Sudanese Vice-President Hassabo Mohamed Abdul Rahman hailed the role Qatar has played in supporting Sudan in achieving sustainable stability and tackling challenges on all fronts.
Speaking to the media on Wednesday, the Sudanese vice-president referred to the Qatari achievements in Darfur through the reconstruction of villages and the establishment of mega development projects, while entrenching the peace agreement that completed the peace process in the region.
He added that Qatar played major roles globally in favour of Sudan, notably in working to lift the sanctions and offering support so as to continue the comprehensive developmental renaissance.
He noted that his country looks forward to a bigger Qatari role in the coming period by boosting the grants and loans and enhancing and expanding the developmental contributions in order to address Sudan’s negative repercussions from the economic sanctions that lasted 20 years.

Indian state to 
organise ‘Skill 
Summit 2018’


The government of the Indian state of Jharkhand is organising the two-day ‘Skill Summit 2018, Momentum Jharkhand’, from January 12, the Indian embassy in Doha has said in a statement.
The summit, to be held in Jharkhand’s capital Ranchi, is focused on developing employability and entrepreneurship among youth and creating skill development infrastructure in the state, according to the statement. 
In the last three years, the state of Jharkhand has set the task of ‘skilling’ its youth at the forefront of its development activities and aims to establish itself as a ‘Skill Hub of India’ over the next five years. 
The Jharkhand government plans to make more than 2mn youth skilled, assessed and certified over a period of five years.
The ‘Skill Summit 2018’ will provide an opportunity to understand the potential of Jharkhand in various sectors and serve as an occasion to interact with policy makers, skills providers, employers and thought leaders from around the world.
The summit will bring together crosscurrents of opinions, views and ideas inherent to skills development. 
Detailed information about the summit can be accessed at http://hunar.jharkhand.gov.in/home

‘Brain Battle quiz’
at BPS today


Indian Inter-School quiz competition, Brain Battle, to be hosted by ace quiz master G S Pradeep will be held today at Birla Public School from 5.30pm.
The event is organised by the Association of NSS Engineering College Ex-Students (Anecx), a forum of Doha-based engineers from Kerala’s NSS Engineering College, Palakkad. Entry to the event is free. (Details in Community section Page 7).