Explanation

1. Australia,
2. China,
3. the European Union,
4. Iran,
5. Japan,
6. Mauritius,
7. Myanmar,
8. South Korea
9. and the United States

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ND8-1-2023ND30-12-2022

Explanation

• Sumayyah bint Khabbāṭ became the first shaheed (martyr) in Islam.
• She was the first female martyr of the Islamic community.
• Her husband, Yasir, was the second male shaheed.
• Hazrat Hais bin Halla (RA) was the first male shaheed of Islam.

Explanation

Hussein Ibrahim Taha has been elected as the new Secretary-General of OIC for a five-year term starting from 17 November 2021

He belongs to the Republic of Chad

Explanation

Masoud Pezeshkian is the current president of Iran since 28 July 2024

He won Iranian presidential elections by securing 53.7 % votes

Successor: Ebrahim Raisi (perished in Helicopter crash in May 2024)

Explanation

Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen discovered X-rays

He was discovered on 8 November 1895.

He got the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.

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Additional questions

The penetrating power of X-rays depends on their frequency

Explanation

The coldest place in Pakistan is Skardu

Skardu is a city in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan and serves as the capital of the Skardu District. 

The coldest place in Pakistan can be the glacial parts of Gilgit Baltistan, where in winter the average temperature remains below -20.

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GB is the coldest province in Pakistan

The coldest region in the atmosphere is: Mesosphere

Ulaanbaatar is the coldest capital city in the world

ND-8-08-2023

Explanation

The usual gases used for lifting airships are hydrogen and helium.

Hydrogen is the lightest known gas and thus has great lifting capacity,

Helium is not as buoyant but is far safer than hydrogen because it does not burn.

Explanation

Mohammed Abdul Kabir is a senior member of the Taliban leadership

and the acting Prime Minister of Afghanistan since 17 May 2023.

replaced: Mullah Mohammad Hassan AKhund

Explanation

Shigeru Ishiba is the current & 102nd  prime minister of Japan since October 2024.

He won run-off election to become Japanese premier 

He replaced Fumio Kishida

Explanation

Herodotus was a Greek writer who invented the field of study known today as `history'.

Born: Halicarnassus, Türkiye

Died: Thurii, Italy