India to attend Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ Meeting in Bishkek on April 28

Exam-focused facts from the 29 April 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will lead the Indian delegation to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ Meeting in Bishkek on April 28.
The meeting will focus on regional and global security issues, including international peace, counter-terrorism, and defence cooperation.
The SCO was established in 2001 in Shanghai.
The members of the SCO include India, Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, and Belarus.
India became a full member of the SCO in 2017.
India held the rotating chairmanship of the SCO in 2023.