ASSIGNMENT FOR 14th , MARCH , 2010
1. Anguished by apathetic attitude of govt towards their demand of OROP, ex servicemen deposit medals with the president for the seventh time at Jantar-Mantar , New Delhi from 10am to 2 pm and “SIGN MEMORANDUM IN BLOOD” .
2. Gurshan’s body is arriving at International Airport at 10.00 am . Gurshan , the todder , was murdered in Australia.
3. Prof. K.V. Thomas, Minister of State for Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution will inaugurate the conference of Presidents, State Commissions and Secretaries in charge of Consumer Affairs in States and UT Governments/Administrations , Auditorium, SCOPE Complex, Lodi Road at 4.30 p.m.
4. Zile Khan , the famous Sufi singer , will perform at Teen Murti at 6.00 pm.
5. Penguin Books India is organizing SPRING FEVER (in collaboration with Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre) with an open air library featuring Penguin India books . Today at 7.00 pm there will be a conversation between Gurcharan Das, Bibek Debroy, Namita Gokhale and Shashi Tharoor on MAHABHARATA—KAL, AAJ AUR KAL at Amphithetre , Indian Habitat Centre.
6. Unveiling of the book “FORGOTTEN DILLI-PORTRAIT OF AN IMMORTAL CITY written by Sasmita S. Akhtar & Shamim Akhtar (Deputy Commissioner (VAT) by Sheila Dikshit , Chief Minister of Delhi , at Gulmohar hall , Habitat World India Habitat Centre New Delhi at 7:00 pm.
ON WATCH - RADAR & FORTHCOMING EVENTS
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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 .
5. Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (Autumn/Winter 2010 edition) is scheduled from March 24 - 28, 2010 at the NSIC Exhibition Complex, Okhla, New Delhi .
6. 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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