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About SCO Heads of Government Meeting 2024

Edition: 23rd 

Venue: Jinnah Convention Centre, Islamabad

Starting date: 15 Oct 2024

Ending date: 16 Oct 2024

Chairmanship: Pakistan  

Non-Participation: Afghanistan 

Indian Paticipataion: S. Jaishankar

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SCO, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, is an organization 

Having 10 member states with its headquarters in Beijing, China

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Milton is a hurricane.

It hit several states of United States of America in October 2024.

This hurricane killed dozens of people in the USA.

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International day for disaster risk reduction is observed on 13th of October annually

Theme 2024: Empowering the next generation for a resilient future.

 Theme 2025:Fund Resilience, Not Disasters

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In October 2024, Nicaragua announced the breaking of diplomatic relations with Israel.

The break in relations was due to Israel’s attacks on Palestinian territories.

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Nicaragua is a country located in Central America. 

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In October 2024, The World Bank set up a Financial Intermediary Fund (FIF) to assistant Ukraine. 

In June 2024, the leaders of G7 had agreed on a framework agreement to provide a loan of $50 billion to Ukraine. 

There has been a war between Russia and Ukraine since 2022.

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Ukraine is a country of Europe with its capital Kiev.

Ukraine is the second largest country by area in Europe after Russia. 

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In October 2024, The World Bank set up a Financial Intermediary Fund (FIF) to assistant Ukraine. 

In June 2024, the leaders of G7 had agreed on a framework agreement to provide a loan of $50 billion to Ukraine. 

There has been a war between Russia and Ukraine since 2022.

Additional Information:

Ukraine is a country of Europe with its capital Kiev.

Ukraine is the second largest country by area in Europe after Russia. 

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The UK agreed to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending years of bitter dispute over Britain's last African colony.

The agreement was signed between prime ministers UK & Mauritius in October 2024.

Additional Information:

Chagos Islands is located in India Ocean.

Chagos consists of about 60 islands.

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 Kais Saied is the president of Tunisia since October 2024.

He won election on 6 Oct 2024 and re-elected for second term for five years.

He replaced Mohamed Ennaceur in 2019 to become president. 

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About Nobel Prize in Physics 2024

Co-winners: John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton

Award given by: Royal Swedish Academy

Geoffrey Hinton is a British-Canadian computer scientist

Geoffrey Hinton is called the godfather of artificial intelligence (AI)

John Hopfield is an American scientist

Additional Information:

They are awarded Nobel Prize for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks

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About Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology 2024

Co-Winners: Victor Ambros & Gary Ruvkun (American Scientists)

They are awarded for discovery of microRNA, which helps determine how cells develop and function

miscroRNA plays a key role in regulating gene activity.

Additional Information About Nobel Prize in Medicine 2023

Co-winners: Katalin Kariko (Hungary) & Drew Weissman (USA) 

For their work which helped develop Covid vaccines in early 2020

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