Explanation

1. Australia,
2. China,
3. the European Union,
4. Iran,
5. Japan,
6. Mauritius,
7. Myanmar,
8. South Korea
9. and the United States

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ND8-1-2023ND30-12-2022

Explanation

• Sumayyah bint Khabbāṭ became the first shaheed (martyr) in Islam.
• She was the first female martyr of the Islamic community.
• Her husband, Yasir, was the second male shaheed.
• Hazrat Hais bin Halla (RA) was the first male shaheed of Islam.

Explanation

Hussein Ibrahim Taha has been elected as the new Secretary-General of OIC for a five-year term starting from 17 November 2021

He belongs to the Republic of Chad

Explanation

Masoud Pezeshkian is the current president of Iran since 28 July 2024

He won Iranian presidential elections by securing 53.7 % votes

Successor: Ebrahim Raisi (perished in Helicopter crash in May 2024)

Explanation

The usual gases used for lifting airships are hydrogen and helium.

Hydrogen is the lightest known gas and thus has great lifting capacity,

Helium is not as buoyant but is far safer than hydrogen because it does not burn.

Explanation

Shigeru Ishiba is the current & 102nd  prime minister of Japan since October 2024.

He won run-off election to become Japanese premier 

He replaced Fumio Kishida

Explanation

Herodotus was a Greek writer who invented the field of study known today as `history'.

Born: Halicarnassus, Türkiye

Died: Thurii, Italy

Explanation

The Treaty of Versailles was the primary treaty produced by the Paris Peace Conference at the end of World War I

The Treaty of Versailles was signed on 28 June 1919

The Treaty of Versailles signed between Allied forces vs Germany

the purpose behind the Treaty of Versailles: Codifying terms between the victorious Allies and Germany after the first world war

ND2-08-2023

Explanation

Hollywood located:

Country: United States

State: California

County: Los Angeles County

City: Los Angeles

Incorporated: 1903

Merged with Los Angeles: 1910

Harvey Henderson Wilcox owned a ranch west of the city of Los Angeles, which his wife Daeida named Hollywood, and that they founded together in 1887

Explanation

List of Bills passed by Parliament on 17.11.2021

1.       The Elections (Second Amendment) Bill, 2021

2.       The International Court of Justice (Review and Re-consideration) Bill, 2021

3.       The Islamabad Capital Territory Charities Registration, Regulation and Facilitation Bill, 2021

4.       The National College of Arts Institute Bill, 2021

5.       The SBP Banking Services Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2021

6.       The Muslim Family Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021 (Amendment in Section 4)

7.       The Muslim Family Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021 (Amendment in Section 7)

8.     The Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Bill, 2021

9.     The Hyderabad Institute for Technical and Management Sciences Bill, 2021

10.   The Islamabad Rent Restriction (Amendment) Bill, 2021

11.   The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2021

12.   The Corporate Restructuring Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2021

13.   The Financial Institutions (Secured Transactions) (Amendment) Bill, 2021

14.   The Federal Public Service Commission (Validation of Rules) Bill, 2021

15.   The University of Islamabad Bill, 2021

16.   The Loans for Agricultural, Commercial, and Industrial Purposes (Amendment) Bill, 2021

17.   The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2021

18.   The National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2021

19.   The Pakistan Academy of Letters (Amendment) Bill, 2021

20.   The Port Qasim Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2021

21.   The Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2021

22.   The Gwadar Port Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2021

23.   The Maritime Security Agency (Amendment) Bill, 2021

24.   The Emigration (Amendment) Bill, 2021

25.   The Privatisation Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2021

26.   The Covid-19 (Prevention of Hoarding) Bill, 2021

27.   The Al-Karam International Institute Bill, 2021

28.   The Islamabad Capital Territory Authority Food Safety Bill 2021

29.   The Unani, Ayurvedic, And Homoeopathic Practitioners Act 

30.   The Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill

31.   The Provincial Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill

32.   The Regulation of Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electric Power (Amendment) Bill, 2021