Summits and Conferences in Current Affairs MCQs

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India’s Environment Minister recently announced that India will host a Global Big Cats Summit 2026 in New Delhi, calling for stronger global cooperation. The announcement was made at the COP30 high-level ministerial segment on the International Big Cats Alliance (IBCA). India is home to major big cats like the Royal Bengal Tiger, Asiatic Lion, Indian Leopard, Snow Leopard, and Clouded Leopard. India has doubled its tiger population ahead of schedule and increased its Asiatic lion numbers. India built comprehensive wildlife databases and strengthened protected areas and corridors with community participation.

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The Indian Society of Aerospace Medicine (ISAM) is hosting its 64th annual conference at the Institute of Aerospace Medicine (IAM), Bengaluru, on November 20-21. The conference theme is “Innovations in Aerospace Medicine: Infinite Possibilities,” emphasizing safety and performance of aviators. ISAM, established in 1952, is India’s only registered society dedicated to aerospace medicine for military, civil aviation, and spaceflight programs.

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Turkiye will host the COP31 (Conference of the Parties 31) UN climate summit in Antalya next year, after an agreement with Australia ended a long dispute over the venue. Australia will now lead pre-COP negotiations with Pacific nations for the 2026 UN climate meeting, while Turkiye will assume the presidency of COP31. The announcement comes as COP30 in Belem, Brazil is closing, with Australia earlier pushing to host COP31 as a Pacific COP for climate-vulnerable island nations. Turkiye insisted on hosting COP31 to represent emerging economies and encourage solidarity between rich and poor countries on climate action.

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The National Haj Conference 2025 was inaugurated by Dr. Chandra Shekhar Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs, at Haj House, Mumbai, on 22 November 2025. The conference brought together Executive Officers of all State and Union Territory (UT) Haj Committees to review preparations for Haj 2026. India sends over 1,75,000 Haj pilgrims annually, and the Government of India ensures safe, smooth, and dignified pilgrimages. The Haj Committee of India (HCoI) coordinates facilitation, logistics, and service delivery under the Ministry of Minority Affairs (MoMA). The conference aimed to identify gaps, streamline processes, enhance inter-agency cooperation, and strengthen overall preparedness for Haj 2026.

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At the 2025 G-20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa secured the adoption of the G-20 Leaders’ Declaration by consensus despite the U.S. boycott.This was the first G-20 Summit ever held in Africa, marking a milestone for the Global South and African development in global governance. The Declaration was unusually adopted at the beginning of the Summit rather than at the end, which had never happened before. The text was already negotiated and finalised by Sherpas, allowing early approval. South Africa called the adoption an “affirmation of multilateralism” and stated that the G-20 cannot be blocked by the absence of any single country, including the U.S.

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The 46th Annual Conference of the Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP) was inaugurated at the Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI), Kolkata. The conference was organised jointly by IASP, National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organisation (NATMO), and AnSI. The conference theme was “People, Planet, Prosperity: Demographic Drivers of India’s Inclusive Growth.” United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) India felicitated the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) for receiving the 2025 United Nations Population Award (Institutional Category).

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Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (ICAR–CMFRI), Kochi will host the 7th India International Seaweed Expo and Summit 2026 on 29–30 January 2026. It is jointly organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce, CMFRI, and CSIR–Central Salt Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI). It is one of the largest global seaweed industry gatherings. Participants from Brazil, Sri Lanka, Netherlands, Sweden, and many other countries will attend. It will promote international partnerships, technology transfer, and global market linkages.

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The Regional Conference on Environment – 2025 was held in Chennai on 6th and 7th December 2025. It was organised by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Zonal Bench, Chennai. The conference was inaugurated by Justice M.M. Sundresh, Judge, Supreme Court of India, along with senior judges and Tamil Nadu ministers. It brings together judges, experts, administrators, academicians and civil society to strengthen environmental protection and sustainable development. Three technical sessions cover environmental law and biodiversity, solid and biomedical waste management, and coastal zone challenges.

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Union Home & Cooperation Minister Amit Shah inaugurated EARTH Summit 2025 at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar. He launched 13+ new services under ‘Sahakar Sarathi’, including Digi KCC, Campaign Sarathi, Website Sarathi, Cooperative Governance Index, ePACS, World’s Largest Grain Storage Application, Shiksha Sarathi, Sarathi Technology Forum. Summit is the second of three EARTH Summits focusing on strengthening rural economy and framing result-oriented solutions for rural development, with final policy framework in Delhi next year. The first edition of the Earth Summit 2025 was held in Hyderabad.

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Telangana hosted the Rising Global Summit 2025 in Hyderabad on 8 December. The two-day summit features 27 sessions on energy, Information Technology (IT), healthcare, and startups. Major organisations like World Health Organization (WHO), World Bank, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) are involved. The summit aims to position Telangana as a global growth and innovation hub.