Which of the following statement/s about 'India Ideas Summit, 2020' is/are correct ?
1. It was organised by US – India Business Council virtually on 22nd July, 2020.
2. The theme of the Summit was 'Em

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Which of the following statement/s about 'India Ideas Summit, 2020' is/are correct ?
1. It was organised by US – India Business Council virtually on 22nd July, 2020.
2. The theme of the Summit was 'Empowering India'.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below.

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Correct — A, 1 only. The 45th India Ideas Summit was organised by the US-India Business Council (USIBC) and held virtually on 22 July 2020, so statement 1 is correct. However, its theme was 'Building a Better Future', not 'Empowering India', so statement 2 is false. Only statement 1 holds, giving (a).

Why the other options are wrong — (b) Reverses the truth values — statement 1 (USIBC, virtual, 22 July 2020) is the correct one, while statement 2's theme is misstated.  (c) Statement 2 is false: the actual theme was 'Building a Better Future', so both cannot be correct.  (d) Statement 1 is factually correct (organiser, date and virtual format all check out), so at least one statement is true.

Concept: The India Ideas Summit is the flagship annual event of the US-India Business Council (USIBC), an affiliate of the US Chamber of Commerce. Its 2020 edition — coinciding with USIBC's 45th anniversary — was held virtually on 22 July 2020 under the theme 'Building a Better Future', with a keynote address by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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