CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Union Minister of Home Affairs Shri Amit Shah will inaugurate the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Joint Exercise on Urban Earthquake Search & Rescue (SCOJtEx-2019) on 04th November, 2019 at 1500 Hrs at Dr. Ambedkar International Center, New Delhi.

Detailed explanation-2: -The last summit was held in June 2019 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. According to sources, the Prime Minister will reach Samarkand on September 14 and return on September 16. The summit is important for India as it will assume the rotational presidency of the SCO at the end of the Samarkand summit.

Detailed explanation-3: -The current Council of Heads of Government consists of: Li Keqiang (China) Narendra Modi (India) (usually sends a deputy, such as EAM Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at the 2021 summit) Alihan Smaiylov (Kazakhstan)

Detailed explanation-4: -The SCO, a Eurasian political, economic and security forum founded in 2001, is comprised of eight member states: China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan (with Iran soon to join).