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2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup

Edition: First

Venue: South Africa

Winner: India

Runner-up: England

Final held: 29 January 2023

Participating teams: 16

Matches played: 41

Player of the series: Grace Scrivens (England)

Most runs made by: Shweta Sehrawat of India (297 runs)

Most wickets taker: Maggie Clark of Australia (12 wickets)

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Global Gender Gap Report 2023 released by World Economic Forum

Edition: 17th

Released in June 2023

Total countries: 146

Topper: Iceland

Pakistan: 142

Pakistan gender parity: 57.5 per cent

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FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 (football)

Edition: 9th

Venue: Australia, New Zealand

Final held: 20 August 2023

Final venue: Sydney

Winner: Spain

Runner-up: England

Third position: Sweden

Participating teams: 32

Total matched: 64

Official mascot: Tazuni

Total goals scored: 164

Top scorer: Hinata Miyazawa from Japan (5 goals)

Best player: Aitana Bonmatí from Spain

Best young player: Salma Paralluelo from Spain

Best goalkeeper : Mary Earps from England

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Explanation

Etihad Airways has been named Environmental Airline of the Year 2023 for the second year running in the Airline Ratings awards.

Etihad Airways belongs to UAE.

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World Economic Forum (WEF) released the ‘Global Security Outlook Report 2023’ in collaboration with Accenture.

It warned that the cyber-attacks are expected to cause an unprecedented threat in the coming 2 years.

Explanation

UAE launched  international conference on Artificial Intelligence 'Machine Can See 2023' summit in Dubai. 

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• Corruption Perception Index 2023
• Total countries: 180
• Topper: Denmark
• Pakistan: 133 
• Bottom: Somalia

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• Edition: 10th

• Administrator: Asian Cricket Council (ACC)

• Venue: United Arab Emirates (UAE)

• Champion: Bangladesh (1st title)
• Total Matches played: Fifteen
• Bangladesh won by: 195 runs

• Runners-up: United Arab Emirates (UAE)

• Participating teams: 8

• Total Matches: 15
• Final date: 17 December 2023

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About US Open Men’s single title 2023 (tennis)

Winner: Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

Runner-up: Daniil Medvedev (Russia)

Note: the tennis tournament 'US Open' is generally held in the month of September every year. 

Explanation

As per ISPR, three army officers, including a lieutenant general, were sacked from their jobs as a part of the military’s “self-accountability process” into the events of May 9, 2023.