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Canada, India committed to diversity, trip yielded $1 bn investment: Trudeau

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New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) With his first official visit to India yielding bilateral investments worth over $1 billion, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday said that both nations have close bonds owing to their deep and shared commitment to democracy and diversity.

Addressing the India Canada Business Session here jointly organised by Indian industry chambers and the Canada-India Business Couuncil, he said that the experience of diversity enriches societies and helps promote innovation and better decision making.

“This trip has yielded more than $ 1 billion of investment between India and Canada,” Trudeau said, adding that he is leading around a 1,000 member delegation to India, including a record number of company representatives.

Trudeau arrived here on Friday on an eight-day visit to India, and has already presided over an Indo-Canadian business meeting in Mumbai.

“This two-way investment will create 6,000 high quality jobs in Canada and many more jobs here (India), as well.

“Both Canada and India are committed to upholding and promoting democracy, and we value diversity and the many strengths it brings to society,” he said.

Giving the example of the major Canadian city of Toronto, he said “50 per cent of its population are born outside Canada.”

There are 1.2 million people of Indian origin in Canada and around 500,000 of them hail from Punjab.

“The diversities of religion, gender, lived experience..all these enrich us and make us more resilient. It helps innovation and makes for better-decision making,” said the Prime Minister, whose cabinet has four Indian origin ministers, including Sikhs.

“No one can convince me that diversity and innovation are mutually exclusive categories,” he added.

Lauding Canada’s diversity for being home to “people of my community who have done us proud in your land,” Union Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal invited Canadian business to invest in India “to become part of our growth story”.

“People of India, and especially of Punjab, welcome you with open arms,” she said, referring to Trudeau.

Noting that agriculture and food processing are potentially major areas of Indo-Canadian cooperation, Badal said that bilateral cooperation is already ongoing in creating a cold chain infrastructure in India and setting up mega food parks in the country could be the next area.

After visiting Agra, Ahmedabad and Mumbai, Trudeau visited Amritsar on Wednesday where he, his wife and children prayed at the Golden Temple. He also met Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh.

Bilateral trade between India and Canada stood at $6.05 billion in 2016. The two countries are also working on a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).

There are currently around 400 Canadian companies operating in India.

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Foodman Vishal Singh Honored for Hunger Free World Mission in Bangkok

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Lucknow: Vishal Singh, a renowned social worker from Lucknow, also known as Foodman, has once again made India proud. He was honored by the Happy Hands Gloves Cooperative Limited Company in Korathai, Thailand, for his work with the Hunger Free World Mission.

The Hunger Free World Mission’s meeting was held in Korathai, Thailand, under Vishal Singh’s leadership. Representatives from several countries, including Mr. Raja Dwivedi (Managing Director of Happy Hands Gloves Limited), Thailand Coordinator Mr. Raja Mishra, and member Mr. Varun Singh, attended the event.

Under Vishal Singh’s leadership, the attendees took a pledge to work together toward creating a hunger-free world.

Speaking on the occasion, Vishal Singh explained that the main goal of the Hunger Free World Mission is social participation. He said the mission is not just about feeding people but also about meeting other basic needs of those who are struggling. The mission focuses on helping families of terminally ill patients in hospitals by providing food and shelter. It also works to fulfill essential needs like education, jobs, and care for the elderly.

For the last 16 years, the Vijay Sri Foundation has been providing free services, benefiting thousands of people. Vishal Singh highlighted that the mission aims to gain global recognition like other organizations such as WHO, WWF, and Red Cross, which work for social causes.

During this meeting, Vishal Singh was appointed as the Chairman of the Hunger Free World Mission by representatives from various countries. They also discussed holding regular meetings in different countries to push the mission forward.

Business tycoon Dr. Abhishek Verma has also supported this humanitarian mission, vowing to promote the idea of “Seva Parmo Dharma” (Service is the highest duty) worldwide. Vishal Singh praised him, stating that people like Dr .Abhishek Verma inspire others to work for the betterment of society.

Recently, Romania’s Ambassador, Mr . Daniela Sezonov Ţane, invited Vishal Singh to the Romanian Embassy in Delhi, where they discussed the mission in detail. Impressed by his humanitarian work, she honored Vishal Singh and invited him to Romania to take the mission forward .

Food man Vishal Singh has been serving the people of India for the past 16 years. Through the Vijay Sri Foundation, he provides free meals to cancer patients & their families ,shelter, and education for women & children along with running free old-age homes in Lucknow.

In addition to his humanitarian work, Vishal Singh also addresses issues like crime and corruption through his role as Chairman of Seva Path Media and Managing Director of Vijay Sri Foundation.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Vishal Singh and his team worked tirelessly to provide food and help to the needy, including starving children, elderly citizens, and pregnant women. Despite contracting the virus himself, he continued to assist others after his recovery. He even created a life-saving oxygen regulator using household items, which was praised by doctors both in India and abroad.

In his address at the meeting, Vishal Singh spoke about his mission to create a hunger-free world. He pointed out that India’s large population, along with issues like unemployment and poverty, has caused the country to fall on the Hunger Index. He urged people to contribute just one handful of grains daily to help create a hunger-free world.

He concluded by saying that through social participation, we can empower the people around us, meet their basic needs, and work together to build a stronger, more prosperous, and developed society.

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