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Desde su creación el невідомо, el proyecto ha mostrado un crecimiento acelerado, reuniendo a 11 741 suscriptores.
Según los últimos datos del 31 julio, 2026, el canal mantiene una actividad estable. En los últimos 30 días la variación de miembros fue de -112, y en las últimas 24 horas de -5, conservando un alto alcance.
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- Tasa de interacción (ER): El promedio de interacción de la audiencia es 13.99%. Durante las primeras 24 horas tras publicar, el contenido suele obtener 4.24% de reacciones respecto al total de suscriptores.
- Alcance de las publicaciones: Cada publicación recibe en promedio 1 643 visualizaciones. En el primer día suele acumular 498 visualizaciones.
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Consider the following statements regarding the Kamchatka Peninsula:
1.It lies between the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea.
2.It is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire. 3.It is located along a divergent plate boundary. Which of the statements are correct?
| 2 | 🔆 Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia)
📍 Why in News?
✅ A magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering tsunami warnings across several Pacific countries. ✅ The earthquake occurred along the Kuril–Kamchatka subduction zone, one of the world's most seismically active regions.
📍 About Kamchatka Peninsula
✅ A peninsula located in Russia's Far East.
✅ Lies between the Sea of Okhotsk (west) and the Bering Sea & Pacific Ocean (east).
✅ Covers an area of approximately 270,000 sq. km.
✅ Sparsely populated with Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky as its largest city.
📍 Key Features
✅ Part of the Pacific Ring of Fire.
✅ Home to over 300 volcanoes, including nearly 30 active volcanoes.
✅ Contains the famous Valley of Geysers, one of the largest geyser fields in the world.
✅ Includes UNESCO World Heritage Site – Volcanoes of Kamchatka.
✅ Rich habitat for brown bears, Pacific salmon, Steller's sea eagle, and marine mammals.
📍 Why is Kamchatka Highly Earthquake-Prone?
✅ Located at the convergent boundary between the Pacific Plate and the Okhotsk (North American) Plate.
✅ The denser Pacific Plate subducts beneath the Okhotsk Plate, generating powerful earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
✅ Frequent seismic activity makes it one of the most active tectonic regions globally.
📍 Importance
✅ Global centre for earthquake and volcano research.
✅ Important region for monitoring tsunamis in the Pacific Ocean.
✅ Supports unique biodiversity and protected ecosystems.
✅ Significant for understanding plate tectonics and disaster management.
📍 UPSC Value Addition
✅ Pacific Ring of Fire accounts for nearly 75% of the world's active volcanoes and about 90% of global earthquakes.
✅ Subduction Zone: A tectonic boundary where one plate sinks beneath another, generating earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis
📍 Prelims Facts
✅ Highest active volcano in Eurasia – Klyuchevskaya Sopka.
✅ The Kuril–Kamchatka Trench lies off the eastern coast of the peninsula.
✅ Kamchatka is part of the Circum-Pacific Seismic Belt (Ring of Fire).
📍 Mains Link
GS-I ✅ Earthquakes, Volcanoes & Plate Tectonics
GS-III ✅ Disaster Management ✅ Tsunami Early Warning Systems ✅ Disaster Risk Reduction | 333 |
| 3 |  Sin texto... | 286 |
| 4 |  🚨Uranium Deposits in India- | 635 |
| 5 | 📖 Dear Aspirants,
Before attempting today's quiz, go through the topic carefully and understand the concepts. Don't answer questions by guessing or memorising blindly.
📝 Make your own short notes, revise them regularly, and then test your knowledge through the quiz. This approach will strengthen your concepts and improve your retention.
Remember, UPSC is not about how much you study—it's about how well you understand and revise.
🌟 One year of complete dedication can change your entire life. Stay consistent, stay disciplined, and trust the process.
Learn. Revise. Practice. Repeat. 🚀 | 734 |
| 6 | Q. The Strait of Hormuz connects which of the following? | 638 |
| 7 | 🔆
Hormozgan Province (Iran)
📍 Why in News?
