ASSIGNMENT FOR 20th MARCH , 2010
1. With sunrise , your encounter with hundreds of fuming MOTHER DIARY consumers at various Mother Diary milk booths as they are forced to pay more for MD milk. JAI HO SHARAD PAWAR JI!
2. PEDAL PLANET organizes EARTH HOUR BICYCLE RALLY at 7.00 AM at Ambedkar Nagar, BRT Car Park.
3. LET’s DO IT DELHI , a citizen led volunteer group , plans to ensure a clean Delhi ahead of the COMMONWEALTH Games. The group alongwith hundreds ofcitizens and CIVIC bodies – including DDA, NDMC and MCD to clean up Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi from 7:00 am onwards till 10.00 AM.
4. Asia Society in partnership with CII and Wall Street Journal is organising the 20th Asian Corporate Conference in which ROBERT BLAKE, US ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOUTH ASIA, will be delivering his speech at 9:00 AM and Goh Chok Tong, Senior Minister, Singapore, will deliver his address at 09:30 AM. on 20th March 2010. Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State for Environment and Forest, will deliver his address at 02:00 PM on 20th March 2010. Shyam Saran, Special Envoy on Climate Change to the PM of India, will deliver his address at 02:30 PM on 20th March 2010. Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister, New Delhi, will deliver her address at 04:30 PM on 20th March 2010.
5. SPACE will perform public outreach at Jantar Mantar on March 20th from 10:00 AM onwards on the occasion of Vernal Equinox. March 20th, marks the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere. The name "equinox" is derived from the Latin aequus (equal) and nox (night), because around the equinox, the night and day are approximately equally long.
6. PGIMER-Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Chronic Care Foundation & Pfizer organize a Consensus Conference on Tobacco Cessation, Treatment & Care to discuss the proactive roles that various stakeholders like Doctors, NGOs and Media can play in taking the “War Against Tobacco” to the next level from 10.30 am onwards on Saturday, March 20, 2010 at Auditorium, PGIMER-Dr RML Hospital, New Delhi.
7. VHP Delhi will protest at Jantar Mantar at 12 O Clock in protest against Orissa Govt's dictatorship on Kandhmaal issue.
8. Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State for the Ministry of Environment and Forests (Independent charge) will brief media about the outcome of National Board for Wildlife meeting which was convened by the Prime Minister at 12.00 Noon at Room No 403, Conference Hall, Paryavaran Bhavan
9. SMS GupShup launches ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN with Television actor NANDISH SANDHU at 12:00 Noon at Jagannath International Management School, OCF Pocket-9, Sector B, Vasant Kunj.
10. Opportunity to have a Lunch at 12.30 PM , hosted by Sumitra Mahajan Chairperson , Standing Committee on Rural Developemnt Lok Sabha , at 8, Gurudwara Rakabganj Road Near Ram Manohar Lohiya Houspital ,New Delhi.
11. The students of Japanese Studies at the School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, are organizing Bunkasai KIZUNA 2010, the Japanese Cultural Festival, from 1.30 PM onwards at SAA Auditorium , JNU.
12. Sun Foundation releases a video, a documentary & a public interest message produced by Padmashri Vikramjit S. Sahney and to be released by PRIYANKA CHOPRA former Ms world & Bollywood Diva , at March 20 , 2010 from 4.30 PM onwards at Soverign, Le Meridien Hotel .Priyanka Chopra is reaching out to masses in our Public Interest Message. She endorses by saying "Save the Girl Child, she is precious" plus more.
13. VYATITH JAMMU KASHMIR , a book written by Narendra Sehgal would be released by Jagmohan at 5:00 PM at Dy Speaker hall , Constitution Club. Arun Jaitely and Madan Das Devi would also be present at the book-release function.
14. Apparao Galleries organizes ‘An Exhibition of Collages’ by Farhan Mujib at 6.30pm at Triveni Garden Theater, 205, Tansen Marg, New Delhi.
15. HarperCollins Publishers India launches the book DON’T SPRINT THE MARATHON written by V Raghunathan at 6.30pm at Gulmohar Hall , India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road . Kiran Karnik, former President, NASSCOM and M. Damodaran, former Chairman, Securities & Exchange Board of India will be in conversation with the author.
16. Niti and Anurag Batra organizes the 4th Anniversary celebration of stylekandy.com from 7:00 PM onwards on Saturday, March 20th, 2010 at F Bar & Lounge, Ashoka Hotel, New Delhi.
17. PENGUINE INDIA organizes BOLLYWOOD QUIZ open to all -- with quizmaster Udayan Mitra from 7.00 pm to 8.30 pm at the Amphitheatre, IHC .
18. The Francophonie Mela 2010 bringing together the culture of more than 15 Francophonie Countries at 20th March from 11:30 a.m.onwards at Alliance Française de Delhi. Music and Dance Performance by DJ Click Live Band Amazing electro gypsie show with music, vocals and dance by master musicians and gypsy dancers from France, Romania, Italy and India at 8: 00 PM onwards at Magique Amphitheatre, Garden of 5 Senses, Said ul Ajaib.
19. Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde of Belgium will be arriving at 10.30 PM at Indira Gandhi International Airport Terminal-II , Ceremonial Lounge, Lower Level , Reception.
ON WATCH - RADAR & FORTHCOMING EVENTS
1. THE FIRST-EVER BIHAR DIVAS CELEBRATION ON MARCH 22. THE BRITISH COLONIAL RULERS HAD CARVED BIHAR OUT OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY ON MARCH 22, 1912.
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. 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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