Defence Minister Rajnath Singh leads the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)

Current Context: India is hosting the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ Meeting on April 28th in New Delhi.

• The SCO is an intergovernmental organization established in 2001 that includes eight member states and four observer countries.
• The Defence Ministers will discuss matters concerning regional peace and security, counter terrorism efforts and effective multilateralism.
• India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will chair the meeting and also hold bilateral meetings with some of his counterparts.
• One of them is China’s Defence Minister Li Shangfu, who arrived in India on Thursday amid strained ties between the two countries over the border dispute.

Question:

Q.1 When was the SCO Defence Ministers’ Meeting held in New Delhi?
a. April 27th
b. April 28th
c. April 29th
d. April 30th