CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -security, including energy (India); agriculture and. food security (Myanmar); people-to-people contacts (Nepal); science, technology and innovation (Sri Lanka), and.

Detailed explanation-2: -The seven sectors are trade and investment, environment and climate change, disaster management and energy, agriculture and fishery, people-to-people contact, culture and tourism, science, technology and public health and connectivity.

Detailed explanation-3: -Which country was the host of the BIMSTEC summit in 2022? Ans. In 2022, Sri Lanka served as the host country for the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit.

Detailed explanation-4: -Notes: The Union Cabinet has approved a memorandum of association (MoA) by India for the establishment of BIMSTEC Technology Transfer Centre in Colombo.

Detailed explanation-5: -BIMSTEC has a coordinating body called the BIMSTEC Working Group, which has a rotating chairman based on which member country chairs the organisation (the current Chair of BIMSTEC is Sri Lanka). Under this, meetings are to be held monthly at the Dhaka secretariat to review the progress of the regional grouping.