U-17 football tournament will strengthen relations between BRICS nation: Vaz,Project Leader & Tournament Organiser
Under-17 football tournament will strengthen even more the relations between BRICS nations using football a catalyst to create communities, encourage friendship and bring young people of different BRICS cultures even closer, said Mr Joao Gilberto Vaz, Project Leader & Tournament Organiser at an ASSOCHAM event held in New Delhi today.
While addressing the meeting, Mr. Joao Gilberto Vaz, Project Leader & Tournament Organiser said, “The tournament will be played at the Ambedkar Stadium in April next year”. He said, India has become an emerging football market with the recent creation of Indian Football League.
India is a key player in all segments within BRICS and a football event in India will also bring a new image of importance to football. “Upcoming 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup will be held in India”, said Mr. Vaz.
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASSOCHAM) on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Brazilian representatives to organize the BRICS U-17 FOOTBALL CUP next year in India.
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by the ASSOCHAM Secretary General ASSOCHAM, Mr D S Rawat, and Mr. Vaz, Project Leader & Tournament Organiser, in the presence of the Mr. Onkar Kedia, Joint Secretary, Sports Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports here at New Delhi.
Mr. Vaz further said, “The BRICS U-17 Football Cup will happen ‘YEARLY’ and if possible in conjunction with BRICS Summit always following the molds of FIFA U-17 tournaments”, added Project Leader & Tournament Organiser.
Mr. Vaz also launched the logo and slogan for the BRICS football cup i.e. “BRICS, TOGETHER WE WIN!”,at the ASSOCHAM meeting.
Also present on the occasion was All India Football Federation (AIFF) General Secretary Mr. Kaushal Das, who spoke about the signing of the memorandum between the two parties.
“The MoU stipulates that both the parties shall collaborate and cooperate through effectively utilizing their respective schemes and assets for the development of industrial human resources via implementation of joint programme, said Mr Rawat.
“The creation of a strategy for economic cooperation led the five major emerging economies i.e. Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa to join hands together with a common goal of encouraging commercial, political and cultural cooperation amongst the BRICS nations”, said Mr. Nikhil Sawhney, Chairman of ASSOCHAM National Council on Sports & Sports Infrastructure.
Others who also spoke during the interactive session were Mr. Javier Ceppi, Tournament Director and Mr. Joy Bhattacharjya, Project Director of FIFA U17 World Cup 2017.
SEPANG, 12 MAY 2015– AirAsia X, an affiliate of the AirAsia Group, has successfully completed the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Operational Safety Audit (IOSA), the benchmark for global safety management in airlines. The airline joined IATA’s IOSA Registry on 16th April 2015.
Co-Founder and Group CEO of AirAsia, Tony Fernandes said, “This registration is a major milestone for the AirAsia Group. We started working towards the IOSA audit process at the end of 2012 and I am excited to announce that AirAsia X is the first airline in the group to be registered. The rest of the airlines across the group, namely AirAsia Malaysia, AirAsia Thailand, AirAsia Indonesia, AirAsia Philippines, AirAsia India, AirAsia X Thailand and AirAsia X Indonesia are also in the midst of the preparation process and we are committed to getting all of our airlines through the audit process. ”
Datuk Kamarudin Meranun, Co-Founder and Group CEO of AirAsia X said, “Safety is a core value that we at AirAsia X are committed to. Participating in the IOSA registration audit is a natural extension to this commitment. We are very pleased to receive the IOSA registration and it’s a very proud moment for us to have demonstrated that AirAsia X operates according to the most stringent standards in the industry.”
The IOSA Audit covers eight functional and operational areas of AirAsia X Berhad namely; Organization and Management System, Flight Operations, Operational Control and Flight Dispatch, Aircraft Engineering & Maintenance, Cabin Operations, Ground Handling Operations, Cargo Operations and Security Management.
Acting CEO of AirAsia X, Benyamin Ismail said, “This was an accomplishment made possible by the hard work and synergy of our Allstars from various departments who worked tirelessly for the past 14 months in preparing, reviewing and improving all of our operational processes and implementation. Not only has this allowed us to meet the required standards, it has also allowed us to further strengthen the safety and efficiency of the organization.”
IATA’s Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) program is an internationally recognized and accepted evaluation system designed to access the operational management and control systems of an airline.
Earthquake has once again struck many parts of our State and other parts of the country and abroad.
I appeal to our people to maintain calm. Our Government will provide all support.
Round-the-clock Control Room has been opened at ‘Nabanna’ and the numbers are 1070 and 22143526.
We are with all our brothers and sisters.
M6.3 – NEPAL
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QUAKE of M7.4 – HIT NEPAL
Nepal Earthquake
Our colleagues in Chautara report buildings collapsing there in the 7.1M aftershock #NepalQuake.
An earthquake, 7.4 in magnitude and 19km deep, has hit 68km west of Namche Bazaar, Nepal, according to US Geological Survey. It was followed by strong aftershocks.Hundreds of people running of out of Kathmandu airport. Scary shaking from aftershock #NepalQuake as reports from twitter.#Nepalearthquakeepicentre close to #MountEverest
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