Tuesday, February 03, 2015
TAFE SA signs MoU with Kalyani Skills
The State of South Australia moved closer to developing a key vocational education and training partnership with Kalyani Skills that would use TAFE SA’s training knowledge and expertise.At a formal exchange of a Memorandum of Understanding in Pune, Gail Gago, Minister of Employment, Higher Education and Skills, South Australia welcomed the development between TAFE SA, the largest provider of vocational education and training in South Australia and Kalyani Skills, part of the Indian multinational conglomerate The Kalyani Group.
“India has a skills shortage in a range of areas where TAFE SA has expertise that is recognised by employers in Australia and overseas as being of the highest quality,” said Bhavin Shah, Director – Kalyani Skills. “TAFE SA and Kalyani Skills will deliver training in areas including Engineering, Mining, Transport, Electrical, Electronics, Building and Construction. We look forward to a long term association with TAFE SA.”
“TAFE SA has a great record in helping organisations with evolving needs to improve the skills of their staff in South Australia and they will now work with Kalyani Skills to bring that same know-how to India.”
“We hope this is the first step in a long and productive partnership that will see TAFE SA working with Kalyani Skills to help develop an industry-ready workforce for India,” Gago said.
“Proposed academic association could include training and assessment resources, guidance and advice to set up frameworks for delivery, teacher training and tours that would take Indian students to TAFE campuses in South Australia.”
RIC Forum calls for early conclusion of Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism
Russia, India and China have called for an early conclusion of negotiations on the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism in the RIC Forum held in Beijing.
In this regard, a joint communiqué was issued by 3 nations in the 13th trilateral meeting of foreign ministers, under this forum.
India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Chinese foreign Minister Wang Yi and Russian foreign Minister Sergey Levrov had participated in the meeting.
Key highlights of RIC Forum
- Condemned terrorism- Participating countries strongly condemned terrorism in all forms. They even mentioned that there can be no ideological, political, racial, ethnic or any other justification for acts of terrorism.
- Join efforts to combat terrorism- Ministers affirmed the need for all countries to join efforts in combating terrorism under the auspices of United Nations.
- Support to India- Russia and China supported India’s aspiration to play a greater role in the United Nations. They also welcomed India’s application for full membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
- Economic front- All members expressed their support for the forthcoming WTO 10th Ministerial conference in December 2015, to expand their cooperation in several areas including agriculture, medical services and disaster relief.
- Other Issues- They also discussed various issues including efforts to counter the threat of use of information and communication technologies for military and terrorism purposes, preventing arms race in outer space, solution to Iranian nuclear issue, latest developments in Syria, Israel- Palestine conflict and current crisis in Ukraine.
The next trilateral meeting of the RIC Forum will be held in Russia later in 2015.
World Wetlands Day is being observed on 2 February
Every year World wetland day (WWD) is observed on 2 February.
The theme for the world wetland day 2015 is Wetlands for our future.
Significance of Day
- This day marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands also called as Ramsar Convention on 2 February 1971 in the Iranian city of Ramsar.
- Each year on this day government agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGO’s), and groups of citizens at all levels of the community raise public awareness of wetland values and their benefits. They also spread awareness about Ramsar Convention in particular.
Background
For first time, WWD was celebrated in year 1997 and since then it is observed every year. The theme for the world wetland day 2014 was Wetlands and Agriculture.
Some facts
- Currently there are 2,186 wetlands of international importance sites under the Ramsar Convention known as Ramsar Sites covering around 208,449,277 hectares km².
- The maximum Ramsar sites are located in UK i.e. 168.
- The largest area covered by the Ramsar sites is in Canada.
- The number of parties to the Ramsar Convention is 168.
- Ramsar Sites in India are 26 (as of September 2012).
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