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Summit for Democracy 2024

Edition: Third (first held in 2021)

Hosting country: South Korea 

Theme 2024: Democracy for Future Generations

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• Global Health Security Summit 2024
• Venue: Pakistan 
• Dates: 10,11 January 2024
• Theme: Together for a healthy planet

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Shadab Khan won Player of the series award of Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2024

Shadab Khan played for Islamabad United.

Edition: 9th

Started: 17 Feb 2024

Ended: 18 Mar 2024

Champions: Islamabad United (3rd title)

Runners-up: Multan Sultans

Participants: 6

Matches: 34

Final venue: National Stadium, Karachi 

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Global Hunger Index 2024

Edition: 19th

Total countries: 127

Pakistan: 109

Worst ranking: Somalia (127)

Topper: Belarus

Additional Information:

Global Hunger Index 2024 is published by Concern Worldwide, an Irish humanitarian organisation, and Welthungerhilfe, a German aid agency

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About Summer Paralympic Games 2024

Venue: Paris, France

Starting date: 28 Aug 2024

Closing date: 8 Sep 2024

Edition: 17h

Inaugurated by Emmanuel Macron (French President)

Winner: China (won most medals)

Additional Information:

Summer Paralympics is an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete.

The Paralympic Games are held every four years.

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The 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 79) will open on 10 September 2024.

The first day of the high-level General Debate will be on 24 September 2024, continue through 28 September, and conclude on 30 September 2024.

Additional Info:

UNGA, United Nations General Assembly, holds annual meeting in the month of September every year.

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Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Iran on 31 July 2024.

Ismail Haniyeh was killed hours after he attended a swearing-in ceremony for the Iran’s new president.

Hamas is a group based in Palestine. 

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About SCO Heads of State meeting 2024

Edition: 24th

Venue: Astana, Kazakhstan

Hosted by: Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (Kazakh President)

Date: 4 July

New membership: Belarus became full member of SCO during this meeting

Main focus: Combatting terrorism and radicalization

Pakistan was represented by PM Shahbaz Sharif

Additional information:

Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is an organization comprising of 10 members.

SCO founded in 2001.

Pakistan & India joined SCO in June 2017.

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Four astronauts teams has been announced by NASA for its human spaceflight mission to the Moon.

There are the four Artemis 2 astronauts - Read Wiseman, Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen and Christina Koch.

Christina Koch will be mission specialist for Artemis 3.

This team of four astronauts will fly around the Moon for 10 days in 2024.

NASA is the US space agency.