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SUNDAY

ACCORDING TO the meteorological department, monsoon is likely to hit the Kerala coast this

week. This year, the monsoon is especially important on the back of last year's drought

which cut crop output and contributed to a steep food price inflation. Predicted date is 30

May.

MONDAY

INFRA VISION 2020, a two day conference on implementation bottlenecks in India's

infrastructure plans will be held in New Delhi. Invitees include road trans port minister

Kamal Nath, minister of state for railways E. Ahamed and Planning Commission member B. K.

Chaturvedi among others.

INDUS WATER commissioners of India and Pakistan will meet, with the latter expected to take

up with India the issue of two more hydel power units being constructed in Jammu and

Kashmir.

JHARKHAND CHIEF minister Shibu Soren will take a trust vote at a special assembly session.

The session is being convened after Soren urged the governor to give him a week's time

following the Bharatiya Janata Party's withdrawal of support on 24 May, reducing his

government to a minority.

DATA FOR India's gross domestic product in the fourth quarter will be released.

The last quarter data would give a clear signal of strength of economic recovery.

INDIAN CRICKET board's marketing committee will meet in Mumbai to wrap up the much delayed

team sponsorship details for which the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) issued a

tender notice inviting bids on Thursday. BCCI's deal with Sahara for team sponsorship is

coming to an end next month end. The board has fixed Rs2.25 crore as the base price per

match for the bids for all three formats for the men's team.

NEXT SESSION of the United Nations climate change talks begin on 31 May in Bonn. Talks will

be on till 11 June. This will be the first meeting of all parties since Copenhagen.

HOME MINISTER P. Chidambaram will present his ministry's monthly report highlighting

progress made on various projects as well as the security situation across the country.

The Last date for third-generation (3G) spectrum auction winners to deposit money.

The government is expected to get Rs67,718.95 crore, including payment from state run

operators Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd.

TUESDAY

THE COMMERCE ministry will release trade data for April. In March, merchandise exports grew

54.1%, valued at $19.9 billion (Rs92,535 crore).

GUSTAV BALDAUF to take over as the chief operating officer of national carrier Air India.

South African President Jacob Zuma will visit India on a five day trip, accompanied by seven

cabinet ministers. A South African business contingent from various sectors such as energy,

financial services, chemicals, mining, auto and infrastructure, will also accompany him. The

visit is aimed at strengthening bilateral ties between the two countries.

THURSDAY

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS minister S.M. Krishna will visit the US for the first ever Indo US

strategic talks. He will be accompanied by officials from the minis try of home affairs and

the ministry of external affairs. Krishna will hold talks with his counterpart Hillary

Clinton.

SATURDAY

WORLD ENVIRONMENT Day will be observed on 5 June. The day is observed every year in

different cities by the United Nations Environment Programme.

This year, the event will be observed in Rwanda around the theme “Many species. One planet.

One future“.