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Skill training for tea plan-               minds", in an apparent reference to         be delinked from religion, and pressed
tation staff                               the recent incidents of "intolerance."      for a united global fight to ensure that
                                           Speaking at the inauguration of the         no country provides sanctuary to ter-
Primero Skills and Training Pvt. Ltd, a    Archives and Research Centre at             ror.
Delhi-based private skill development      Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad,
outfit, said it has given training to 276  Mukherjee said Indian society must          India needs $1 tn to coop-
unskilled unemployed in tea plantation     free public discourse of all forms of vio-  up with the climate
work in North Bengal and Assam un-         lence - physical and verbal.                change
der Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas
Yojana.                                    Hyderabad gets a new Eye                    India needs over $1 trillion from now
                                           Hospital                                    until 2030 to adapt to the adverse
"We have a tie-up with Jardine                                                         impacts of climate change, which has
Handerson Ltd. for absorption of these     Win Vision Eye Hospitals was inaugu-        already begun to impact on the lives
trained and certified job seekers in the   rated in Greenlands in Hyderabad on         of some 800 million people, or nearly
company's tea gardens," said Jayanta       November 28. Its Chairman Satish            64% of the country's population, an
Das, Managing Partner/ Director of         Gupta told a press conference that          academic study said. It said the Indian
Primero, said in Kolkata recently.         plans were afoot to open branches in        government spent $91.8 billion on ad-
                                           Kukatpally, AS Rao Nagar, Gachibowli,       aptation in 2013-14 alone and this
The firm has set up 5 training centres     Dilsukhnagar, Karimnagar and some           spending is expected to reach $360
in Assam and 3 in West Bengal for tea      locations in Andhra Pradesh. According      billion by 2030.
plantation work alone.                     to NV Ratnam Choudary, Joint Manag-
                                           ing Director, the initial investment is     The study by IIM Ahmedabad, IIT
It will also begin training in tourism/    Rs. 12.5 crore. The hospital will offer     Gandhinagar and Council on Energy,
hospitality, banking and financial ser-    complete range of services in eye care,     Environment and Water (CEEW), a
vices and bamboo plantation in West        he added.                                   Delhi-based think-tank working on en-
Bengal, Assam, Mizoram and Tripura.                                                    ergy and climate issues, was released
                                           Religion should be                          recently.
Real dirt not on streets                   delinked from terror:
but in minds: President                    Modi                                        Ringo launches cheapest
                                                                                       local call at 19 p/ minute
President of India Pranab Mukherjee        Describing terrorism as the "biggest
recently said that the real dirt in India  threat" to the world, Prime Minister        Peer to peer international calling app
was not on the streets but "in our         Narendra Modi said terrorism needs to       Ringo launched local calling at 19 paise

"Reputation matters because your behind is always behind you."

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