Summits and Conferences in Current Affairs MCQs

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International Aryan Summit 2025 is held in New Delhi on 31st October 2025. The event is part of the Jyāna Jyoti Festival, celebrating 200 years of Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati’s birth and 150 years of Arya Samaj’s service. An exhibition titled “150 Golden Years of Service” will showcase Arya Samaj’s contributions in education, social reform, and spiritual upliftment. The summit brings together Arya Samaj representatives from India and abroad, highlighting its global impact.

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The International Salinity Conference (WE-CARE 2025) is jointly hosted by ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI), Karnal, and ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute (CCARI), Goa. The event is scheduled from 29th October to 1st November 2025. The conference focuses on addressing global challenges of soil and water salinity affecting agriculture and ecosystems. It aims to promote sustainable farming practices, share research innovations, and develop policy recommendations for restoring saline-affected lands.

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The GRIHA Council inaugurated the 17th GRIHA Summit in New Delhi. GRIHA (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment) is India’s own green building rating system. The 2025 summit theme is “Innovate to Act for a Climate Resilient World.” The event focuses on accelerating scalable climate solutions for India’s built environment. It brings together leaders, innovators, and policymakers from India and abroad. The Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary highlighted that India is witnessing one of the largest human migrations in history, reshaping urban living and sustainability.

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The first International and 31st Annual Conference of Sahodaya School Complexes was held at the Grand Hyatt Dubai. It is the first time CBSE’s premier annual event was hosted outside India. The conference theme was “Rooted in Wisdom, Rising with Vision: Reimagining Education through NEP 2020.” More than 1,000 educators, school leaders, and stakeholders from CBSE-affiliated institutions worldwide participated. It aimed to foster collaboration, share innovative practices, and reimagine holistic education under NEP 2020.

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The Department of Land Resources (DoLR) under the Ministry of Rural Development, in collaboration with the Government of Andhra Pradesh, is organizing the National Watershed Conference from 10–11 November 2025 at Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. The event will review the progress of the Watershed Development Component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana 2.0 (WDC-PMKSY 2.0) and discuss future watershed strategies post-2026. Two major initiatives will be launched — “Watershed Mahotsav” to promote Jan-Bhagidari (public participation) and “Mission Watershed Punarutthan” to repair and rejuvenate earlier watershed assets.

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Recently, Kochi hosted the first BIMSTEC-India Marine Research Network (BIMReN) Conference to promote blue economy cooperation. The conference is a biennial regional platform that connects researchers across the Bay of Bengal region for sustainable blue economy development. It was announced by the Prime Minister of India during the Colombo BIMSTEC Summit in 2022. It supports India’s Neighbourhood First, Act East, Indo-Pacific, and MAHASAGAR policies. The event focused on marine ecosystem health, research innovations, and collaborative policy development for sustainable ocean management.

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In November 2025, it was announced that the 2nd World Health Organization (WHO) Traditional Medicine Global Summit will be held from 17th to 19th next month at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. The summit is co-hosted by WHO and the Ministry of AYUSH. Its theme is “Restoring Balance: The Science and Practice of Health and Well-being.” It aims to promote evidence, dialogue, and action for integrating Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine. The summit focuses on linking science, innovation, indigenous wisdom, and digital health.

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The 22nd All India Annual TDS (Tax Deducted at Source) Conference and Principal Chief Commissioners’ Conclave was recently held at Hotel Taj Lakefront in Bhopal. It was organised by the Income Tax Department of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh with the Principal Director General of Income Tax (Administration & TPS) under CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes). A special awareness poster promoting voluntary tax compliance and timely TDS deductions was unveiled.

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Odisha will host the Global Energy Leaders’ Summit (GELS) 2025 in Puri from December 5 to 7, 2025. The summit supports Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi’s vision of sustainability, cooperative federalism, and Net Zero 2070. Energy ministers from Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Bhutan will join global experts and think-tanks. The event is organised with the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) and Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K). The theme is “Powering India: Sufficiency, Balance, Innovation.”

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Recently, it was announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, on 19 November. He will address the South India Natural Farming Summit, which will be hosted by the Farmers’ Associations in Tamil Nadu. The summit will also bring together 50 scientists specialising in organic agriculture. It aims to frame policies to expand natural farming across southern states. The summit seeks to build a people-driven movement for economically viable and socially inclusive agriculture. It will feature 300 exhibition stalls, live demonstrations, policy discussions and youth–women engagement. It is supported by national initiatives like Bharatiya Prakritik Krishi Paddhati and Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana.