Summits and Conferences in Current Affairs MCQs

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The 7th Conference of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA)- India Region, was recently inaugurated in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
The Speaker of Lok Sabha, Om Birla inaugurated the conference at the legislative assembly building in Lucknow. Several parliamentarians and delegates from some foreign countries will participate in the conference, whose theme is ‘Role of Legislators’. The CPA was formed to support the Parliamentarians and their staff to implement good governance measures and values of the Common wealth.

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Union Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, MoEFCC, MoI&B, Prakash Javadekar inaugurated ELECRAMA 2020 in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Minister of Power and New and Renewable Energy (IC) R K Singh was also present during the inaugural ceremony.
ELECRAMA is organised by the Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturers’ Association (IEEMA), once in every two years. It is an exhibition cum conference in the field of Indian electrical industry. The event displays various products and technologies in the field and creates a trade platform between buyers and sellers. It also hosts various seminars for knowledge exchange.

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The National Tourism Conference was recently hosted in the city of Konark, Odisha. The two-day conference was jointly organized by the state government of Odisha and The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
Union Tourism Minister Prahalad Singh Patel attended the conference and announced that the Ministry of tourism would fund the travel expenditure of the tourists, who visit 15 places in the country in a year. Such tourists have to travel outside their home states and submit the photos on the ministry’s website. A Memorandum of Intent (MoI) was signed between Odisha and Gujarat for cross-promotion of tourist sites.

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The World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) is the annual flagship event organised by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). This year, the global summit is scheduled to be held at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
The three-day event was inaugurated on January 29, 2020 with the theme, ‘Towards 2030 Goals: Making the Decade Count’. The summit has been organised for 18 years from 2001, to provide a platform for global leaders to discuss climatic issues. This year, the event focusses on the global efforts to meet the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.

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The 13th UN Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS) (COP 13) is scheduled to be hosted by India in 2020, at Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The COP-13 (Conference of Parties) is to be held from February 15-22, 2020.
It was recently announced that the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the summit. The theme of this year’s summit is, ‘Migratory species connect the planet and we welcome them home’.

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The Government of India (GoI) recently announced a first-of-its kind summit, RAISE 2020- ‘Responsible AI for Social Empowerment 2020,’, which is proposed to be held from April 11-12 in New Delhi.
RAISE 2020 is India’s first Artificial Intelligence summit to be organized by the Government in partnership with Industry & Academic institutions. The Government also launched the AI-Startup Challenge and the event’s website.

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Pusa Krishi Vigyan Mela-2020 is being organised in New Delhi by ICAR-IARI (Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Agricultural Research Institute) from March 1 to 3. The event is being conducted at the ICAR-IARI Mela Grounds, New Delhi.
Bharat Bhushan, a 42-year-old farmer from Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, has been selected for the ‘Innovative Farmer Award’ by the Indian Agricultural Research Institute. Innovative farmers are felicitated during the event.

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The 35th edition of the Food and Hospitality fair AAHAR recently commenced in New Delhi. The five-day fair is being organized by India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) in association with the Agriculture and Processed Food Products Development Authority (APEDA), Union Ministry of Food Processing Industries and some top industry consortiums.
Over 750 participants from India and abroad will participate in the fair and display a wide range of food products, equipment and hospitality related products.

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A two-day Indian Army International Seminar named ‘PRAGYAN CONCLAVE 2020’ is being organised by Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS).
The Seminar commenced on 04 Mar 2020 in New Delhi. The event creates a platform for national and international military experts to discuss on the subject of ‘Changing Characteristics of Land Warfare and its Impact on the Military’.

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The ‘11th Bengaluru INDIA Nano conference and exhibition’ was recently organised by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of Karnataka and Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), in association with other state-owned Institutions and industries.
It was inaugurated by the veteran scientist Professor CNR Rao. The three-day event showcased technologies and products developed by academic institutions and companies in nanotechnology.