CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Law & Justice, Communication and Electronics & Information Technology chaired the 7th Session of the Ministers of Justice of the SCO Member States hosted by India on October 16, 2020 (via video conference). 42.

Detailed explanation-2: -India invites Pakistan, China to 2023 SCO summit to be held in Goa.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Secretariat of the SCO, headquartered in Beijing, China, is the primary executive body of the organisation.

Detailed explanation-4: -India takes over SCO rotating presidency, to host SCO summit next year. The rotational presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization has been handed over to India in Samarkand, Uzbekistan yesterday. Delhi will hold the presidency of the grouping for a year until September 2023.

Detailed explanation-5: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is 2017. The historical meeting of the Heads of State Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation was held on 8-9 June 2017 in Astana. At the meeting, the status of a full member of the Organization was granted to the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.