: Salma Paralluelo from Spain

Best goalkeeper : Mary Earps from England

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Explanation

• About ACC men's Emerging Asia Cup 2023
• Edition: Fifth 
• Venue: Sri Lanka
• Winner: Pakistan (Second time) 
• Runner-Up: India 
• Final held: 23 July 2023
• Total teams: 8
• Pakistan won by: 128 runs
• Total matches: 15
• Player of the series: Nishant Sindhu (India)
• Most runs made by: Avishka Fernando (Sri Lanka)
• Most wickets taken by:  Nishant Sindhu (India)
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Explanation

Naruemol Chaiwai has been named the ICC Women's Player of the Month for April 2023.

Naruemol Chaiwai is a batter from Thailand.

Explanation

Luca Brecel defeated Mark Selby to win World Snooker Championship 2023 final.

Luca Brecel belongs to Belgium.

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• SCO virtual summit 2023
• Held: 4 July 2023
• Pakistan represented by: Shahbaz Sharif (PM)

• Host: India (first time)

• New member: Iran (9th member)
• Theme: Towards a SECURE SCO

• On 9 June, 2017 India and Pakistan became full members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).

• The SCO Headquarters: Beijing, China

• The SCO Founded: June 15, 2001
• The SCO currently comprises of nine Members States (China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Iran and Uzbekistan), four Observer States

• On 9 July 2023, Iran became 9th member of SCO. 

Explanation

• Somalia has been declared most corrupt country in Corruption Perception Index 2023
• Total countries: 180
• Topper: Denmark
• Pakistan: 133 
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