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Two Pakistani sisters made history by winning gold medals in the Asia Pacific Africa Combined Powerlifting Championship 2024.

Sybil Sohail bagged a total of four gold medals for Pakistan. 

Veronika Sohail won the gold medal in the 57kg category of Deadlift. 

They won a total of 8 gold medals for Pakistan

Veronika Sohail & Sybil Sohail are sisters from Lahore.

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Explanation

Two Pakistani sisters made history by winning gold medals in the Asia Pacific Africa Combined Powerlifting Championship 2024.

Sybil Sohail bagged a total of four gold medals for Pakistan. 

Veronika Sohail won the gold medal in the 57kg category of Deadlift. 

Veronika Sohail & Sybil Sohail are sisters from Lahore.

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Explanation

Two Pakistani sisters made history by winning gold medals in the Asia Pacific Africa Combined Powerlifting Championship 2024.

Sybil Sohail bagged a total of four gold medals for Pakistan. 

Veronika Sohail won the gold medal in the 57kg category of Deadlift. 

Veronika Sohail & Sybil Sohail are sisters from Lahore.

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General Upendra Dwivedi is the current and 30th Chief of the Army Staff of India since 30 June 2024.

Succeeded: General Manoj Pande

General Upendra was previously serving as the 46th Vice Chief of Army Staff.

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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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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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About Operation Azm-i-Istehkam

Approver: PM Shahbaz Sharif

Approval date: 22 June 2024

Aim: To eradicate extremism/terrorism from Pakistan 

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About Paul Auster

Born: February 3, 1947

Died: April 30, 2024

Nationality: American

Profession: Writer/Novelist

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About Derek Underwood

Born: 8 June 1945

Died: 15 April 2024

Nationality: England

Association: International cricketer

Note: Derek Underwood was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2009.

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Explanation

Nobel laureate and Theoretical physicist  Peter Higgs died at the age of 94

Nationality: British

Born: 29 May 1929

Died: 8 April 2024

Aged: 94

Note: Peter Higgs was awarded Nobel Prize in Physics in 2013

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