Question: The first Raisina Dialogue with the Observer Research Foundation on 1-3 March 2016 was held at-
(a) New Delhi
(b) Jaipur
(c) Indore
(d) Hyderabad
Ans (a)
Related facts:
- The Ministry of External Affairs has co-hosted the first Raisina Dialogue with the Observer Research Foundation on 1-3 March 2016, in New Delhi.
- The Raisina Dialogue saw the participation of more than 450 participants from around 40 countries.
- The theme of the dialogue was ‘Asia: Regional and Global Connectivity’.
- It focuses on Asia’s economic, physical, human and digital connectivity and shall attempt to discover challenges and opportunities for the region to manage its common spaces.
- The inaugural address was given by India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
- A panel of former Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the Bangladeshi foreign minister Mahmood Ali were amongst those who shared the stage with Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj at the opening session.
- The conference has been organized on the lines of the Shangri-La Dialogue held in Singapore.
Reference:
http://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/26427/First+Raisina+Dialogue
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-kicks-off-raisina-dialogue/article8301235.ece