India and South Africa sign MoUs in four areas of co-operation

• India and South Africa have signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) in four areas of co-operation
• The MoUs have been signed after a delegation-level talks headed by Prime Minister Narendara Modi and South African President Jacob Zuma in Pretoria, South Africa.

The MOUs are:

1. Cooperation in the area of information and communication technology
2. Cooperation in the tourism sector and is being seen as an important bid to improve people-to-people ties
3. Cooperation in grassroots innovation in the science and technology sector
4. Cooperation in arts and culture.

• Modi arrived in South Africa from Mozambique on the second leg of his four-nation tour of Africa
• This is Modi's first official visit to mainland Africa and is also the first prime ministerial visit from India to South Africa since the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in 2013 for the G20 summit in Durban
• Apart from Mozambique and South Africa, Modi will also visit Tanzania and Kenya.

Important Question for Competitive Exam from this Current affairs:

1. India and _______ country have signed MOUs in four areas of co-operations: a)South Africa b)New Zealand c)Russia d)Brazil

source: PMO India