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ASSIGNMENT FOR 5th JANUARY , 2010

1. Maruti Suzuki India Limited unveils its ‘Joys of Life’ pavilion in Auto Expo 2010 Mr. Shinzo Nakanishi, Managing Director and CEO, Maruti Suzuki, will be present on the occasion at January 5th, 2010 at Hall No. 14, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi at 9.15 am .

2. Prime Minister Manmhan Singh will inaugurate the 20th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of Commonwealth nations at 10.00 am at Vigyan Bhawan.

3. Raffles Millennium International (RMI), Asia Pacific’s leading Design and Commerce College, explore RMI innovations in product design development at 10th Delhi Auto Expo 2010 at 5th & 6th January 2010 from 10.00 am- 5.00 pm at Stall No: 11, Hall No: 6C, Near Gate 1, Pragati Maidan.

4. Eight recognized political parties of Andhra Pradesh will interact with Home Minister P Chidambaram on separate Telangana issue at 10.30 am at North Block.

5. Global launch of the all new series of Eicher heavy-duty trucks by VE Commercial Vehicles – Eicher Trucks and Buses at 11.00 am at Hall 5, stall 5. The new RESFL will also be on display. Siddhartha Lal, MD & CEO , Bertil Thoren – President, Volvo Group Alliance Office, AB Volvo and Director on Board of VE Commercial Vehicles and Humsa Dhir, Head Corporate Communications will interact with media.

6. Lt Gen RK Karwal, DG NCC will address a Press Conference to mark the NCC Republic Day Camp at 11.00 am at DG NCC Republic Day Camp, Garrison Parade Ground, Delhi Cantt.

7. Gurdeep Singh, COO, Aircel & Mr. S. D. Shibulal, COO, Infosys Technologies Ltd. Organizes a Press Conference to announce India’s First Mobile Application Store at The Oberoi Ball Room, Dr. Zakir Hussain Marg, New Delhi at 11:30 a.m.

8. Launch of 2010 motorcycle line-up for India and announcement of price points by Harley-Davidson India at 12.00 pm at Hall 7, stall 2c. Anoop Prakash, MD and Sanjay Tripathi, Director – Marketing will interact with media.

9. The Skoda Auto India Press conference for the unveiling of SkodaAuto first SUV, The Skoda Yeti. is on the 5th January 2010 at 1230 hrs. at Stall No. 10, Auto Expo. Reinhard Fleger Member of Board, Sales & Marketing SkodaAuto and Thomas Kuehl Member of Board, Sales & Marketing SkodaAuto India will address the press conference.

10. Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Ltd organizes a press conference at hall No. 7C at 1.00 pm. Koichi Kondo , Executive Vice president of Honda Motors Company Ltd and Shinji Aoyama , CEO & President HMSI , will interact with media.

11. Panel Discussions Commerce of NRI Films Karan Razdan, Rahul Rawail, Sanjay Singh Moderater: Lalit Mohan Joshi Time: 1:00 P.M Venue: Gulmohar Hall, IHC.

12. A Shiromani Akali Dal delegation will hand over a Memorandum to the High Commissioner, High Commission of Australia, at 1/50-G, Shanti Path, Chankyapuri, New Delhi at 1.00 PM condemning brutal murder of Nitin Garg who has been murdered in Melbouyrne and racial attacks on the Indian Community.

13. GM INDIA showcase of 11 production and concept cars:• Chevrolet Spark Electric (Prototype)• Chevrolet Volt• Chevrolet Camaro• Chevrolet WTCC Cruze• Chevrolet Beat at Hall 11A (Lake Hanger) at 1.30 pm . • Karl Slym, President and MD , Ed Welburn, Global Design Head , P. Balendran, VP – Corporate Affairs , Ankush Arora, VP – Sales, Services and Aftersales will interact with media.

14. Filmmaking- A Question of Identity Avantika Hari, Patricia Mohammed, Poorva Bedi, Nikhil Kaushik Dir- “Bhavishya-The Future”, Lalit Mohan Joshi Moderator: Maithili Ganjoo Time: 2:00 P.M Venue: Cassurina Hall, IHC

15. Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment, Mukul Wasnik will launch Disabled friendly “Accessible” website at 2.45 PM at Constitution Club, Rafi Marg, New Delhi.

16. Tata Motors will unveil their three new Tata vehicles and a Jaguar luxury saloon by Mr. Ratan N. Tata, Chairman, Tata Sons and Tata Motors, at 2:45 pm, January 5, 2010, at the Tata Motors Pavilion (Hall No 11), Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, followed by a Press Conference with Mr. Ratan N. Tata and the senior management at 3:40 pm, at Phoolwari, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

17. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will hold Pre-Budget meeting with Industrialists’ Group at 4.00 p.m. at Conference Hall 72, North Block.

18. Mercedes-Benz India organizes Passenger Car Preview at 4:00 pm at Mercedes-Benz Pavilion, Hall 15, Gate 5 & 7.

19. Anand Mahindra, Managing Director , Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd & Eric M. Tech, President Navistar Engine Group- World Leader in Diesel Engine Technology will interact with media over Mahindra Navistar Engines {P} Ltd at 4.30 P.M at Hall No.12 D, Pragati Maidan, Near Defence Pavalion.


ON WATCH - RADAR & FORTHCOMING EVENTS


1. Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to make an extensive tour to promote a membership drive of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) starting in Bihar on January 12.

2. Minister of External Affairs , S M Krishna , may go to Kathmandu on Jan 15 , 2010 for a three-day visit.

3. A special screening of Marathi film "Harishchandrachi Factory", will take place at the Rashtrapati Bhawan Jan 16. This film is India's official entry to the Oscars,

4. Samajwadi Party would start its “ Jail Bharo” agitational programme across the UP state from January 19 , 2010 against the price hike and law and order situation.

5. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has given a call for ‘Bihar bandh’ on January 28 to protest against the state government’s alleged failure in checking rise in prices of essential commodities.



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