ASSIGNMENT , 2nd AUGUST , 2010

  

1. Julián Andrés Domínguez ,  Minister of Agriculture, Live Stock and Fisheries of Argentina , will have bilateral meeting with Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and a joint declaration will be signed by the Ministers on cooperation in the field of agriculture at Conference room; 142, Krishi Bhawan, N. Delhi at 10:15 am .

2. National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) is launching the Condom Social Marketing Programmes (CSMP), CSMP III at India Habitat Centre (IHC) at 11:15am. The major focus of this programme would be to enchance the accessibility of condoms at high risk areas in high prevalence states and rural areas in high fertility districts

3. Press Conference to promote brand Gurgaon as the best shopping & entertainment destination in India at 12.00 noon at Hotel Leela Ambience Mall Gurgaon, Haryana .

4. Punj Lloyd Group organizes a press conference announcing the Punj Lloyd Squash Masters, 2010 - at Magnolia, India Habitat Centre from 12:30 P.M  onwards.  The press conference will be attended by Atul Punj, Chairman of the Punj Lloyd Group;  Saurav Ghosal, India’s number 1 ranked squash player and now also the highest ever ranked Indian player at the international level.

5. Top officials of Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) would be addressing the media at REC Corporate Office, SCOPE Complex, Lodhi Road at 1.30 PM in the Board Room on 3rd Floor. They will narrate thei experience about the road show held at Tokyo , Hong Kong and Singapore to raise USD 200 million for power sector financing and rural electrification needs.

6. PEPSICO Drink launch press conference at Meriott Welcome Sheraton , Saket at 3:30 PM.

7. DIAL daily briefing will now take place at 4th Floor, 25 Barakhamba Road(GMR Group Office), New Delhi from 4:00 PM onwards via videoconferencing.  The mandate of the briefings will continue to be Operational Updates of Terminal 3.

8. The celebration of 3rd edition of  Vanita Kohli-Khandekar's book,  THE INDIAN MEDIA BUSINESS Introduction to the book by  Uday Shankar, CEO, Star India and Key Note Speech by   Bruce Clay, Chairman, Bruce Clay, Inc. at 4:45PM at Hotel The Hans, IInd Floor Hall, 15 Barakhamba Road, Connaught Place.

9. ICCR organizes  International Dance Festival, showcasing performances by Foreign Artists, at 6.15 pm at Kamani Auditorium . Formal Inauguration of the Festival by Dr. Karan Singh, President, ICCR, including lighting of lamp Performance of Sutra Dance by Ramli Ibrahim’s group from Malaysia (60 mts) Performance of Kathak Dance by  Aila El-Edross from Indonesia (30 mts)

10. Padmashree Keshav Malik will inaugurate an exhibition 'DARING THE DEPTHS' showcasing number of Paintings and Sculptures of renowned artists at 6:30 PM at Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre ( IHC ), Lodhi Road .

ON WATCH - RADAR & FORTHCOMING EVENTS

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

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

3.                  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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