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MONDAY

BANK OF Rajasthan Ltd extraordinary general meeting (EGM) will be held.

The EGM has been called to seek shareholder approval for the bank's merger with ICICI Bank Ltd, the country's largest private sector bank.

TUESDAY

PLANNING COMMISSION deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee and commerce minister Anand Sharma will be attending the US India CEO forum on Tuesday.

The forum aims to develop a road map for increased partnership and cooperation between the two countries.

WEDNESDAY

MINISTER FOR health and family welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad will be on a three day visit to Washington and Atlanta for the US India health dialogue.

The US is hosting a high level delegation of Indian ministers for a series of meetings at the end of this month.

THURSDAY

HOME SECRETARY G.K. Pillai will be leaving for Pakistan on Thursday for secretary level talks.

Foreign secretaries of both countries will be meeting in Islamabad to prepare the ground for next month's meeting between foreign ministers S.M. Krishna of India and Shah Mahmood Qureshi of Pakistan.

FRIDAY

HOME MINISTER P. Chidambaram will leave for Pakistan to attend the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Summit.

He will also hold talks with his Pakistani counterpart on the sidelines of the summit.

THE QUEEN'S Baton Relay 2010 Delhi, which commenced its 70nation journey from Buckingham Palace, London, on 29 October 2009, will be reaching India from Lahore, Pakistan, 100 days before the start of the 19th Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi.

On its 100day national tour, the relay will travel to the capital of each of India's 28 states and 7 Union territories.

THE GOVERNING council of the Board of Control for Cricket in India will be meeting at the Cricket Centre in Mumbai.

This meeting will come soon after the first official interaction between Indian Premier League (IPL) interim chairman Chirayu Amin and all 10 IPL franchisees.

INDIA METEOROLOGICAL Department is likely to update its monsoon forecast for 2010.

This update is crucial as it predicts rainfall in July, the most important sowing month, and also indicates how the monsoon will pan across the country.

SATURDAY

PRIME MINISTER Manmohan Singh will be in Toronto for the Group of Twenty summit.

The two day summit will see leaders discuss global economic challenges.