Delhi Confidential: Another Feather

Former Union minister Smriti Irani has donned many hats — first in the media and then as a politician. Come July, she will take on a new role. It is learnt that she will teach a class on fintech at the University of California Berkeley along with Professor Yaniv Konchitchki. This isn’t an entirely new experience for Irani, she has previously served as Guest Faculty for Human Resource Management at IIM Udaipur and IIM Bodh Gaya.

Social Message

The Samajwadi Party (SP) is organising a special screening of Pratik Gandhi and Patralekha-starrer Phule, a biopic on the lives of social reformers Jyotirao Phule and Savitribai Phule, for party workers and their families on Saturday. An auditorium with nearly 250 seating capacity has been booked by SP national spokesperson Ashutosh Verma. The SP, which aims to spread the message of social justice among the party workers and their families through the movie, is also planning to raise a demand with the government to make the movie tax-free.

Blood Donation Camp

As tension escalates in the border areas, different ministries are doing their bit to extend support to the Indian soldiers engaged in the conflict. Officials and staffers of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare have planned to donate blood on May 14. Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday announced that the blood donation camp will be organised at Krishi Bhawan. Chouhan also said that soldiers are guarding the borders, and farmers are doing their duty in the fields.