Explanation

Know about Federal Budget 2024-25

Total outlay: Rs18.877 trillion

FBR Tax revenue target: Rs13 trillion

GDP growth target: 3.6 percent

Defence: Rs. 2.122 trillion

Salaries of BPS-1 to BPS-16 employees increased: 25 percent

Salaries of BPS-17 & above: 22 percent

Trade deficit: $25.3 billion

Exports estimation: $32.7 billion

Civil administration expenditures: Rs839 billion

Pensions: Rs1.014 trillion

Electricity/gas subsidy: Rs1.363 trillion

Energy sector: Rs253 billion

Water resources: Rs206 billion

IT sector: Rs79 billion

Minimum wages in the private sector: Rs36,000 per month

Funds for Benazir Income Support Programme: Rs593 billion

Inflation expectation: 12%

Presented by: Muhammad Aurangzeb (Finance Minister)

Date: 12 June 2024

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Explanation

• Since 1980, the United Nations World Tourism Organization has celebrated World Tourism Day as international observances on September 27.
• Theme 2020: Tourism and rural development
• Theme 2021: Tourism for Inclusive Growth
• Theme 2022: Rethinking Tourism
• Theme 2023: Tourism and green investments
• Theme 2024: Tourism and Peace

Explanation

Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Lebanon's militant Shia Islamist movement, was one of the best known and most influential figures in the Middle East was martyred in Israeli strikes.

Place of martyrdom: Beirut, Lebanon

Happened in September 2024

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Explanation

The 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 79) will open on 10 September 2024.

The first day of the high-level General Debate will be on 24 September 2024, continue through 28 September, and conclude on 30 September 2024.

Additional Info:

UNGA, United Nations General Assembly, holds annual meeting in the month of September every year.

Explanation

The 2024 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 4 July 2024

To elect 650 members of :

• Parliament to the House of Commons,
• The lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The opposition Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, defeated the governing Conservative Party, led by Rishi Sunak, in a landslide victory.

Explanation

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is set to arrive in New York on September 23 for the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly.

He addressed the General Assembly on the morning of September 27, 2024.

Additional Info

The 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 79) will open on 10 September 2024.

The first day of the high-level General Debate will be on 24 September 2024, continue through 28 September, and conclude on 30 September 2024.

Explanation

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is set to arrive in New York on September 23 for the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly.

He addressed the General Assembly on the morning of September 27, 2024.

Additional Info

The 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 79) will open on 10 September 2024.

The first day of the high-level General Debate will be on 24 September 2024, continue through 28 September, and conclude on 30 September 2024.

Explanation

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is set to arrive in New York on September 23 for the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly.

He addressed the General Assembly on the morning of September 27, 2024.

Additional Info

The 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 79) will open on 10 September 2024.

The first day of the high-level General Debate will be on 24 September 2024, continue through 28 September, and conclude on 30 September 2024.

Explanation

Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Lebanon's militant Shia Islamist movement, was one of the best known and most influential figures in the Middle East was martyred in Israeli strikes.

Place of martyrdom: Beirut, Lebanon

Happened in September 2024

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Explanation

Roger Federer: a professional tennis player.

Roger Federer belongs: Switzerland