ASSIGNMENT , 10th AUGUST , 2010

  

1. Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) New Delhi organize  a Seminar on EMPLOYMENT OF CPOs IN COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS from 9:30 AM onwards At CLAWS , RPSO Complex, Parade Road, New Delhi*

2. Saugata Roy, Union Minister of State for Urban Development will inaugurate the Seminar on "REJUVENATING URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE : CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES FOR PPP" at 10.00 A.M. at PHD House, Siri fort,  New Delhi. 

3. Union Minister of Labour & Employment, Mallikarjun Kharge has consented to confer the V.V.Giri Memorial Award – 2009 on   Dr. Ravi S. Srivastava, Professor of Economics, JNU, instituted by the  V.V.Giri National Labour Institute at 10.30 a.m.at  Scope Convention Centre, SCOPE Complex, Lodhi Road , New Delhi.

4. Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resource Development, to felicitate the winners of the KVs and NVs Awards for the best Integration of Technology in Education at Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Auditorium, Kendriya Vidyalaya No.2 APS Colony Delhi Cantonment, from 11.00 AM onwards.

5. Frustrated and angry with the continued apathy of the Sports Minister towards disability sports, hundreds of disabled athletes and activists from all over India will gather under the banner of Disabled Rights Group (DRG), the disabled athletes and activists will GHERAO the residence of Dr. MS Gill at 12, Mother Teresa Road. From 11.)) AM onwards.

6. UNODC and NACEN to sign agreement on installation of Computer Based Training at 11:30 AM at NACEN, Faridabad. The Agreement will be signed by Cristina on behalf of UNODC and  Anil Bhatnagar, Director General on behalf of NACEN.

7. UNICEF Representative to India, Dr. Karin Hulshof organizes the the signing ceremony of Ms Priyanka Chopra, National Ambassador for UNICEF at 12:15 am at Diwan- E Aam, Taj Mahal Hotel, Man Singh Road, New Delhi. Priyanka Chopra will support UNICEF’s work in promoting child rights and adolescents.

8. Anhad organizes a  Panel Discussion And Press Conference on  THE SITUATION IN KASHMIR AND WAY FORWARD at Press Club Of India, Raisina Road, New Delhi from 3:00 PM onwards . Participants are : Uma Chakravarty, Academician , Anuradha Bhasin, Editor Kashmir Times , Prof Siddiq Wahid, Vice Chancellor, Islamic University,   Awantipora ,   Mohd Sayeed Malik, Senior Journalist , Vrinda Grover, Lawyer  Uma Chakravarty, Academician                     Tanveer Hussain, Social Activist.

9. The Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Praful Patel will launch the final operation phase of GPS Aided Geo-Augmented Navigation System (GAGAN) – the Indian Satellite based Navigation system at Durbar Hall, Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi from 5:00 PM onwards.

10. Sangeet natak Akademi organizes the prsentation of the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2009 by RATAN THIYAM , Vice Chairman and acting Chairman , Sangeet Natak Akademi at 6:30 PM atkamani Auditorium , Copernicus marg , New Delhi.

ON WATCH - RADAR & FORTHCOMING EVENTS

1.                  Shashi Tharoor - Sunanda wedding on Aug 17 at Sree Padmanabha Swami temple in thiruvananthapuram.

2.                  President ,  Pratibha Devisingh Patil will inaugurate the International  Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) at Hyderabad on 19th August 2010. 

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

4.                  The Akhil Bhartiya Gujjar Arakshan Sangarsh Samiti (ABGASS) would launch a fresh agitation in Rajasthan from August 29 if its demand of five per cent reservation to gujjars was not granted.

5.                  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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