♦ Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said India will host the 28th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of Parliaments of Commonwealth Countries (CSPOC) in 2026. He announced at the CSPOC Standing Committee Meeting in Guernsey. 

♦ The event will focus on the use of artificial intelligence and social media in parliamentary processes.

♦ India had hosted the CSPOC in 1970-71, 1986, and 2010.