Sunday, 26th may,2013

NATIONAL NEWS

• 2 child norm the limit for Rohingya towns
  • Authorities in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State have introduced a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families after a spate of deadly violence between Muslims and Buddhists
  • “The population growth of Rohingya Muslims is 10 times higher than that of the Rakhine [Buddhists],” “Overpopulation is one of the causes of tension.”

• Saudhi arabia supports regulated flow of foreign workers
  • Saudi Arabia has assured India that it would continue to encourage regulated flow of foreign workers, within the framework of its labour reforms that hope to contain the country’s “youth bulge” by generating employment for hundreds of thousands of Saudi nationals in the future.
  • Learning from the experience of countries such as Egypt where youth discontent fuelled a revolt that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak, the Saudis have embarked on a massive employment drive to ensure that the off-shoot of the “Arab Spring” does not take root in the oil rich Kingdom.

• Tiger reserve status for rajaji park
  • The Union government has given the nod to a proposal to grant the Rajaji National Park in Uttarakhand the status of a tiger reserve. It will be the second tiger reserve in the State after the Corbett National Park.
  • There are at present 42 tiger reserves in the country.

• Waterman sees serious water scarcity
  • Leading a countrywide campaign ‘Jal Jan Jode Abhiyan Yatra’ (A rally on activating relationship between Water and Human) to create the awareness of conservation of water and water bodies, Magsaysay award winner and water conservationist Rajendra Singh foresees a grave danger of water scarcity across the country.

• India – Australia pact to create skilled farm workforce
  • India and Australia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop and strengthen cooperation in skills training in agriculture and related sectors. The project involves exchange of experts with Australia to assist Sector Skill Councils in India for producing a skilled workforce in the farm sector. Similar collaborations will be reached in retail, mining, telecommunications and media/entertainment. 7
  • The industry-driven programme in public-private partnership mode is aimed at bringing youth into the agriculture sector and equipping them with innovative skills to become knowledgeable and entrepreneurial.
  • The agreement “involves setting up Labour Market Information Systems, identification of skills development needs, developing skill competency standards and qualification, standardisation of accreditation-process, participation in certification, training of trainers and promotion of academies of excellence.”
  • The MoU — signed by CEO of Agriculture Skill Council of India Satender Arya and CEO of AgriFood Skills, Australia, Arthur Blewitt — will promote cooperation in creating quality occupational, training, assessment, certification, and information and stakeholder engagement standards.

• Article on the water shortage the world might face in the near future