Wednesday, March 17, 2010

NEWS ASSIGNMENT, MAR18,2010

ASSIGNMENT FOR 18th MARCH , 2010
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1. Salman Khurseed, Minister for Corporate Affairs & Minorities Affair and Dr C P Joshi, Minister for Rural Development will speak on “Challenges of inclusions & the role of democracy” at the two-day FICCI sponsored “National Microfinance Conference “ at 9:00 AM at Ashok Hotel, New Delhi. Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Dy Chairman, Planning Commission will address at 3:30 PM

2. Sharad Pawar, Minister of Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution will inaugurate National Conference for Kharif Campaign at NASC Hall, Todapur, Pusha, New Delhi at 9.30 a.m.

3. Confederation of Indian Industry in association with Delhi Tourism & Transportation Development Corporation (DTTDC), Delhi Government is jointly organizing the 1st Delhi Tourism Conclave based on the theme “Unleashing the Potential of Delhi” on 18th – 19th March 2010, at 0930 hrs at India Islamic Cultural Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.

4. Minister of State for Defence Dr MM Pallam Raju to address a seminar on Renewable Energy for Defence Services at 10:00 AM at Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA), 1 Development Enclave, Near USI, Rao Tula Ram Marg, New Delhi.

5. Selena Bijli launches the PVR Nest’s Annual Report and Film PVR Nest , a CSR initiative of PVR Ltd. which was started 4 years ago, at PVR Anupam, Saket, New Delhi. at 10.30 am . PVR Nest is running various programmes – like School- Life, PVR Ki Pathshala, Cine Art and Green films.

6. Smile Foundation organize the inauguration of SMILE ON WHEELS (SOW), The National Level Mobile Hospital Programme for the underprivileged By Dr. Sanjeev Bagai, CEO, Batra Hospital, New Delhi at 12:00 PM at Speakers hall, Constitutional Club, Rafi Marg, New Delhi.

7. Dr. Shashi Tharoor, MOS for External Affairs, will have official talks with OluBankie King-Akerele, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Liberia at 12.30 pm at Hyderabad House.

8. FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) is organising an interactive meeting with Henrietta Holsman Fore, Co-Chairperson of the Women Corporate Directors at 3:30 PM at FICCI, New Delhi.

9. Pradip Jain , MoS , Rural Development, & World Vision India launches “ CHILD HEALTH NOW “ , a nationwide campaign to end preventable child deaths at 3.45 pm , Dome hall ,The Ambassador Hotel.

10. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, President of India will present the Moortidevi Award of Bharatiya Jnanpith to Dr.M.Veerappa Moily, Union Minister of Law and Justice at 5.30 P.M. at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi .

11. Launch of the first literary-cultural quarterly - PRAZNATH at India Habitat Center from 6:30pm onwards at Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Center, Lodhi Road, New Delhi .Praznath will document Kashmiri art, culture, literature, tradition and history.A panel discussion will also follow in which Dr. Kapila Vatsayan , Sir Mark Tully , Dr. Swapan Dasgupta and others will participate.

12. Asia Society in partnership with CII and Wall Street Journal is organising the 20th Asian Corporate Conference from 18th March at Hotel Taj Palace, Durbar Hall, Sardar Patel Marg, New Delhi. Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of Finance, will address the Inaugural Session at 6.45 PM at HOTEL TAJ PALACE, DURBAR HALL, SARDAR PATEL MARG .

13. PVR CINEMAS organizes the Red Carpet Premiere Of “LAHORE” at 07:30 pm at PVR Premier, Ambience Mall, Gurgaon . Actors : Nafisa Ali, Farouque Shaikh, Saurabh Shukla, Mukesh Rishi and Debutant Aanhaad and Shraddha Das .

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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