Monday, January 18, 2010

NEWS ASSIGNMENT

ASSIGNMENT FOR 19th JANUARY , 2010

1. Guard of Honour for Vice Admiral Eliezer Marom, Commander-in-Chief of the Israeli Navy at 0915 hrs at South Block Lawn.

2. ROBERT GATES , US SEVRETARY OF DEFENSE , TO MEET PRIME MINISTER , DR. MANMOHAN SINGH . TIME NOT CONFIRMED TILL NOW.

3. Dr. Ramakrishna Sithanen , Minister of Finance and Economic Empowerment , attends an interactive session on ‘Investors’ Roundtable Meet’ on ‘Mauritius’ as an upcoming destination with emerging sectors like ICT/BPO at Villa Medici, Taj Mahal Hotel, 1 Mansingh Road, at 9:30 am onwards .

4. Dr. Peter Balazs, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Hungary will meet Anand Sharma , Minister of State for Commerce and Industry , at Udyog Bhavan at 10.30 am.

5. The Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas Murli Deora will inaugurate the Oil & Gas Conservation Fortnight 2010 at 10.30 a.m. at Plenary Hall, Vigyan Bhawan, Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi

6. SEWA Trade Facilitation Centre organizes the visit of Bhutan Queen, Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuk Visit to Hanshiba Store, New Delhi, for sharing and exchange of learnings, experiences and success stories, for the enhancement of Indian and Bhutanese women In New Delhi at 11.00 am at Hansiba Gallery No.5, Rajiv Gandhi Handicraft Bhavan Baba Kharak Singh Marg, CP.

7. MoU signing between Communication Ministers of India and Finland at 11.00 a.m. at Room No-1033, Electronic Niketan, CGO Complex, New Delhi.

8. S. Subramanian, Malaysian Minister for Human Resources to call on Shri Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resource Development at Minister’s chamber, Room No.302-C, 3rd Floor ‘C’ Wing, Shastri Bhawan, at 11.20 a.m.

9. Anil Madhok, Managing Director, Sarovar Hotels & Resorts interacts with media and Showcase the recently launched Optus Sarovar Premiere, Gurgaon at 11:30 am at Optus Sarovar Premiere (43-47, Sector 29, City Centre, Gurgaon)

10. Association of Surgeons of India organizes a press conference to announce the take-over of its new president Dr. NK Pandey and other office bearers and unveil it’s initiatives and agenda for the ensuing year at Silver Oak Hall, India Habitat Centre at 11.30 am.

11. MSI launches its 15 new MSI laptops at Hotel Le Meridien at 11.30 am . MSI laptops are specially created for each series including X-Slim, Gaming, Entertainment, Classic and Ultra Portable series.

12. Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resource Development to address Editors’ Conference on Social Sector Issues at PIB Conference Hall, 1st Floor, Shastri Bhawan, at 12.00 hrs.

13. Dr. Peter Balazs, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Hungary will meet SM Krishna , External Affairs Minister , at Hyderabad House at 12.00 pm.

14. Sony Cyber Shot Press Conference to be held on 19th January at Diwan-e-Aam, Hotel Taj Man Singh Road, New Delhi. At 12.00 pm.

15. Bollywood actor Salman Khan will address a press conference at 12.30 pm at FICCI Auditorium to promote his forthcoming film “ Veer “.

16. Minister of State (IC), Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Prithviraj Chavan will address the press about the initiatives and major policy decisions of Ministry of Science and Technology on the 2nd day of 10th Editors’ Conference on Social Sector Issues-2010, at 1.45 P.M. at Press Conference Hall, , Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi .

17. The Union Minister of Labour & Employment, Mallikarjun Kharge will address the 10th Editors’ Conference on Social Sector Issues-2010 at 3.00 p.m. at Press Conference Hall, National Press Centre, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi.

18. Diamond Jubilee celebration of Election Commission of India on 25 th January . Curtain Raiser press conference at 3.00 pm at Nirvachan Sadan.

