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John Hume, the Northern Irish politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998 for his pivotal role in ending decades of violence in the British province, has died aged 83. 

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On 31 December 2024, An anti-terrorism court sentenced PTI leader and former Gilgit-Baltistan chief minister, Khalid Khurshid Khan, to 34 years in prison with Rs600,000 fine for threatening security institutions at a public gathering.

Khalid Khan was elected to the GB Assembly from Astore district in the 2020 general elections on a PTI ticket.

In July 2023, he was disqualified by the GB Chief Court for obtaining a licence from the GB Bar Council allegedly on the basis of a fake educational degree.

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Aung San (founder of Myanmar)

Aung San Suu served as State Counsellor of Myanmar and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2021

Aung San born: in 1915

Aung San died: in 1947

Profession: Independence activist/revolutionary

Aung San was instrumental in Myanmar's struggle for independence

Myanmar's independence from Britain

Aung San is considered the founder of modern-day Myanmar 

Aung San Suu Kyi: Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1991)

The Case against Aung San Suu Kyi: corruption cases

A Myanmar junta court jailed Aung San Suu Kyi for six years for corruption on 15 August 2022.

5 years Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to prison in April 2022

A Myanmar court jailed Aung San Suu Kyi for seven years for corruption on 30 December 2022

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Know about arrest of PTI Chairman Imran Khan

Verdict declared by Session Court judge Himayun Dilawar (on 5 August 2023)

Case: Toshakhana case

Prison: 3 years

Fine: Rs100,000 

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Kevin Conroy was a renowned Voice actor of USA.

Kevin Conroy died in November 2022.

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Out of 2743000 tax fillers 104000 tax fillers did not pay the tax for the year 2018.

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The Nobel Prize in Physics for the year 2020 was awarded to three astrophysicists Roger Penrose from the UK, Reinhard Genzel from Germany, and Andrea Ghez from the USA.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 was awarded “for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity”,

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