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SUNDAY

NATIONAL SECURITY adviser Shiv Shankar Menon will be on a four day visit to China.

The visit, which begins on Saturday, comes ahead of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's trip to Beijing that is expected to see China finalizing the sale of two nuclear power reactors to Islamabad.

External affairs minister S.M. Krishna will be on a four day visit to Mauritius and Mozambique, beginning Saturday, to shore up ties with African nations.

MONDAY

A NATIONAL seminar of speakers of state assemblies as well as the chairpersons of financial committees is being organized in New Delhi by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar will inaugurate the seminar, which will focus on promoting effectiveness of the legisl tures in ensuring good governance.

THE PLANNING Commission is organizing a conference on public private partnership in state highways in New Delhi.

The conference will be inaugurated by minister of road transport and highways Kamal Nath and addressed by Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia.

TUESDAY

COMMERCE AND industry minister Anand Sharma will begin a threeday visit to Malaysia and Singapore.

He will hold bilateral talks with his counterparts.

WEDNESDAY

THE CONFEDERATION of Indian Indus try (CII) and ministry of defence will organizing a seminar on future antitank guided missiles at Dr D.S. Kothari Auditorium in the DRDO Bhawan.

Minister of state for defence M.M. Pallam Raju will be the chief guest.

THURSDAY

MINES MINISTER B.K. Handique will leave for Canada on a six day visit to invite leading mining companies to India.

He will hold talks with his Canadian counterpart and mining industry leaders interested in the Indian market.

CII AND ministry of food processing industry will organize a two day food safety and quality summit on “India--the Food Factory of the World--Food Safety Challenges and Opportunities“ at The Lalit.

Minister of food processing industries Subodh Kant Sahai will address the session on Friday.

FRIDAY

CII WILL organize an event “CII-India@75: Creating an inclusive India by 2022“ at The Maurya Hotel in New Delhi.

Planning Commission member Arun Maira will be the chief guest on the occasion.