Summits and Conferences in Current Affairs MCQs

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The Hyderabad City Security Council (HCSC) hosts the second edition of the STREE (Safety, Training, Respect, Empowerment and Equality) Summit to empower women in safety and security. The summit aims to tackle key safety challenges faced by women and promote a culture of respect, equality, and empowerment. The event includes panel discussions, keynote speeches, and workshops. Experts like lawyers, journalists, and health professionals will share insights to improve women’s safety and support their entrepreneurship.

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The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) India hosted a conference on “Building Together a Clean Sport Ecosystem” at the India International Centre, New Delhi, as part of Play True Week 2025. The event gathered stakeholders committed to a fair and values-based sporting environment in India. The event saw the unveiling of “NADA India’s Fair Play Guide” in ten regional languages for better accessibility. Participants took a pledge to commit to fair play and doping-free sport. The conference included panel discussions on anti-doping policy, athlete rights, and testing, with insights from sports federations, medical experts, and international organizations.

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The Anti-Piracy Challenge is a key initiative under the Create in India Challenge, launched as part of WAVES (World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit) 2025. It is organized by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. The first World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) will be hosted by the Government of India in Mumbai, Maharashtra, from May 1 to 4, 2025. The challenge focuses on promoting technologies like digital fingerprinting and watermarking to tackle online piracy. WAVES 2025 is a global platform that showcases innovation in broadcasting, films, television, radio, animation, gaming, comics, and advertising.

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Telangana is hosting the Global Bharat Summit with over 450 delegates from 100 countries. The event takes place on April 25–26 at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre. The theme of the summit is “Delivering Global Justice,” marking 70 years of the Bandung Conference that led to the Non-Aligned Movement. The summit promotes democracy, pluralism, and justice while showing how states can shape international cooperation.

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Finalists from 11 cities were selected through regional contests to compete in the WAM! (WAVES Anime & Manga Contest) national finale at WAVES 2025. The World Audio-Visual & Entertainment Summit (WAVES) 2025 is held from May 1 to 4, 2025, at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai, India. WAVES (World Audio-Visual & Entertainment Summit) 2025 promotes India’s talent in Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, Comics, and Extended Reality (AVGC-XR). The summit is themed “Create in India, Create for the World” to position India as a global creative powerhouse.

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The Centre for Joint Warfare Studies (CENJOWS), along with Aerospace Services India (ASI) and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), hosted the Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM) India Eco-System Summit 2.0 in New Delhi on May 07, 2025. The summit aimed to boost India’s air and missile defence capabilities under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat and Make-in-India missions. It brought together key players from the Ministry of Defence (MoD), Armed Forces, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Bharat Electronics Limited, and Bharat Dynamics Limited. The event highlighted the growing India-Israel defence cooperation and the shared goal of making India a global defence hub.

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On May 15, 2025, the Inclusive India Summit was held at India International Centre, New Delhi, to mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). The event was conducted in hybrid mode and organized with the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), under the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. It was supported by the State Bank of India (SBI) Foundation, National Association for the Blind (NAB), Association of People with Disability (APD), and Mission Accessibility. The summit highlighted that accessibility and inclusion for persons with disabilities is a shared duty of all society. It focused on three key areas of life for Divyangjan: Life, Learning, and Livelihood. The importance of using technology to ease daily challenges for persons with disabilities was stressed, with a call to make it more accessible.

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The World Hydrogen Summit 2025 was held in Rotterdam, Netherlands from May 20 to 22. At this global event, India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) showcased its green hydrogen plans under the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM). India targets the production of 5 Million Metric Tonnes (MMT) of green hydrogen per year by 2030. This mission aims to reduce carbon emissions, attract investments worth 100 billion US dollars, and generate employment. Major focus areas include building electrolyzer manufacturing capacity, developing green hydrogen hubs at ports, and encouraging state-level policies to support the transition.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Rising North East Investors Summit in New Delhi, emphasizing zero tolerance towards terrorism and Maoist unrest. He described EAST as Empower, Act, Strengthen, and Transform, highlighting the North East’s diversity as India’s strength. The region, once called a Frontier, is now a front-runner in growth with strong tourism, bio-economy, bamboo, tea, petroleum, sports, and eco-tourism sectors. The two-day summit focuses on tourism, agro-food processing, textiles, healthcare, IT, infrastructure, energy, and entertainment, aiming to attract global and domestic investment. The summit brings investors, policymakers, and stakeholders together to promote Make in India, Make in the Northeast, and Make for the World initiatives.

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The Department of Fisheries (DoF), under the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying (MoFAH&D), held the Fisheries Secretaries Conference 2025 and National Workshop on 23rd May 2025 in New Delhi. The meeting reviewed progress of Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF), and Pradhan Mantri Matsya Kisan Samridhi Sah-Yojana (PM-MKSSY). A pilot project was announced to use drones for transporting live fish in remote areas, with a 70-kg payload drone under development. Satellite technology will be used soon for improving fisher safety, mapping fish resources, and doing biometric verification. Plans were shared to upgrade fishing harbours and fish markets using smart and sustainable infrastructure.