CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -India’s Statue of Unity has become the part of ‘8 Wonders of SCO’ list. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation has included the Statue of Unity in its ‘8 Wonders of SCO’ list.

Detailed explanation-2: -Shanghai Cooperation Organization Includes India’s Statue of Unity In the ‘List of Eight Wonders of SCO’.

Detailed explanation-3: -Varanasi is also known as one of the oldest living cities in the world. The city goes by several names like Benaras or Kashi. The oldest living city in the world has been declared the first Cultural and Tourism Capital of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) for 2022-233.

Detailed explanation-4: -On 27 November 2022, the Iranian parliament approved Iran’s membership to the SCO. Mongolia became the first country to receive observer status at the 2004 Tashkent Summit. Pakistan, India and Iran received observer status at the 2005 SCO summit in Astana, Kazakhstan on 5 July 2005.