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Expert of Martial Arts, Mohammad Rashid: cracked 155 walnuts against the head in one minute.
Farhan Ayub set the world record by doing the most number of kip ups in break dance style in
one minute.
Nadeem Abbas made the new record by doing the most push-ups using back of hands carrying a
40lb pack in one minute.
Mujtaba Hussain broke the world record of smashing the most walnuts with a nunchaku in one
minute. He smashed 107 walnuts in a minute. Before this, a Chinese man have this record.
Ali Haider doing 52 push-ups in a minute using the back of hands, carrying a 60 lb broke the
record hold by a British citizen.
Zafar Iqbal broke the world record, which was hold by a Lebanese citizen by doing 100 push-
ups in one minute with a 40 lb weight at the back.
90. World Sports Current Affairs 2016
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6 T20 World Cup: West Indies beat England by 4 wkts (8 Mar-03 April) (16 Teams), held at
Kolkata hosted India
5th T20 Women World Cup: West Indies beat Australia by 8 wkts (15 Mar 3 Apr) held at Kolkata,
hosted by India.
T20 world cup (Men and women) held on the same day, same ground at the same venue (at Eden
Gardens, Kolkata).
West Indies became the first team to win both the men's and women's World Twenty20s on the same
day, with the women defeating Australia by 8 wickets.
91. World Sports 2014
Commonwealth Games 2014: England 170, Australia 135, Canada 82
Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament: Australia won final 8th time against Malaysia by 8-3 in
Ipoh, Malaysia.
T20 Lowest record runs: Netherlands out at 39 against Sri Lanka
8 runs record without bowling a single ball: Abdul ur Rehman (Pak) against Bangladesh
92. World Current Affairs
93. Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan President died of cancer in March 2013.
94. Indian Parliament Rajia Sabha-Senate (Upper House)
Lok Sabha-assembly (Lower House)
95. Pakistan (Pakistan is the 14th August 1947 (27thRamzan 1366 A.H) also called as
world's fifth largest democracy and Yom-e-Istaqilal, Yom-e-Azadi)(34th largest in world and
the world's second largest Muslim largest in Muslim countries in 1947)
democracy after Indonesia) Resolution was passed: 23 March 1940 (Minto Park
Lahore by A.K FazlulHaq, now Iqbal Park)
Islamic Republic of Pakistan (official): 23 March 1956
President, PM, Foreign Affairs, Defence Ministers and Home
Ministers of Some Important Countries.
# Country Name President Prime Minister Foreign
Minister
1) Iran Dr. Hassan Rouhani PM: post abolished Mohammad
Supreme Leader: Syed Ali Hosseini in 1979 due to Javad Zarif
Khamenei (Since4 June Iranian revolution
1989)Presidential elections: 14
June 2013
2) Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani Post abolished in Salahuddin
Elections held on 5 April 2014 2001, Taliban Rabbani
Chief Executive Officer of captured in 1996
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Afghanistan
3) United Kingdom (UK) No president: Theresa May Boris Johnson
Only country without written Queen: Deputy PM: Not in
constitution Elizabeth II this Govt
UK ambassador to UN: Mark Lyall (Elizabeth Alexandra
Grant (Since Nov 2009) Mary)
4) Israel Reuven Rivlin Benjamin Benjamin
Netanyahu Netanyahu
5) Sri Lanka:9 January 2015 Maithripala Sirisena Ranil Mangala Pinsiri
Capital: Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte/ Wickremesinghe Samaraweera
