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The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO ) is an Eurasian political, economic, and security organisation, the creation of which was announced on 15 June 2001 in Shanghai, China by the leaders of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan; the Shanghai Cooperation OrganisationCharter was signed in June 2002 and entered into force on 19 September 2003.These countries, except for Uzbekistan, had been members of the Shanghai Five group, founded on 26 April 1996 in Shanghai. India and Pakistan have joined SCO as full members on 9 June 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is an multilateral development bank that aims to support the building of infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region. The bank currently has 56 member states while another 24 are prospective members for a total of 80 approved members and was proposed as an initiative by the government of China. Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between the ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam) and the six states with which ASEAN has existing free trade agreements (Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand). The South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) is an agreement reached on 6 January 2004 at the 12th SAARC summit in Islamabad, Pakistan. It created a free trade area of 1.6 billion people in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Which east-flowing river basin covers the states of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Orissa and has a Drainage area of 39,033 sq km?
An Ombudsman can award a maximum amount of ________
for loss of the complainant's time, expenses incurred, harassment and mental anguish suffer...
What do we call the force which affects the direction of wind and is caused by the rotation of the earth on its axis?
In 1957, who redefined a model that predicted the shape of individual molecules based on the extent of electron-pair electrostatic repulsion?
1st July is celebrated as Foundation Day of which of the following commercial Banks?
Which historical site in Uttar Pradesh is known as the site where Lord Buddha gave his first sermon?
River Ganga does NOT pass through which of the following states?
What is Grundfos AQpure?
1. An inbuilt packaged black (sewage) and grey water (kitchen and bath water) treatment system having advanced anaerobic...
Under which section of the Right to Information (RTI) Act is the appointment process outlined for the Chief Information Commissioner and other Informati...
Under whose leadership the first land settlement was started by the Gorkhas in Kumaun?