✅ Hormozgan Province was in the news following heightened tensions around the Strait of Hormuz, a strategically important maritime chokepoint for global oil trade.
📍 About Hormozgan Province
✅ Located in southern Iran.
✅ Bordered by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.
✅ Capital: Bandar Abbas.
✅ One of Iran's most strategically important coastal provinces.
📍 Key Features
✅ Home to Bandar Abbas, Iran's largest commercial port.
✅ Overlooks the Strait of Hormuz. ✅ Includes major islands: • Qeshm Island • Hormuz Island • Kish Island
✅ Mountainous interior with narrow coastal plains.
📍 Strategic Importance
✅ Controls access to the Strait of Hormuz.
✅ A major route for global crude oil and LNG shipments.
✅ Hosts important Iranian naval and commercial port facilities.
✅ Critical for maritime security in West Asia.
📍 Economic Importance
✅ Major centre for: • Shipping • Oil exports • Fishing • Port-based industries • Tourism (Kish & Qeshm Islands)
📍 Strait of Hormuz
✅ Connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea.
✅ One of the world's busiest oil transit routes.
✅ Lies between Iran and Oman.
📍 UPSC Value Addition
✅ Important Maritime Chokepoints: • Strait of Hormuz • Strait of Malacca • Bab-el-Mandeb • Suez Canal • Panama Canal
📍 Prelims Fact
✅ Qeshm Island is the largest island in the Persian Gulf.
📍 Mains Link
GS-II
✅ India–West Asia Relations ✅ Maritime Security
GS-III
✅ Energy Security
✅ Global Trade Routes | 635 |
| 8 |  Sin texto... | 466 |
| 9 | Q.Regarding the Padma River:
1.It is the name of the Ganga River in Bangladesh.
2.It joins the Jamuna before merging with the Meghna. 3.It finally drains into the Arabian Sea. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? | 936 |
| 10 | 🗺️ Map in News – Padma Barrage Project (Bangladesh)
🔆 Padma Barrage Project (Bangladesh)
📍 Why in News?
✅ Bangladesh has approved the Padma Barrage Project on the Padma River in Rajbari District. ✅ The project aims to improve water security, irrigation, navigation, and hydropower generation in southwestern Bangladesh.
📍 About the Project
✅ Proposed across the Padma River, the Bangladesh stretch of the Ganga River. ✅ Intended to increase water availability during the dry season. ✅ Designed to address declining river flow, particularly after the construction of the Farakka Barrage in India. ✅ Expected to become one of Bangladesh's major multipurpose river projects.
📍 Location
✅ Country: Bangladesh ✅ River: Padma (Ganga) ✅ District: Rajbari ✅ Nearest Major City: Dhaka (east of the project)
📍 Key Features
✅ Length: 2.1 km
✅ 78 Spillway Gates
✅ Navigation Locks
✅ Fish Passages
✅ Undersluices
✅ River Embankments
✅ Reservoir Capacity: ~2.9 Billion Cubic Metres
✅ Hydropower Capacity: 113 MW
📍 Expected Benefits
✅ Irrigation for nearly 2.88 million hectares of agricultural land.
✅ Improved dry-season water availability.
✅ Enhanced inland water transport.
✅ Increased agricultural productivity.
✅ Better groundwater recharge.
✅ Flood moderation.
✅ Strengthening regional water security.
📍 Environmental Concerns
✅ Disturbance of natural sediment transport.
✅ Obstruction to fish migration.
✅ Risk of waterlogging in nearby regions.
✅ Possible ecological imbalance downstream.
✅ Changes in river morphology over time.
📍 About the Padma River
✅ Padma is the name of the Ganga River after it enters Bangladesh.
✅ It enters Bangladesh near Chapai Nawabganj.
✅ It joins the Jamuna (Brahmaputra) near Goalundo.
✅ The combined river later merges with the Meghna River before flowing into the Bay of Bengal.
✅ One of Bangladesh's most important rivers for agriculture, fisheries, transport, and livelihoods.