19. Sheetal V Talwar & Madhu Mantena address a press conference & to witness a visual synopsis of their forthcoming film RANN Directed by Ram Gopal Varma. Mr.Amitabh Bachchan , Ritesh Deshmukh and Gul Panag will also be present at the Press Conference at 4.00 p.m. at Longchamp , Taj Mahal Hotel , Mansingh Rd.,New Delhi.

20. Ghulam Nabi Azad, Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare will address the 10th Editors’ Conference on Social Sector Issues-2010 at 04.30PM at Press Conference Hall, Press Information Bureau, Shastri Bhawan.

21. Sachin Pilot, MOS (C&IT) along with Kapil Sibbal, Union Minister for Human Resource Development will inaugurate the newly constructed Departmental Post Office Building at 04.30 p.m at C- Block Mkt, Saraswati Vihar, Delhi.

22. Bhim Bahadur Rawal , Home Minister of Nepal , to meet SM Krishna , External Affairs Minister at South Block at 4.30 pm.

23. The Commission for INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE of Delhi Catholic Archdiocese has organised an "Inter- Faith Prayer Service" in memory of all those who have lost their lives in the recent earthquake of HAITI. The prayer service will be led by His Grace, Bishop Franco Mulakkal, Auxiliary Bishop of Delhi at 5.15 p.m at Sacred Heart Cathedral 1, Ashok Place .

24. Utpal Publications releases their new book THE EXILED STORY OF THE INDIGENOUS GROUP OF PEOPLE OF KASHMIR VALLEY at 5.00 pm at Constitution Club Rafi Marg . An exhibition on Kashmiri Hindus exile will also be displayed.Chief Guest is Nitin Gadkari, National President, BJP and Jagmohan, Former Governor, Thupstan Chhewang, Patron President, Ladakh Union Territory Front will also attend.

25. Dr. C.P. Joshi, Hon’ble Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj will inaugurate the SARAS FAIR AT DILLI HAAT . Ministers of State for Rural Development Sisir Kumar Adhikari and Agatha Sangma will be present on this occasion at 5 p.m at Dilli Haat, INA, New Delhi.

26. Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia will be arriving at 5.20 pm at Air Force Station, Palam ( By Special Aircraft) Reception.

27. Robert Gates , US Secreatry of Defence , to meet SM Krishna , External Affairs Minister , at 6.00 pm at South Block.

28. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission will release a book “India 2039” by Harinder Kohli at Amaltas, India Habitat Centre at 7:00 pm. The release will be followed by a panel discussion on the book featuring:-Rakesh Mohan, former Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India and Non Resident Senior Research Fellow, Stanford UniversitySuman Bery, Director-General, National Council of Applied Economic Research and Member, Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council.

29. The 7th Raman Munjal Memorial Lecture to be delivered by Sam Pitroda , Advisor to the Prime Minister on Public Infrastructure and innovation , at 7.00 pm at Hotel Taj Palace.


OUTSIDE NEW DELHI

1. Jyoti Basu last journey at Kolkata.

2. Rahul Gandhi will be ddressing a press conference at 09.00 am at Bhopal and will launch NSUI membership drive in Indore and Goa.

3. Samajwadi Party would start its “ Jail Bharo” agitational programme across the UP state from today against the price hike and law and order situation.

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4. The South Korean President , Lee Myungbak , arrives in the capital on Jan 24 as the chief guest for the Republic Day celebrations.

5. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet chief ministers on Jan 27 to discuss the soaring prices of essential commodities.

6. JAIPUR will play host to Asia's leading literary festival for authors, publishers and book lovers from January 21 to January 25 at Diggi Palace in Jaipur.

7. Surajkund Craft Mela will begin from February 01, 2010.

8. Hockey India (HI) fixed Feb 7 as the new date to elect its office-bearers.

9. 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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