Explanation

Australian Open 2023 (grand slam tennis tournament)

Edition: 111th (55th in Open Era)

Venue: Melbourne Park (Australia)

Final held: 29 January 2023

Men's singles title winner: Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

Women's singles winner: Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)

Explanation

Council of Ministers (COM) is the policy making forum of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) that approves the decisions and annual work plan of the organization.

26th edition held on 23 January 2023.

Venue: Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Pakistan represented: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari

Explanation

From 4th September 2023, France will ban children from wearing the abaya – the loose-fitting, full-length robe worn by some Muslim women – in state-run schools.

Explanation

World Test Championship 2023 (cricket)

Final held: 11 June 2023

Venue: The Oval, London

Winner: Australia (first title)

Runner-up: India

Won by: 209 runs

Man of the match: Travis Head (Australia)

Explanation

World Test Championship 2023 (cricket)

Final held: 11 June 2023

Venue: The Oval, London

Winner: Australia (first title)

Runner-up: India

Won by: 209 runs

Man of the match: Travis Head (Australia)

Explanation

Corruption Perception Index 2023

Denmark is the least corrupt while Somalia was declared most corrupt countries.

Pakistan stands at 133 out of 180 countries.

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Explanation

The 11th edition of the Sultan of Johar Cup will be held from 27 Oct to 4 Nov 2023 in Malaysia.

Sultan of Johar Cup is an an annual under-21 men's filed hockey event.

Explanation

About men's cricket Asia Cup 2023

Edition: 16th

Starting date: 30 Aug 2023

Final held: 17 Sep 2023

Winner: India (8th title)

Runner-up: Sri Lanka 

Venue: Pakistan & Sri Lanka 

Matches in Pakistan: 04

Matches in Sri Lanka: 09

Total matches: 13

Participating teams: 06

Player of the series/Player of the Tournament : Kuldeep Yadav (India)

Most runs made by: Shubman Gill (made 302 runs) (belong to India)

Most wickets taken by: Matheesha Pathirana (took 11 wickets) (belongs to Sri Lanka)

Player of the series in the final: Mohammed Siraj (India)

Explanation

Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill, 2023

Passed in National Assembly: 29 March 2023

Presenter: Justice Azam Nazeer Tarar (Federal Minister for Law and Justice)

Objetive: to limit the discretionary powers of the chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) to take suo motu notice

Senate passed this bill on 30 March 2023

60 senators votes in favour of the bill

19 senators voted against the bill  

Explanation

The final of the 1992 ICC Cricket World Cup was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 25 March 1992.

The match was won by Pakistan, under the captaincy of Imran Khan, as they defeated England by 22 runs to lift their first-ever World Cup trophy.