Official Language: Sinhala/ Tamil/ Independence from
UK: 4 Feb 1948
6) Saudi Arabia King (President& PM) Crown prince: Saud
Salman bin Abdulaziz (Deputy PM) bin Faisal bin Ab
Al Saud Muqrin bin dulaziz Al Saud
Abdulaziz
7) Russia Vladimir Putin Dmitry Medvedev Sergey Lavrov
Russian ambassador to UN: Elections:
4 March 12
8) France Francois Hollande Bernard Cazeneuve Jean Marc
(Change: 23 Apr 17) Ayrault
9) Germany Joachim Gauck Chancellor: Frank-Walter
Elections: 22 September 2013 Angela Merkel Steinmeier
10) Canada Governor General: Justin Trudeau Stphane Dion
Queen: Elizabeth II Elizabeth David Johnston
Alexandra Mary
11) Australia= Elections No president Malcolm Turnbull Julie Bishop
4 August 2013
12) Japan Emperor: Akihito Shinzo Abe Fumio Kishida
13) Turkey Tayyip Erdogan Binali Yldrm Mevlut
Cavusoglu
14) Maldives (Independence from UK:26 Abdulla Yameen No PM. Dr Mohamed
July 1965)Area:298 sq.km/ 115 sq.mi Abdul Gayoom Asim
15) Myanmar Htin Kyaw 30 March 2011 post Daw Aung San
abolished Suu Kyi
16) South Korea Hwang Kyo-ahn Hwang Kyo-ahn Yun Byung-se
(Acting)
17) North Korea: Supreme Leader Pak Pong-Ju Ri Yong-ho
(President): Kim Jong
Un
18) Denmark Queen Margrethe II Lars Lkke Anders
Prince: Henrik Rasmussen Samuelsen
19) Brazil Michel Temer No PM Jos Serra
20) Indonesia Joko Widodo No PM Retno Marsudi
21) Venezuela Nicolas MADURO No PM Delcy Eloina
Moros Rodriguez Gomez
22) Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe No Simbarashe Mumbengegwi
PM
23) Yemen Abed Rabbo Mansour Ahmed Obeid bin Abd al-Malik
Hadi ( fled to Riyadh) Daghr (in Aden) Abd al-Jalil al-
Abdel-Aziz bin Mikhlafi
Habtour (in Sana'a)
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24) Qatar Ameer: Sheikh Tamim Abdallah bin Nasir Muhammad bin
bin Hamad bin Khalifa bin Khalifa Al Abd al-Rahman
Al Thani Thani Al Thani
25) UAE Sheikh Khalifa Bin Sheikh Mohammed Sheikh Abdullah
Zayed Al Nahyan Bin Rashid Al Bin Zayed Al
Maktum Nahyan
26) Italy No President Paolo Gentiloni Angelino Alfano
27) Spain King: (President) Presifent: Mariano Alfonso Mara
FELIPE VI Rajoy Brey Dastis Quecedo
28) Iraq Fouad Massoum Haider al-Abadi Dr. Ibrahim al-
Jaafari
29) Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Sherif Ismail Sameh Hassan
Shoukry
30) Libya - Fayez al-Sarraj Mohamed Taha
Siala
31) Malaysia King (President): Najib Razak Anifah Aman
Abdul Halim
Mu'adzam Shah
32) Nepal Bidya Devi Bandhari Pushpa Kamal Prakash Sharan
Dahal Mahat
33) New Zealand Governor General: Bill English Murray Stuart
(president): Dame Mccully
Patsy Reddy
34) Norway King (President): Erna Solberg Borge Brende
Harald V
35) Oman Sultan (President): Qaboos bin said al Yousuf bin Alawi
Qaboos Bin Said Al said bin Abdullah
Said
36) Panama Juan carlos varela No PM Isabel Saint Malo
de Alvarado
37) Sweden King (President): Carl Stefan lofven Margot
Xvi Gustaf wallstrom
38) Switzerland Doris Leuthard No pm Didier burkhalter
39) Vietnam Trn i Quang Nguyen Xuan Phuc Pham Binh Minh
40) Palestine President: Mahmoud Rami Hamdallah Riad Al-Malk
Abbas
41) Vatican State alsocalled Holy See= Area:0.44 sq.km/0.17 Pope: Francis (in 2013)
sq.mi/ 44 ha/110 acres Secretary of State (President): Pietro
Independence: 11 Feb 1929 through Latern Treaty/ Only Parolin
Monarchy in Europe. Not member of UN. Secretary for Relations With States
(FM): Paul Gallagher
(https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/IZ.html)