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• • Six new countries Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, Argentina, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates were invited to become members of BRICS.
  • Five countries became full members of BRICS on Jan 1, 2024.
  • However, Argentina declined to join BRICS.

• Know everything about BRICS: 
• BRICS founded: June 2009
  
• BRICS Member countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
  
• BRICS total members: 10 
• South Africa joined BRICS: 2010
• BRICS headquarters: Shanghai, China
• BRICS first conference hosted by: Russia (2009) 

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•  Haarlem of the Netherlands has decided to ban all meat advertisements from public places in an effort to reduce meat consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. 
• This will be implemented by starting of 2024, making it the first city in the world to do so.

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France has become the first country in the world to give constitutional right to abortion.

In 2024, France became the first country in the world to explicitly include the right to abortion in its constitution.
Abortion means اسقاط حمل

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About Emerging Asia Cricket Cup 2024

Edition: 6th

Venue: Oman

Starting date: 18 Oct 2024

Final date: 27 Oct 2024

Winner: Afghanistan

Runners-up: Sri Lanka

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Pakistani team earned a total of six medals, including two golds and four silvers in Mixed Martial Arts Asian Championship 2024

Additional Info:

MMA Asian Championship 2024 held in Pakistan.

Starting date: Aug 18, 2024

Closing date: Aug 22, 2024

Participants: 12 countries

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On 22 May 2024, Spain became the 99th member of International Solar Alliance (ISA).

International Solar Alliance (ISA) founded in 2015

International Solar Alliance (ISA) headquarters located in India.

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Oleg Kononenko set a world record by spending 1,000 days in space.

Oleg Kononenko is a Russian cosmonaut.

His latest mission will end on Sep 15, 2024

Note: Roscosmos is the space agency of Russia. 

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Novak Djokovic has won the Best Player of the Year award of Laureus Sports Awards 2024.

Novak Djokovic is a Tennis player.

Novak Djokovic belongs to Serbia.

Additional information

Best Player of the Year award of Laureus Sports Awards 2023 was won by Lionel Messi.

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On 25 August 2023, Pakistani javelin star Arshad Nadeem made his mark by securing a spot in both the final of the World Athletics Championships (WAC) and the Paris Olympics 2024.

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• BRICS founded: June 2009
  
• Latest BRICS member: South Africa (2010)
  
• BRICS headquarters: Shanghai, China
• BRICS first conference hosted by: Russia (2009) 
• Six new countries Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, Egypt, Argentina and the United Arab Emirates will formally become members on of BRICS on Jan 1, 2024.
  
• Note: Argentina declined to join BRICS later on.