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Patras Bukhari (Syed Ahmed Shah Bukhari) was a renowned Pakistani academic, writer, and diplomat.

He served as a senior official at the United Nations under Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld.

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                   In January 2025, Nigeria has been admitted as a "partner country" of the BRICS bloc.

                Nigeria is the ninth partner country.

               Nigeria aligns with BRICS on South-South cooperation and global governance reform.

  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)
• Indonesia became 10th member of BRICS in Jan 2025

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IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) was established in 1957 to promote safe and peaceful uses of nuclear technology.

It works to prevent nuclear weapons proliferation while encouraging nuclear energy for medicine, agriculture, and power generation.

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The United States of America (USA) has won the most number of gold medals at the Paris Olympic Games 2024.

US won a total of 40 Gold Medals

US won a total of 44 Silver Medals

US won a total of 42 Bronze Medals

US won a total of 126 Medals

After the US, China comes second with 40 Gold, 27 Silver & 24 Bronze medals 

China won a total of 91 medals 

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The first capital of the Abbasid Caliphate was Kufa.

The Abbasids later moved the capital to Baghdad in 762 CE,

In 762, the caliph al-Mansur founded the city of Baghdad as the new capital

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On March 18, 2025, NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Sunita (Suni) Williams, and Butch Wilmore, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, safely splashed down near Tallahassee, Florida in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.

A unique sight during landing was a pod of dolphins circling the capsule, making the event memorable.

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Surena I is a humanoid robot developed by the University of Tehran in 2008.

It is part of Iran’s advanced robotics program, named after the Persian warrior General Surena.

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On April 15, 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump suspended funding to the World Health Organization (WHO).

The decision was linked to criticism of WHO’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.