ASSIGNMENT , MAY 14th , 2010

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK : NO & YES are two short words which needs a long thought ….most of things we miss in life are due to saying NO too soon OR YES too late . Think & Send your comment…

1.      Petrol Pump strike in Delhi against VAT Hike.

2.      CII International Conference on Dairy Industry “PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR INCLUSIVE GROWTH” at 09:30 AM at  Hotel The Grand, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi Chief Guest: Subodh Kant Sahai, Minister for Food Processing Industries; Dr Amrita Patel, Chairperson, National Dairy Development Board; Rupert Holborow, High Commissioner for New Zealand; K V Thomas, Minister of State for Agricutlure; Rudra Gangadharan, Secretary, Dept. of Animal Husbandry and Dairying;  Rakesh Bharti Mittal, Chairman, CII National Council on Agriculture and Vice Chairman & MD, Bharti Enterprises Ltd. and M K Jalan, Chairman, CII National Task Force on Dairy and Chairman, Keventer Group.

3.      CII Construction Summit 2010 “INFRASTRUCTURE: REVIEWING THE FUNDAMENTALS TO ACCELERATE DEVELOPMENT” at 10:00 AM at Hotel Taj Mahal, Mansingh Road. Chief Guest: Sushil Kumar Shinde, Minister for Power;B K Chaturvedi, Member, Planning Commission; Y M Deosthalee, CFO & Member of the Board, Larsen & Toubro Ltd; Ajit Gulabchand, President, CFI & CMD, Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd. and G V Sanjay Reddy, Chairman, CII National Committee on Transport Infrastructure & Vice Chairman, GVK Power & Infrastructure Ltd.

4.      Residents of Kushta Ashram ( Leprosy Colony ) will organize a “ Matka Phod “ demonstration at Delhi Jal Board , Pani Tanki Office , Tahirpur  Khel Maidan , Janata Flat at 10:00 AM against the supply of contaminated water.  

5.      Russian Centre of International Education organizes an "Educational Fair" with the participation of Russian Universities Representatives at the Russian Centre of Science and Culture, 24, Ferozeshah Road, from 10.  00 a.m. to 7. 00 p.m.

6.      IMD is organizing one day Media Workshop on Communicating Weather & Climate Information at 10.30 AM at India Islamic Cultural Centre, Lodi Road. Prithviraj Chavan, Minister of State for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences (I/C) will grace the valedictory function as chief guest. 

7.      The French Development Agency (AFD) is signing agreement with the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA)  and Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), following the bilateral annual consultation meeting between French Development Agency (AFD) and Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) of the Ministry of Finance. Jérôme Bonnafont, Ambassador of France to India and Neeta Bhushan, Director for Europe, Department of Economic Affairs, will be present to witness the signing ceremony at 11:30 a.m. at the Residence of France 2/50 E, Nyaya Marg, Chanakyapuri.

8.      SHRIRAM TRANSPORT  FINANCE COMPANY  LIMITED organizes a press conference to announce the Company's forthcoming NCD Issue at Hotel Shangri-La, New Delhi at 12:30 PM.

9.      CHHABRA 555 organises the  Opening of their showroom in Ghaziabad by Bollywood actress DIVYA DUTTA at 12:30 PM at Shop No.7, Opulent Mall Near , Choudhary More, Ghaziabad Road ,                                         Ghaziabad

10.  TRAI is organizing an Open House Discussion on: Consultation paper on “EFFICIENT UTILIZATION OF NUMBERING RESOURCES” at 2.00 P.M.at Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi

11.  FICCI is organising a conference on “SHARING RSBY EXPERIENCE: ENHANCING REACH & ENRICHING QUALITY OF HEALTHCARE” at 2:00 PM At FICCI, Tansen Marg .  Anil Swarup, Director General, Labour Welfare and Joint Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment; Dr. Narottam Puri, Advisor, Fortis Healthcare Ltd and  Dr. Nishant Jain, GTZ-Social Protection will address the session.

12.  Mod’Art International organizes ‘A La Mode 2010’ a State Level Inter-school Design Contest from 3.00 PM onwards at Little Theater Group Auditorium, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi The awards will be presented by Indian Designer Mr. Arjun Khanna.

13.  UN Information Centre organizes a Panel Discussion on IMPACT OF MIGRATION ON FAMILIES at 3:00  P.M at UN Conference Hall, 55 Lodi Estate. Panelists are : Nesim Tumkaya , Representative, UNFPA, India , Sangeeta Verma , Economic Advisor, Ministry of Women and Child Development , Prof. Amitabh Kundu , Centre of Regional Development, JNU , Ramya Subrahmanian , Social Policy Specialist, UNICEF , Dr. Mala Kapur Shankardass , Sociologist, Gerontologist & Health Social Scientist, Maitreyi College, Ravi Chandran, Programme Officer, ILO.

14.  Greenpeace organizes a presentation on the radiation accident in Mayapuri, at 4.00 pm at Deputy Chairman Hall, 2nd Floor, The Constitution Club, Rafi Marg. Radiation safety experts Jan Vande Putte of Greenpeace Belgium, Stan Vincent of Greenpeace United Kingdom and Karuna Raina of Greenpeace India will be addressing the press conference.

ON WATCH - RADAR & FORTHCOMING EVENTS

1. Pragyan Ojha , left-arm spinner , the highest wickettaker in the recently-concluded IPL , will marry Karabee, a PhD scholar, at his home town Bhubaneswar on May 16.

2. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to address a press conference on May 24 to mark the first anniversary of the UPA government’s second term.

3. 27th Youth National Basketball Championship for Boys & Girls to be held at Trichy, Tamil Nadu from 1st to 8th June, 2010.

4. Bollywood star  Manisha Koirala to tie the knot with Nepali businessman Samrat Dahal on June 19.

5. Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao will meet her counterpart Salman Bashir in Islamabad on June 26 on the sidelines of the meeting of SAARC Home Ministers.

6. Chidambaram will visit Islamabad on June 26 where he will meet Interior Minister Rehman Malik and get a briefing on the trial in Pakistan of the 26/11 plotters and investigations into the attack.

7. S M Krishna will visit Islamabad on July 15 for talks with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureishi.

8. Women’s hockey World Cup 2010 to be held in Rosario, Argentina, from Aug 29 to Sep 11.

9. The Congress Yatra, to commemorate the 125th year of Congress' foundation, will culminate on November 10 with a rally of party President Sonia Gandhi at Allahabad.

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