ASSIGNMENT, MAY 18th , 2010

1.      CUTS International organizes a Roundtable on “Regulatory Reform Bill 2009” from 09:30 AM onwards at Gulmohar, India Habitat Centre (IHC). Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of India will open the seminar.

2.      Aman Ki Asha “Indo-Pak Business Meet at 10:00 AM at Hotel Taj Mahal, Mansingh Road. Pranab Mukherjee , Finance Minister , will deliver the Inaugural address whereas Chief Guests are  Amin Hashwani, President, Pakistan-India CEOs Business Forum, Shahrukh Hasan, Group Managing Director, The Jang Group, N R Narayan Murthy, Chairman & Chief Mentor, Infosys Technologies Ltd.,  Nandan Nilekani, Chairman, UIDAI, Brijmohan Lall Munjal, Past President, CII & Chairman, Hero Honda Motors Ltd. and Hari S Bhartia, President, CII.

3.      “SERVICE REVOLUTION IN SOUTH ASIA” - Book Launch followed by Panel Discussions on at 10:45 AM at Sovereign Part –I, Le Meridian Hotel, New Delhi. Mr. Ejaz Ghani, Chief Economic Adviser, The World Bank will present the key findings of the report and will be joined by  Dr. Shankar Acharya, Former, Chief Economic Advisor and Member of Board of Governors & Honorary Professor, ICRIER; Kaushik Basu*, Chief Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance and Kiran Karnik*, Former President, NASSCOM.

4.      Media briefing to mark the Inauguration of the India Center of Excellence by Bridgewater Systems, the mobile personalization company, at 11:30 A.M. at Conference Room 2020 (Level 20), Hotel Le Meridien, Janpath.

5.      Sunita Narain of Centre for Science and Environment will interact with media at 3:00 PM at its office in India habitat Centre.

6.      Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) organizes  Africa Festival ---A Programme of African Dance & Music from 5 Countries SOUTH  AFRICA     RWANDA    TUNISIA MALAWI   NIGERIA  at 6.30 p.m. at Kamani Auditorium,Copernicus Marg, New Delhi.

7.      National Institute of Fashion Technology New Delhi organizes  FASHIONOVA 2010 from 7:00 P.M onwards at The Ashoka, Convention Hall, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi Also witness the showcasing of cycle rickshaws designed by eminent designers like Rajesh Pratap Singh, Nitin Bal Chauhan, Samant Chauhan & Gunjan Arora as FDCI President  Sunil Sethi unveils them.

8.      Meet Johnny The monk who sold his soul… at 7.30 p.m. at Agni, The Park, 15 Parliament Street, New Delhi  Vir Das, comedian and actor, will release the book .

ON WATCH - RADAR & FORTHCOMING EVENTS

1. 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.

2. 27th Youth National Basketball Championship for Boys & Girls to be held at Trichy, Tamil Nadu from 1st to 8th June, 2010.

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

4. 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.

5. 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.

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

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

8. 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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