Applications invited for literacy award
Applications have been invited by Bombay City Social Committee for the Yashwantrao Chavan Literacy award to honour individuals or organisations in the field of literacy and social development in the state. Applications should reach the committee office before February 24. For details, call 422 9064.
Blood donation drive at Tardeo
The Janata Kendra will conduct a blood donation drive in the memory of Dr P V Mandlik at Tulsiwadi, Tardeo, on February 15. The drive will be conducted at three locations in the locality from 9 am to 1 pm. For details call Vishwanath Tawde on 494 7668.
MTNL opens new counters
The Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited has opened new registration counters which will work between 10 am to 1 pm everyday except Sunday and holidays at LBS Marg and Highway Link Road at Ghatkopar and Govandi station road at Deonar.
Bureaucrat releases book
Union home secretary B P Singh released his bookIndia8217;s Culture: The State, the Arts and Beyond at Oxford House this afternoon. Said Singh, India8217;s culture, which bloomed well before the beginning of the Christian era, has given Indians an identity and character which has helped them retain their integrity through the passage of time and change in human consciousness.
Interest-free loan for students
India Foundation has invited applications for loans to students aspiring for higher studies in India or abroad. The interest free loans of less than Rs 20,000 will be given to those students who have secured admissions to courses of not less than one year. For details, contact Sakal office building, 595 Budhwar Peth, Pune 411002.
Jr ambassador for Japan meet
Gaurav Ashok Shetty 11 of the Salvation High school, Dadar, a nomineeof the Malabar Hill Junior chamber, has been selected by the Indian Junior Chamber as a junior ambassador to participate in the 10th Asian Pacific children8217;s convention 1998 in Fukuoka, Japan, from16 to 29 July.
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