IndiaSkills Regional Competitions to begin in Vizag on December 1
The Hindu
Over 400 participants from five States to showcase their skills
The IndiaSkills-2021 Regional Competitions – South, being organised by the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), will begin in the city on Wednesday.
At a pre-event conference held, here, on Tuesday evening, Challa Madhusudhana Reddy, Adviser to the Government (APSSIDC – Skill Development and Training), said that over 400 participants from five States – Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana – would showcase their skills during the competitions to be held in over 50 disciplines. The winners of the regional competitions would be eligible to participate in the IndiaSkills Nationals and those who qualify in those competitions would get an entry into the WorldSkills Competitions in which 85 member nations would participate.

In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












