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Mangla Dam, located on the Jhelum River in Pakistan’s Mirpur District, Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

It is a multipurpose dam.

It is the world's seventh-largest dam.

It was constructed between 1961 and 1967 with assistance from the World Bank.

The dam features five tunnels and a power station.

It is named after the nearby village of Mangla.

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The modem is short for "Modulator-Demodulator."

A modulator-demodulator or modem is a computer hardware device 

A modulator-demodulator or modem converts data from a digital format into a format .

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• The Partition of Bengal was announced by Lord Curzon on 20 July 1905.
• It came into force on 16 October 1905.
• The Hindu community and the Indian National Congress strongly opposed it.
• In December 1911, King George V announced the revocation of the partition at his Coronation Durbar in Delhi.

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The Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef system.

It is located off the east coast of Queensland, Australia.

It covers an area of 348,700 km².

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• The concept of Carbon Credits originated from the Kyoto Protocol.
• The Kyoto Protocol, adopted in 1997 and entered into force in 2005.
• It introduced mechanisms like the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) that allow for the trading of carbon credits as a means to reduce greenhouse gas emissions globally.

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• The first annual session of the Muslim League was held in Karachi in 1907.
• The Muslim League was formed in 1906 in Dhaka, and it was established to protect Muslim rights and interests in British India.

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The Ashes is a men's Test cricket series played between England and Australia.

The term was published in a British newspaper.

First edition: 1882–83 (Australia)

Latest edition: 2023 (England)

Next edition: 2025–26 (Australia)

Tournament format: 5-match series

Number of teams: 2

Current trophy holder: Australia (Series drawn) (2023)

Most successful: Australia (34 series wins, six retentions)

Most runs: Australia Donald Bradman (5,028)

Most wickets: Australia Shane Warne (195)

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MENA (Middle East News Agency) is the official news agency of Egypt.

It providing news coverage on national and international events.

The List of News Agencies of Important Countries:

Pakistan: Associated Press of Pakistan (APP)

China: Xinhua

Russia: TASS (Telegrafnoye agentstvo Sovetskogo Soyuza) 

India: Press Trust of India (PTI)

France: AFP (Agence France-Presse) (also oldest news agency)

Italy: ANSA (Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata)

USA: Associated Press (AP)

Britain: Reuters 

Malaysia: Bernama

Israel: ITIM

Bahrain: BNA (Bahrain News Agency)

Iran: FARS

Syria: SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency)

Yemen: SABA

Indonesia: Antara

Kuwait: KUNA (Kuwait News Agency)

Kenya: KNA (Kenya News Agency)

Japan: KYODO

Egypt: MENA (Middle East News Agency)

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Guantanamo Bay is famous for its detention camp of United States military prison.

Guantanamo Bay is located in Cuba

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Silicon Valley (California) is globally renowned as a hub for technology and innovation.

It particularly in the development of computers, software, and high-tech companies.

Major tech firms like Apple, Google, and Intel are headquartered there.