Summits and Conferences in Current Affairs MCQs

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India’s premier think tank the NITI Aayog had convened a National Convention on Prevention of Maternal, Adolescent and Childhood Obesity.
NITI Aayog described obesity as a silent epidemic. It also called for a multi-sectoral approach to target the adolescents for promoting activity and healthy lifestyle. Global experts and representatives from UN bodies including UNICEF, WHO and WFP participated.

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India recently hosted the CoWIN Global Conclave. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan inaugurated the virtual conclave.
As per the CEO of the National Health Authority (NHA), Dr RS Sharma, about 50 countries have shown interest in adopting CoWIN. India is set to provide the open source version of the platform to the interested countries. CoWIN is a digital platform, developed by India, to efficiently run its vaccination drive.

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India had proposed the Science, Technology Innovation- led BRICS Innovation Cooperation Action Plan (2021-24).
Recently, during the 12th meeting of the BRICS S&T Steering Committee, hosted by the Department of Science and Technology, all BRICS countries agreed to the STI-led Action Plan. It enables sharing of experiences of each other’s innovation ecosystem and networking of innovators and entrepreneurs.

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PM Narendra Modi has chaired UNSC High-Level Open Debate on “Enhancing Maritime Security” Stressing on enhancing maritime security. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 8th August, 2021 called for peaceful settlement of disputes as per international law and for jointly combating maritime threats posed by non-state actors as he chaired a high-level UN Security Council open debate on “Enhancing Maritime Security – A Case for International Cooperation” via video conferencing. PM Narendra Modi is the first Indian PM to chair UNSC meet.

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India and Japan held their sixth Maritime Affairs Dialogue in a virtual format on September 9, 2021. The consultations involved exchanges on developments in the maritime security environment, regional cooperation activities and opportunities for cooperation between the two countries in the Indo-Pacific region.

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Union Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah attended ‘National Cooperative Conference’ (Sehkarita Sammelan) in New Delhi as Chief Guest.
He also announced that the Central Government will soon come out with a new cooperative policy and work along with states to strengthen the cooperative movement. The government is working on setting up cooperative common service centres, national database and a National cooperative university.

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The US-India Business Council (USIBC) summit was held recently in New Delhi. India and the United States of America held bilateral talks during the visit of Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R Sherman to Delhi.
They also discussed India-US “2+2” ministeral meeting which is likely to be held in November. The officials also discussed on S-400 air-defence system that India is buying from Russia.

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The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is a multi-stakeholder platform, which brings representatives together from various groups, to discuss public policy issues related to the Internet.
The Indian Government along with National Internet Exchange of India and other Stakeholders has decided to host its own Internet Governance Forum  in November this year. The India Internet Governance Forum (IIGF) will recognize every citizen as a stakeholder and enable them to participate in policy dialogue and decision making.

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India is set to host the Delhi Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan on November 10 which will be attended by seven countries. It will be chaired by National Security Adviser Ajit Doval.
The dialogue will be held at the level of National Security Advisers/Secretaries of Security Councils. As per recent media reports, both China and Pakistan are not attending the meeting. Seven countries -Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan- confirmed participation.