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Date: 15-17 November (30th Meeting)

Host Leader: Joe Biden 

Venue: San Francisco, USA

Headquarter: Singapore 

Members: 21 countries

Previous meeting: Bangkok, Thailand (2022)

Next meeting: Cusco, Peru (2024)

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Pakistan got first shipment of Russian crude under discount deal.

The cargo carrying 45,000 metric tonnes of crude oil arrived Karachi on 11 June 2023.

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Alina Khan has been crowned Miss Trans Pakistan-2023.

 Alina Khan, known for her role as Biba in the film Joyland, has been crowned Miss Trans Pakistan 2023. Miss Trans Pakistan, organised by Sonia Ahmed, is the country’s first pageant dedicated to transgender women.

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13 Pakistani universities have made it into the QS World University Rankings for 2023 released in June 2022, with the National University of Sciences And Technology (NUST) Islamabad being the top-ranked Pakistani institute out of 1,500 universities from around the world.

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Google has launched a new AI-based notes app called NotebookLM.

This app aims at helping people learn faster.

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NATO is set to conduct its largest military exercise since the Cold War, "Steadfast Defender," involving 500-700 air missions, 50+ ships, and 41,000 troops.

Know about NATO

NATO full form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Founded: 4 April, 1949 (Washington, USA)

Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium

Total members: 31 (29 European & 2 North American countries)

Latest Member: Finland

Type: Military Alliance

Official Languages: English & French

Founding members: 12

Macedonia joined NATO: 27, March 2020

Pakistan: Not a NATO member

Member Muslim country: Turkiye  

On 4 April 2023, Finland became 31st member on 74th anniversary of NATO.

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Winter Olympic Games 2022

Edition: 24th 

Summer Olympics 2020: Japan

Winter Olympics 2022: China

Summer Olympics 2024: France

Winter Olympics 2026: Italy

Summer Olympics 2028: USA

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Swiss International Airlines will become the first customer of solar kerosene in 2023.

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• World Junior Squash Championship 2023

• Winner: Hamza Khan (Pakistan)

• Runner-Up: Mohamed Zakaria (Egypt)

• Venue: Melbourne, Australia

• Final held: 23 July 2023
• Note: This was Pakistan's first World Junior Squash title in nearly four decades as the last Pakistani player to lift this trophy was Jansher Khan, who won the title 37 years ago in 1986.
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• The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded 30 times to organisations between 1901 and 2023.
• 27 individual organisations have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, as UNHCR, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, has received the Nobel Peace Prize twice, in 1954 and 1981, and the work of Comité international de la Croix Rouge (International Committee of the Red Cross) (ICRC) has been honoured three times, in 1917, 1944 and 1963.