📍 Farakka Barrage
✅ Located in Murshidabad District, West Bengal (India).
✅ Constructed across the Ganga River.
✅ Commissioned in 1975.
✅ Built to divert water into the Hooghly River to improve the navigability of Kolkata Port.
✅ Water sharing between India and Bangladesh is governed by the India–Bangladesh Ganga Water Sharing Treaty (1996).
📍 UPSC Value Addition
✅ Transboundary River: A river that flows across or forms the boundary between two or more countries.
Important India–Bangladesh Shared Rivers
• Ganga (Padma)
• Brahmaputra (Jamuna)
• Teesta
• Feni
• Manu
• Kushiara
• Gumti
📍 Prelims Fact
✅ The Padma Multipurpose Bridge is the longest bridge in Bangladesh and spans the Padma River.
📍 Mains Link
GS-II ✅ India–Bangladesh Relations
✅ Transboundary Water Sharing
GS-III ✅ Water Resources Management
✅ River Basin Planning
✅ Irrigation Infrastructure
✅ Hydropower Development | 951 |
| 11 |  Sin texto... | 816 |
| 12 | 🗺️ PLACE IN NEWS | Agasthyamalai Ecological Landscape
📍 Why in Focus?
✅ The Supreme Court of India has directed the authorities to prepare a time-bound action plan to remove illegal encroachments from the Agasthyamalai Ecological Landscape.
✅ The Court emphasized the need to protect one of India's most ecologically sensitive landscapes, which is crucial for biodiversity conservation, water security, and the livelihoods of indigenous communities.
📍 What is Agasthyamalai Ecological Landscape?
✅ A biodiversity-rich ecological landscape centred around the Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve.
✅ Declared a Biosphere Reserve by the Government of India in 2001.
✅ Included in UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves in 2016.
✅ Forms an integral part of the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot, one of the world's 36 biodiversity hotspots.
📍 Location & Extent
📍 Situated at the southernmost end of the Western Ghats.
📏 Total Area: 3,500.36 sq. km
🌿 Kerala Component (1,828 sq. km)
✅ Pathanamthitta ✅ Kollam ✅ Thiruvananthapuram
🌿 Tamil Nadu Component (1,672.36 sq. km)
✅ Tirunelveli ✅ Tenkasi ✅ Theni ✅ Kanyakumari
📍 Identify These on the Map 🗺️
📍 Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve
⛰️ Agasthyamala Peak (1,868 m)
🌳 Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary
🌳 Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary
🌳 Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary
🌳 Kalakkad–Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR)
🌊 Thamirabarani River
🌊 Karamana River
📍 Key Physical Features
⛰️ Dominated by Agasthyamala Peak.
📏 Elevation: 1,868 metres above sea level.
✅ One of the highest peaks in the southern Western Ghats.
✅ Characterised by steep hills, deep valleys, and dense evergreen forests.
📍 Forest Types
🌳 Tropical Wet Evergreen Forests
🌳 Tropical Semi-Evergreen Forests
🌳 Moist Deciduous Forests
🌳 Montane Rain Forests
🌿 Shola–Grassland Ecosystem at higher elevations.
📍 Hydrological Importance
💧 Acts as a major watershed for southern India.
💧 Source of several perennial rivers, including:
✅ Thamirabarani River
✅ Karamana River
✅ Neyyar River
✅ Vamanapuram River
🌾 Provides drinking water, irrigation, and hydroelectric support to parts of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
📍 Biodiversity Significance
🌱 Home to more than 2,000 medicinal plant species.
🌺 Rich in endemic flora found only in the Western Ghats.
🐅 Habitat for:
✅ Bengal Tiger
✅ Asian Elephant
✅ Leopard
✅ Nilgiri Tahr
✅ Lion-tailed Macaque
✅ Nilgiri Langur
🦜 Also supports numerous endemic birds, amphibians, reptiles, and butterflies.
📍 Tribal Heritage
👥 Home to the Kanikaran (Kanikkar) Tribe.
