RAS question
India-Cuba Ayush MoU includes establishing a Panchakarma Centre in which city?
Correct answer: (B) Havana.
Under the India-Cuba Ayush MoU, the Panchakarma Centre was established in Havana, Cuba.
Explanation
Havana is the answer because the India-Cuba Ayush MoU covered an AYUSH Chair at a Cuban university and a Panchakarma Centre in Havana, described as the first such centre in Latin America. PIB supports the location and implementation detail: it states that a Panchakarma Centre in Havana, Cuba, was established by Cuba's Ministry of Public Health with technical support from India's Ministry of Ayush in 2019. It also records that, under the country-to-country MoU with Cuba, India deputed one Ayurveda expert and two Ayurveda therapists to Havana in November 2019 for services at the centre.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Mexico City is wrong because the centre tied to the India-Cuba MoU was established in Havana, not in Mexico.
- (C) Buenos Aires is wrong because this Ayush cooperation concerned Cuba, and the Panchakarma Centre was located in Havana.
- (D) Brasilia is wrong because the relevant Panchakarma Centre was established in Havana, Cuba, under India-Cuba Ayush cooperation.
Concept
This tests India’s international cooperation in Ayush, a Science and Technology/current-affairs theme. RAS often asks such items because MoUs, health diplomacy and Indian knowledge systems link government policy with factual location-based recall.