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WINSON COMPETITIVE GUIDE implementation of Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban treaty (CTBT) to ban tests of nuclear weapons. • The second meeting of the High Level Group of Eminent Experts to strengthen the SAARC AntiTerrorism Mechanism was held in New Delhi. • China and Russia have carried out joint naval exercises dubbed as Joint Sea-2016 in the resourcerich South China Sea (SCS) off China’s southern Guangdong province. • The three days conference was be inaugurated by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in the presence of Union Minister of Urban Development, M. Venkaiah Naidu. • The Union Cabinet has given its approval for signing of the Bilateral Technical Arrangement (BTA) between India and Switzerland on the identification and return of Indian and Swiss Nationals and its implementation. • The Union Cabinet has given its approval for the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Kenya on cooperation in the field of National Housing Policy Development and Management (NHPDM). • The Union Cabinet has apprised of the MoU between India and South Africa for promoting bilateral cooperation in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). 42