Women face discrimination daily: Canadian PM

The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) welcomed 28 participants for the fourth edition of its 'Leadership and Strategic Thinking' programme for visually-challenged people. The three-day immersive programme, scheduled from March 6 to 8, was inaugurated today by Bharat Bhasker, Director, IIMA; Rajesh Chandwani, Faculty Chair for the programme; Bhushan Punani, General Secretary, Blind People's Association (BPA) Ahmedabad, and Kinnari Desai, Deputy Director at BPA, according to a release.

Additionally, SpiceJet announced that eight more special flights will operate from Fujairah (UAE) to India to accommodate stranded or affected passengers.

Once the US and the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) granted India a waiver, it paved the way for Canada to sign its own Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (NCA) with India in 2010, which has now reached its full potential under the Carney-Modi administration.

"This initiative is a very promising first step to develop, in our case, a new partnership with your Ministry of Skills and Entrepreneurship to support the development of national skills centres, sharing Canadian expertise and applied education and training and apprenticeships to support the Indian skills plan in areas like critical minerals, AI and agri-food," she said.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Saturday participated in an innovation showcase and met with university researchers in Mumbai.