Explanation

As per WHO, Jordan become the first country in the world to be officially verified as having eliminated leprosy.

This significant milestone marks a new era in global public health efforts.

Jordan was declared leprosy free in Sep 2024.

WHO stands for World Health Organization.

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Explanation

The initiative titled Let's Move and Celebrate is announced by International Olympic Committee (IOC) to encourage the players participating in the Paris Olympic Games 2024.

Know about 2024 Summer Olympics

Host: France, Paris

Opening: 26 July 2024

Closing: 11 August 2024

Mascot: Phrygian Cap

Official Song: Games Wide Open 

Explanation

German writer Jenny Erpenbeck has been awarded the International Booker Prize 2024 for her book named 'Kairos'.

Jenny Erpenbeck won Booker Prize for her novel Kairos follows the destructive love affair between a 19-year-old student and a married man in his 50s who meet on a bus in East Berlin around 1986.

Additional Info

International Booker Prize is an international literary award hosted in the United Kingdom.

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Explanation

Two Pakistani sisters made history by winning gold medals in the Asia Pacific Africa Combined Powerlifting Championship 2024.

Sybil Sohail bagged a total of four gold medals for Pakistan. 

Veronika Sohail won the gold medal in the 57kg category of Deadlift. 

Veronika Sohail & Sybil Sohail are sisters from Lahore.

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Explanation

About Asian Junior Individual Squash Championship 2024

Edition: 31st

Venue: Islamabad (Pakistan)

Participation: 12 member nations

Starting date: 25 June

Closing date: 29 June

Hamza Khan became Boys Under 19 Champion.

Hamza Khan belongs to Pakistan.

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Explanation

Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Cup 2024

Edition: 30th

Venue: Malaysia

Winner: Japan (first title)

Runner-up: Pakistan

Starting date: 4 May 2024

Closing date: 11 May 2024

Participating teams: 06

Total matches played: 12

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Explanation

Pakistani fast bowler Naseem Shah is now among the most expensive players in England’s Cricket ‘The Hundred’ Players Draft.

Birmingham Phoenix acquired Naseem Shah for £125,000, making him the first Pakistani to come in the most expensive category of GBP 125,000. His remuneration in Pakistani currency will be around 4.5 crore rupees. 

Explanation

Russian and Belarusian athletes will not take part in the opening ceremony at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

Athletes from both countries were banned following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Paris Olympics Opening: 26 July 2024

Paris Olympics Closing: 11 August 2024

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Explanation

About Italian Open 2024 (women’s category)

Winner: Iga Swiątek (Poland)

Runners-up: Aryna Sabalenka

Additional Information:

The Italian Open is an annual professional tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy.

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Explanation

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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