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Know about Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2024

Edition: 9th

Started: 17 Feb 2024

Ended: 18 Mar 2024

Champions: Islamabad United (3rd title)

Runners-up: Multan Sultans

Participants: 6

Matches: 34

Final venue: National Stadium, Karachi 

Fez Muhammad Cap winner: Usama Mir

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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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UK & USA signed an agreement to work together to develop tests for the most advanced AI models.

The United States and the United Kingdom on April 1, 2024 signed an agreement that would see them work together to develop tests for the most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models.

The agreement will work together on developing "robust" methods for evaluating the safety of AI tools.

It is the first bilateral agreement of its kind.

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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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About Davis Cup 2024 title

Edition: 5th

Winner: Italy

Runners-up: Netherlands

Additional Information:

The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis.

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Venezuela  is the first country in the world to lose all its glaciers

As per May 2024, Venezuela lost its last glacier, making it the first nation in modern history to hold this unenviable record.

At least five other glaciers have disappeared in the South American country within the last century as climate change drives up temperatures in the Andes. ***

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As many as 4.5 million individuals are unemployed in Pakistan, with the youth aged 15-24 having the highest unemployment rate of 11.1 per cent, according to the Pakistan Economic Survey 2023-24 released on 11 June 2024.

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Global Peace Index 2024

Released by: Economics and Peace (IEP) 

Total countries: 163 (independent states & territories)

Topper: Iceland 

Pakistan: 140

Bottom: Yemen

Additional information

South Sudan was ranked least ranking in Global Peace Index 2023.

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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif launched the ‘Uraan Pakistan, Homegrown National Economic Plan’ outlining the National Economic Transformation Plan for 2024-29.

Launched on 31 December 2024.

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In 2024, The Philippines achieved a significant milestone by becoming the first Asian country to ratify the Violence and Harassment.

The Philippines made history as the first Asian country to ratify the Violence and Harassment Convention 2019 (No. 190) by the International Labor Organization.

This significant step addresses workplace violence globally.

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