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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which city has been named 1st cultural and tourism capital of SCO?
A
Varanasi
B
Haridwar
C
Mathura
D
Ayodhya
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The city of Varanasi has been nominated as the first-ever SCO Tourism and Cultural Capital during the period 2022-2023 at the 22nd Meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of State in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on September 16, 2022.

Detailed explanation-2: -Varanasi city has been nominated as the first cultural and tourism capital during 2022-2023 at the 22nd meeting of the SCO council in Samarkand. The 22nd meeting of the SCO council in Samarkand was also attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Detailed explanation-3: -SCO is an eight-member organisation which looks after the economic and security welfare of countries like China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan and India. The organisation aims to promote tourism and human contact among the masses across different countries.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is an intergovernmental organization founded in Shanghai on 15 June 2001.

Detailed explanation-5: -The SCP Foundation originated in the “paranormal” /x/ forum of 4chan in 2007, where the very first SCP file, SCP-173, was posted by an anonymous user (later identified as Moto42), accompanied by an image of the sculpture “Untitled 2004” by Japanese artist Izumi Kato.

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