eliteauto wrote:UML wrote:eliteauto wrote:and here I thought you used to
play dotish
is not you fault boy, is not you fault *pats head*
ahhhhhhhhhhh the usual tactic of avoidance when lacking evidence after being
coincidence?
do you have evidence to prove me wrong?
cause clearly you dont by your avoidance of the issue
i think you should take your own advice and stop making yourself looking like an even bigger idiot than you already are
*sigh* typical UML delusion, simple question to answer, was Mario Sabga-Aboud or any of the Rituals unit on the trip with the PM? FYI the penetration of the Indian market was being negotiated long before the PM went to India and had nothing to do with her trip. Like I said:
eliteauto wrote:and here I thought you used to
play dotish
is not you fault boy, is not you fault *pats head*
where's your evidence that he wasnt on the trip?
still waiting
Kamla: Indian company set to invest $1b in T&T
By Ranjana Majumdar
Story Created: Jan 14, 2012 at 12:02 AM ECT
Story Updated: Jan 14, 2012 at 12:02 AM ECT
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said yesterday India's largest private company, Reliance, plans to invest $1 billion in Trinidad and Tobago.
The company is looking at setting up an ammonia plant in Trinidad.
At an online conference hosted by telecom provider TSTT at the company's Edward Street, Port of Spain offices Persad-Bissessar, speaking from Mumbai, said: "The theme of the visit is 'Partnering for Diversification, Innovation and Investment' and that's exactly what we achieved from this trip. This trip was aimed at the achievement of future progress and establishing and strengthening bilateral relations which have resolved in success. India has shown a strong desire to partner with us in various areas of our interest."
The ministerial delegations of both India and Trinidad and Tobago have signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) in sectors such as ICT, medical and health care, tourism, fashion, film and animation.
In the field of natural resources, the Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) and the Oil and Natural Gas Commission signed a Memorandum of Understanding with The National Gas Co of Trinidad and Tobago.
As a result, Trinidad will help India in this sector with its technical expertise.
The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, signed an agreement with the Indira Gandhi National Open University to introduce distance learning courses to Trinidad and Tobago.
The Sri Ram Institute will also be providing UWI assistance in the field of research testing, Persad-Bissessar said.
In addition to this, a technical cooperation agreement was signed which will enable experts from India to come and provide services to Trinidad and Tobago.
Shelja Kumari, Indian Minister of Culture, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, signed an agreement with Persad-Bissessar under which a cultural exchange will take place.
The National Steel Orchestra will visit India and a team of musicians from India will teach the sitar, dholak, dhantal and tabla to local music students.
Air link agreements have been signed between Air India and Caribbean Airlines Ltd.
Persad-Bissessar said new flights will be beneficial to India as "Trinidad and Tobago is a gateway to the Americas".
She said these new air links will start by the end of the year but "we are hoping they will come into effect as soon as possible".
The Indian government and the Trinidad and Tobago Government have decided to "collaborate in a comprehensive anti-terrorism effort to obtain rural peace and security," she said.
Asked about the number of people on the mission to India, she said, "My delegation consists of my ministers and their support staff. I am not in a position to say how many delegates accompanied me exactly, but the expenditure for me and my delegates was paid for completely by the Indian government and I am very thankful for that. Apart from my delegation there are other people who have accompanied me on this trip and they have come here at their own cost."
About 150 people from Trinidad and Tobago are on the trip to India.
Persad-Bissessar said the mission was not about her finding her roots but rather, a sense of realisation about where she is from. "Finding one's roots is a fairly modern concept. If I had to do so I would come here personally by myself like I have done in the past."
Cricket star Brian Lara, who also accompanied the Prime Minister to India, said, "I quite enjoyed this trip as this time I came here not as a cricketer but as an ambassador."
Persad-Bissessar returns to Trinidad and Tobago tomorrow.
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/business ... 32463.htmlSankat: India will improve UWI distance learning programmes
Story Created: Jan 25, 2012 at 10:59 PM ECT
Story Updated: Jan 25, 2012 at 10:59 PM ECT
The University of the West Indies (UWI) will be looking to India to improve its distance learning programmes.
UWI St Augustine Campus principal Prof Clement Sankat, who was part of the Trinidad and Tobago delegation during Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar's 12-day State visit to the subcontinent earlier this month, yesterday said the regional university was looking to establish linkages with top Indian universities.
An impressive part of the journey was visiting the Indira Gandhi Open University, which serves a student body of two million using significant distance learning education modes, Sankat said.
"We don't have that scale (of students) but certainly we can learn from this because UWI is a regional institution supported by 16 countries separated by oceans. The distance learning methodology that has firmly been established in India can be used to our great advantage and is something I am going to be forging with them through my vice chancellor," he said.
Speaking to the media yesterday at the Trinidad and Tobago Microzonation Project Workshop at the Institute of Critical Thinking at UWI St Augustine, Sankat said his visit to India "creates hope for many opportunities".
"Universities today do not operate in isolation—certainly not good universities...We have been doing internationalisation at the UWI for many years," said Sankat.
He said his trip allowed him the opportunity to meet with the leading institutions in the fields of engineering, management, law, information technology, film and medicine.
Among institutions that Sankat visited were the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi and Mumbai, the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore, the Indian Film Institute in Poona, and the All-Indian Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi.
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