🌿 Renowned for their traditional knowledge of medicinal plants and sustainable forest management.
✅ Their culture is closely linked to the conservation of the forest ecosystem.
📍 Why is Agasthyamalai Important?
🌍 A crucial part of the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot.
💧 Ensures water security for millions of people.
🌱 Conserves rare medicinal plants and endemic wildlife.
🌦️ Plays an important role in climate regulation, soil conservation, and carbon sequestration.
👥 Protects the cultural heritage of indigenous tribal communities.
📍 Quick UPSC Facts ⭐
✅ State(s): Kerala & Tamil Nadu
✅ Biosphere Reserve: 2001
✅ UNESCO Recognition: 2016
✅ Highest Peak: Agasthyamala (1,868 m)
✅ Major Tiger Reserve: Kalakkad–Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR)
✅ Important Tribe: Kanikkaran (Kanikkar)
✅ Biodiversity Hotspot: Western Ghats
🎯 UPSC Relevance
📖 Prelims
✅ Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve
✅ UNESCO Biosphere Reserves
✅ Western Ghats
✅ Kanikkaran Tribe
✅ Kalakkad–Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve
✅ Thamirabarani River
📝 GS-I
✅ Tribal Communities
✅ Cultural Landscapes
📝 GS-III
✅ Biodiversity Conservation
✅ Biosphere Reserves
✅ Environmental Governance
✅ Watershed Management | 1 |
| 13 |  Sin texto... | 1 |
| 14 | South China Sea & ASEAN Region
📍 Why in Focus?
✅ The South China Sea is one of the world's most strategically important maritime regions due to territorial disputes, global trade, and Indo-Pacific geopolitics.
✅ Frequently appears in UPSC Current Affairs because of competing territorial claims, naval activities, and maritime security issues.
📍 What is the South China Sea?
✅ A marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean.
✅ Covers an area of about 3.5 million sq km.
✅ One of the world's busiest maritime trade routes.
✅ Connects the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean through key strategic straits.
📍 Location & Boundaries
✅ Situated between Southeast Asia and Southern China.
🌍 Countries Bordering the South China Sea
✅ 🇨🇳 China
✅ 🇹🇼 Taiwan
✅ 🇵🇭 Philippines
✅ 🇻🇳 Vietnam
✅ 🇰🇭 Cambodia
✅ 🇹🇭 Thailand
✅ 🇲🇾 Malaysia
✅ 🇧🇳 Brunei
✅ 🇮🇩 Indonesia (Natuna Islands region)
🌊 Important Water Bodies
✅ Gulf of Thailand
✅ Gulf of Tonkin
✅ Philippine Sea
✅ Sulu Sea
✅ Java Sea
🚢 Major Strategic Straits
🔹 Strait of Malacca
✅ Connects the Andaman Sea with the South China Sea.
✅ Lies between Malaysia and Indonesia (Sumatra).
✅ One of the world's busiest shipping lanes.
🔹 Taiwan Strait
✅ Separates Taiwan from Mainland China.
✅ Connects the East China Sea with the South China Sea.
🔹 Luzon Strait
✅ Located between Taiwan and the Philippines.
✅ Connects the South China Sea with the Philippine Sea (Pacific Ocean).
🌏 ASEAN Member Countries
✅ 🇧🇳 Brunei
✅ 🇰🇭 Cambodia
✅ 🇮🇩 Indonesia
✅ 🇱🇦 Laos
✅ 🇲🇾 Malaysia
✅ 🇲🇲 Myanmar
✅ 🇵🇭 Philippines
✅ 🇸🇬 Singapore
✅ 🇹🇭 Thailand
✅ 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Strategic Significance & UPSC Facts
🏝️ Important Disputed Islands
🔶 Spratly Islands
✅ Claimed by:
🇨🇳 China
🇹🇼 Taiwan
🇻🇳 Vietnam
🇵🇭 Philippines
🇲🇾 Malaysia
🇧🇳 Brunei
✅ Rich in oil, natural gas, and fisheries.
