Explanation

On 8 December 2024, HTS-led rebel forces captured Damascus, forcing Bashar al-Assad to flee.

Assad sought refuge in Russia while a caretaker government started dismantling the Ba'athist regime.

Explanation

Pakistan approached the IMF in 2024 to secure funding aimed at stabilizing its balance of payments, a situation where it didn’t have enough foreign exchange to pay for imports and debt obligations.

The IMF assistance helps rebuild foreign currency reserves, meet external debt servicing needs, and restore investor confidence.

Explanation

France has become the first country in the world to give constitutional right to abortion.

In 2024, France became the first country in the world to explicitly include the right to abortion in its constitution.
Abortion means اسقاط حمل

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Explanation

President Emmanuel Macron of France was awarded the Olympic Order in gold.

This prestigious distinction was bestowed upon him by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in recognition of his unwavering support for the Olympic Games Paris 2024 and his commitment to the Olympic ideals championed by Pierre de Coubertin.

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Explanation

In 2024, the joint military exercise between Pakistan and Oman was called "Mountain Lynx 1" or "Washq Al Jabal 1".

This exercise involved the Royal Army of Oman, units from the Pakistani Army, and the Royal Air Force of Oman.

Explanation

• • Six new countries Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, Argentina, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates were invited to become members of BRICS.
  • Five countries became full members of BRICS on Jan 1, 2024.
  • However, Argentina declined to join BRICS.

• 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) 

Explanation

Khalil Haqqani served as the Acting Minister of Refugees and Repatriation in the Taliban's interim government from September 7, 2021.

He was a senior leader of the Haqqani Network, a powerful faction within the Taliban.

Khalil Haqqani was assassinated on December 11, 2024.

Explanation

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

Additional Information

SCO, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, is an organization 

Having 10 member states with its headquarters in Beijing, China

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Explanation

Simon Johnson, James Robinson and Daron Acemoglu have been awarded 2024 Nobel Prize Economics.

Awarded for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.

Their book titled 'Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity'  was published in 2023

Both Simon Johnson and James Robinson are British-Americans.

Daron Acemoglu is a Turkish-American.

Additional Information:

Nobel Prize in Economics 2023 was awarded to Claudia Goldin

She is an American economic historian

Explanation

According the the United Nations World Metrological Organization (WMO), 2024 was the hottest year on record, with global temperatures reaching 1.55 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

This was the first time the global average temperature exceeded 1.5°C above the 1850-1900 average.

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