New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- Union Home Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party President Mr. Amit Shah on Monday inaugurated the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Joint Exercise on Urban Earthquake Search and Rescue, 2019.

Hosted by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), the joint exercise is meant to rehearse disaster response mechanisms and to enable exchange of experience, knowledge and technology.

The major focus of the exercise is to examine the region's preparedness to activate intergovernmental interaction for an immediate response.

The inauguration took place at Ambedkar International Centre in Janpath, New Delhi.

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