🔶 Paracel Islands
✅ Controlled by China.
✅ Also claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan.
🔶 Scarborough Shoal
✅ Located west of the Philippines.
✅ Claimed by China, Taiwan, and the Philippines.
📍 Economic Importance
✅ Nearly one-third of global maritime trade passes through the South China Sea.
✅ Rich in oil and natural gas reserves.
✅ One of the world's most productive fishing grounds.
✅ Vital for global energy transportation and international trade.
📍 Strategic Importance
✅ Central to the Indo-Pacific region.
✅ Critical for global maritime security.
✅ Important for Freedom of Navigation (FON).
✅ A major region of geopolitical competition.
📍 International Framework
✅ Governed under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), 1982.
✅ Maritime disputes mainly involve Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) and territorial claims.
📍 Quick UPSC Facts
✅ South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean.
✅ Strait of Malacca connects the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
✅ Spratly Islands are claimed by six parties.
✅ Laos is the only ASEAN country without a coastline.
✅ Singapore lies near the Strait of Malacca, one of the world's busiest maritime chokepoints.
🎯 UPSC Relevance
📖 Prelims
✅ South China Sea
✅ Strait of Malacca
✅ Taiwan Strait
✅ Luzon Strait
✅ Spratly Islands
✅ Paracel Islands
✅ Scarborough Shoal
✅ ASEAN Countries
✅ UNCLOS
✅ EEZ
📝 Mains (GS-II)
✅ India–ASEAN Relations
✅ Act East Policy
✅ Indo-Pacific Strategy
✅ Maritime Security
📝 Mains (GS-III)
✅ Blue Economy
✅ Global Trade Routes
✅ Energy Security
✅ Geopolitical Conflicts
✅ Freedom of Navigation | 93 |
| 15 | Strategic Significance & UPSC Facts
🏝️ Important Disputed Islands
🔶 Spratly Islands
✅ Claimed by:
🇨🇳 China
🇹🇼 Taiwan
🇻🇳 Vietnam
🇵🇭 Philippines
🇲🇾 Malaysia
🇧🇳 Brunei
✅ Rich in oil, natural gas, and fisheries.
🔶 Paracel Islands
✅ Controlled by China.
✅ Also claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan.
🔶 Scarborough Shoal
✅ Located west of the Philippines.
✅ Claimed by China, Taiwan, and the Philippines.
📍 Economic Importance
✅ Nearly one-third of global maritime trade passes through the South China Sea.
✅ Rich in oil and natural gas reserves.
✅ One of the world's most productive fishing grounds.
✅ Vital for global energy transportation and international trade.
📍 Strategic Importance
✅ Central to the Indo-Pacific region.
✅ Critical for global maritime security.
✅ Important for Freedom of Navigation (FON).
✅ A major region of geopolitical competition.
📍 International Framework
✅ Governed under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), 1982.
✅ Maritime disputes mainly involve Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) and territorial claims.
📍 Quick UPSC Facts
✅ South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean.
✅ Strait of Malacca connects the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
✅ Spratly Islands are claimed by six parties.
✅ Laos is the only ASEAN country without a coastline.
✅ Singapore lies near the Strait of Malacca, one of the world's busiest maritime chokepoints.
🎯 UPSC Relevance
📖 Prelims
✅ South China Sea
✅ Strait of Malacca
✅ Taiwan Strait
✅ Luzon Strait
✅ Spratly Islands
✅ Paracel Islands
✅ Scarborough Shoal
✅ ASEAN Countries
✅ UNCLOS
✅ EEZ
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| 17 | South China Sea & ASEAN Region
📍 Why in Focus?
✅ The South China Sea is one of the world's most strategically important maritime regions due to territorial disputes, global trade, and Indo-Pacific geopolitics.
✅ Frequently appears in UPSC Current Affairs because of competing territorial claims, naval activities, and maritime security issues.
📍 What is the South China Sea?
✅ A marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean.
