In August 2021, who inaugurated and addressed the first India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Youth Summit through video conferencing?

Option 3 : Anurag Thakur

The correct answer is Anurag Thakur.

• Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on 26 August 2021 inaugurated and addressed the first India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Youth Summit through video conferencing.
• The theme of the Summit year 2021 is Youth in Governance, Youth Development Programme, Youth Development Index and Health of Youth-Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Youth.
• IBSA is a unique Forum which brings together India, Brazil and South Africa, three large democracies and major economies from three different continents, facing similar challenges.
• The grouping was formalized and named the IBSA Dialogue Forum when the Foreign Ministers of the three countries met in Brasilia on 6 June 2003 and issued the Brasilia Declaration.