ASSIGNMENT FOR 3rd, MARCH , 2010
1. Stephen Smith , Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs , will deliver a speech at St. Stephens College plus media interaction afterwards at 8.30 am at St Stephen’s College, University Enclave, Delhi.
2. FICCI, Minisries of Coal, Environmnet and Forests, New and Renewable Energy, Petroleum and Natural Gas and Urban Development and United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) are jointly organising a three day “Methane to Markets Partnership Expo 2010”. Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environmnet and Forests will inaugurate the conference at 9:30 AM at Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi
3. Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Tata Sky, Vikram Mehra will be in Delhi for media interactions from 10.00 am onwards at Taj Mansingh, New Delhi .
4. ALL INDIA INDUCTION FURNACES ASSOCIATION organizes its XXIV AGM & Interactive Session on DEVELOPMENT OF SECONDARY STEEL SECTOR: OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES at 10 :30 AM at Diwan-I-Am, Hotel Taj Mahal, 1 Mansingh Road . Participants are A Sai Prathap , Minister of State for Steel, Atul Chaturvedi, Secretary, Ministry of Steel and S.K.Roongta, Chairman, SAIL .
5. Stephen Smith , Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs , will visit to Raj Ghat – Minister will lay a wreath at 10.30 am at Raj Ghat.
6. NATIONAL SCHOOL OF DRAMA and INDIAN COUNCIL FOR CULTURAL RELATIONS addresses a Press Conference of LEELA South Asian Women’s Theatre Festival at 12.30 p.m. at Azad Bhawan, ICCR, Indraprashtha Estate, New Delhi. This Festival will feature 14 plays from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and India.
7. CII jointly with INSEAD and Canon India, has brought out “The Global Innovation Index Report – 2009” at 12.30 pm at Crystal Ball Room, Hotel The Lalit, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi. Speakers are: Sam Pitroda, Advisor to PM on Infrastructure, Innovation & Information; Arun Maira, Member, Planning Commission; Prof Soumitra Dutta, INSEAD, France; Kensaku Konishi, President & CEO, Canon India Ltd.; Ajai Chowdhry, Chairman, VII National committee on Technology & Innovation and Chairman & CEO, HCL Infosystems Ltd and Prof Rishikesha Krishnan, IIM Bangalore.
8. Press Conference for Horror Film ROKK by Tanushree Dutta , Udita Goswami and Krishan Choudhary at 2.pm at Spice World . NOIDA.
9. Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resource Development to meet Stephen Smith, Foreign Minister of Austraila , at Room No. 302-C, 3rd Floor, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi. at 3.30 p.m.
10. AMCHAM and USIBC organizes a Post Budget Session “Analysing the impact of Union Budget 2010” at 3:30 pm at Hotel ITC Maurya, Diplomatic Enclave, New Delhi. Participants are Sunil Mitra, Revenue Secretary, Ministry of Finance, S.S.N. Moorthy, Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes , V. Sridhar, Chairman, Central Board of Excise & Customs , Y.G. Parande, Member (Budget), Central Board of Excise & Customs , Ashutosh Dikshit, Joint Secretary, Central Board of Direct Taxes , Sunil Gupta, Joint Secretary, Central Board of Direct Taxes , Gautam Bhattacharya, Joint Secretary – TRU-II, Central Board of Excise & Customs, Vivek Johri, Joint Secretary – TRU-I, Central Board of Excise & Customs.
11. Vice President , M. Hamid Ansari , will give away National Tourism Awards 2008-09 at 4.00 p.m. at Plenary Hall, Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
12. THE CII NATIONAL COUNCIL : Anand Sharma, Minister of Commerce & Industry will address the CII National Council Members on the Union Budget 2010-2011 at 4.15 pm at Hotel Le Meridien, Sovereign Hall, Janpath, New Delhi.
13. Stephen Smith , Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs , will meet P Chidambaram , Minister of Home Affairs , at 4.30 pm at North Block .
14. THE CII NATIONAL COUNCIL : Pranab Mukherjee. Minister of Finance will address the CII National Council Members on the Union Budget 2010-2011 at 6.00 pm at Hotel Le Meridien, Sovereign Hall, Janpath, New Delhi.
15. Defence Minister AK Antony will Inaugurate International Military Music Festival at 6.30 pm at Purana Quila.
16. PVR CINEMAS organizes the Red Carpet Premiere Of “ROKK” Actors - UDITA GOSWAMI, TANUSHREE DUTTA, SACHIN KHEDEKAR & MURLI SHARMA will be present at 06:30 pm at PVR Anupam , Saket.
17. HERO HONDA WORLD CUP HOCKEY SCHEDULE :
1. Canada will take on Germany at 4.35 pm.
2. Argentina clash with Korea at 6.35 pm.
3. New Zealand will test the prowess of Netherlands at 8.35 pm.
18. Stephen Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia , meets Minister of External Affairs , S M Krishna , at 7.30 pm at Hyderabad House. (Entry through Gate No 3, Kasturba Gandhi Marg side)
ON WATCH - RADAR & FORTHCOMING EVENTS
1. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to visit India on March 11 & 12.
2. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will host an international convention on "financial inclusion and financial literacy" in Bangalore on March 22 as part of its platinum jubilee celebrations.
3. Manmohan Singh will visit Washington in April to attend the Global Nuclear Security Summit to be hosted by the White House on April 12 and 13.
4. All Matathipathis (heads of mutts) and sadhus of South India would convene at Namakkal in Salem on April 18 to discuss the status of religious conversions.
5. Pranab Mukherjee's first visit as finance minister to the USA will be on April 24-25 to attend the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group .
6. Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (Autumn/Winter 2010 edition) is scheduled from March 24 - 28, 2010 at the NSIC Exhibition Complex, Okhla, New Delhi .
7. Lt General Vijay Kumar Singh will be the next Indian Army chief. He will take over from the incumbent army chief General Deepak Kapoor on March 31.
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