✅ Covers an area of about 3.5 million sq km.
✅ One of the world's busiest maritime trade routes.
✅ Connects the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean through key strategic straits.
📍 Location & Boundaries
✅ Situated between Southeast Asia and Southern China.
🌍 Countries Bordering the South China Sea
✅ 🇨🇳 China
✅ 🇹🇼 Taiwan
✅ 🇵🇭 Philippines
✅ 🇻🇳 Vietnam
✅ 🇰🇭 Cambodia
✅ 🇹🇭 Thailand
✅ 🇲🇾 Malaysia
✅ 🇧🇳 Brunei
✅ 🇮🇩 Indonesia (Natuna Islands region)
🌊 Important Water Bodies
✅ Gulf of Thailand
✅ Gulf of Tonkin
✅ Philippine Sea
✅ Sulu Sea
✅ Java Sea
🚢 Major Strategic Straits
🔹 Strait of Malacca
✅ Connects the Andaman Sea with the South China Sea.
✅ Lies between Malaysia and Indonesia (Sumatra).
✅ One of the world's busiest shipping lanes.
🔹 Taiwan Strait
✅ Separates Taiwan from Mainland China.
✅ Connects the East China Sea with the South China Sea.
🔹 Luzon Strait
✅ Located between Taiwan and the Philippines.
✅ Connects the South China Sea with the Philippine Sea (Pacific Ocean).
🌏 ASEAN Member Countries
✅ 🇧🇳 Brunei
✅ 🇰🇭 Cambodia
✅ 🇮🇩 Indonesia
✅ 🇱🇦 Laos
✅ 🇲🇾 Malaysia
✅ 🇲🇲 Myanmar
✅ 🇵🇭 Philippines
✅ 🇸🇬 Singapore
✅ 🇹🇭 Thailand
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| 18 | South China Sea & ASEAN Region
📍 Why in Focus?
✅ The South China Sea is one of the world's most strategically important maritime regions due to territorial disputes, global trade, and Indo-Pacific geopolitics.
✅ Frequently appears in UPSC Current Affairs because of competing territorial claims, naval activities, and maritime security issues.
📍 What is the South China Sea?
✅ A marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean.
✅ Covers an area of about 3.5 million sq km.
✅ One of the world's busiest maritime trade routes.
✅ Connects the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean through key strategic straits.
📍 Location & Boundaries
✅ Situated between Southeast Asia and Southern China.
🌍 Countries Bordering the South China Sea
✅ 🇨🇳 China
✅ 🇹🇼 Taiwan
✅ 🇵🇭 Philippines
✅ 🇻🇳 Vietnam
✅ 🇰🇭 Cambodia
✅ 🇹🇭 Thailand
✅ 🇲🇾 Malaysia
✅ 🇧🇳 Brunei
✅ 🇮🇩 Indonesia (Natuna Islands region)
🌊 Important Water Bodies
✅ Gulf of Thailand
✅ Gulf of Tonkin
✅ Philippine Sea
✅ Sulu Sea
✅ Java Sea
🚢 Major Strategic Straits
🔹 Strait of Malacca
✅ Connects the Andaman Sea with the South China Sea.
✅ Lies between Malaysia and Indonesia (Sumatra).
✅ One of the world's busiest shipping lanes.
🔹 Taiwan Strait
✅ Separates Taiwan from Mainland China.
✅ Connects the East China Sea with the South China Sea.
🔹 Luzon Strait
✅ Located between Taiwan and the Philippines.
✅ Connects the South China Sea with the Philippine Sea (Pacific Ocean).
🌏 ASEAN Member Countries
✅ 🇧🇳 Brunei
✅ 🇰🇭 Cambodia
✅ 🇮🇩 Indonesia
✅ 🇱🇦 Laos
✅ 🇲🇾 Malaysia
✅ 🇲🇲 Myanmar
✅ 🇵🇭 Philippines
✅ 🇸🇬 Singapore
✅ 🇹🇭 Thailand
✅ 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 1 |
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