Varanasi nominated as first-ever SCO Tourism and Cultural Capital for 2022-23 | Daily Current Affairs Dose

Varanasi nominated as first-ever SCO Tourism and Cultural Capital for 2022-23 | Daily Current Affairs Dose

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Varanasi nominated as first-ever SCO Tourism and Cultural Capital for 2022-23 | Daily Current Affairs Dose

Varanasi nominated as first-ever SCO Tourism and Cultural Capital for 2022-23: Varanasi has been nominated as the first-ever Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Tourism and Cultural Capital during the period 2022-2023 at the 22nd Meeting of SCO Council of Heads of State in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had participated in the 22nd Meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

Varanasi nominated as first-ever SCO Tourism and Cultural Capital: Key Highlights

The nomination of Varanasi as the first ever SCO Tourism and Cultural Capital will promote tourism, cultural and humanitarian exchanges between India and the SCO member Countries. It also underlines India’s ancient civilizational links with Member States of SCO, especially the Central Asian Republics.

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Under the framework of this major cultural outreach program, a number of events will be hosted in Varanasi during 2022-23, for which guests will be invited to participate from SCO Member States. These events are expected to attract Indologists, scholars, authors, musicians and artists, photojournalists, travel bloggers and other invited guests.

The regulations for nomination of the SCO Tourism and Cultural Capital were adopted at the Dushanbe SCO Summit in 2021 with an objective of promoting cooperation between the SCO Member States in the field of culture and tourism

Important facts for upcoming exams from the above Current Affairs Topic

• Full form of the SCO: Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), or Shanghai Pact
• Formation of SCO: 2001
• Type of SCO: Mutual security, political, economic organisation
• Headquarters of SCO: Chaoyang District, Beijing
• Secretary General of SCO: Vladimir Norov
• Deputy Secretaries General: Sabyr Imandosov, Sherali Jononov, Wang Kaiwen, Aziz Nosirov and Vladimir Potapenko

How many members in SCO: 10 member states

1. China
2. India
3. Kazakhstan
4. Kyrgyzstan
5. Pakistan
6. Russia
7. Tajikistan
8. Uzbekistan
9. Iran (SCO 2022 edition Member)
10. Belarus (SCO 2022 edition Member)

2 Observer states

1. Afghanistan
2. Mongolia

9 Dialogue partners

1. Armenia  

2. Azerbaijan  

3. Cambodia  

4. Egypt    

5. Nepal  

6. Qatar  

7. Saudi Arabia  

8. Sri Lanka  

9. Turkey

4 Guest attendances

1. Association of Southeast Asian Nations
2. Commonwealth of Independent States
3. Turkmenistan
4. United Nations

Important facts for upcoming exams from Uttar Pradesh

• Statehood Day of Uttar Pradesh: 24 January 1950
• Capital of Uttar Pradesh: Lucknow
• Largest city of Uttar Pradesh: Kanpur
• Total Districts in Uttar Pradesh: 75
• Governor of Uttar Pradesh: Anandiben Patel
• Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh: Yogi Adityanath
• Deputy Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh: Keshav Prasad Maurya 
• Total Assembly Constituencies in Uttar Pradesh: Bicameral Council (100 seats) and Assembly (403 seats)
• Parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh: Rajya Sabha (31 seats) and Lok Sabha (80 seats)
• Official language of Uttar Pradesh: Hindi
• Additional official of Uttar Pradesh: Urdu
• Total Population of Uttar Pradesh (2011): 199,812,341
• Literacy in Uttar Pradesh (2011): 69.67%
• Sex ratio in Uttar Pradesh (2011): 912 ♀/1000 ♂