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India participates in Moscow International Biennale for Young Art
India participated at the II Moscow International Biennale for Young Art - "Qui Vive?" held in Moscow during 4-25July, 2010. The Biennale is a prestigious art event of Moscow organized at many museums all over the city. Supported by the Russian Ministry of Culture and the Moscow City Department of Culture, over 40 projects from international artistes were presented during the Biennale. The event provided a platform to also present Indian contemporary art and artistes in Russia. The Indian section in the Biennale was sponsored by ICCR. The paintings were curated by Ms. Preeti Singh Rajawat (contact: 27 Art Street, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh). Her local collaborator in the project was Ms. Irina Urunova of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art. The Indian section was displayed at the Tsaritsyno Museum where it was inaugurated on 4 July and ran through 25 July. Shri P.P. Shukla, Ambassador of India visited the exhibition at the inaugural. A total of 32 paintings of the following young Indian artists were displayed at the Biennale: Mr. Sharad Yadav; Ms. Bhavna Vyas; Mr. Sukesan Kanka; Ms. Shruti Kirti; Ms. Padmini Mehta; Mr. Vinod Patel; Mr. Umesh Prasad; Mr. Ajay Rajpurohit; Mr. Akbar Ali Saiyed; Mr. Sanjay Soni. |
Katkatha Puppet Art Trust, New Delhi performs in Russia
| Puppet Group artists interacting and displaying the puppets to children after the show at Nizhni Novgorod |
An 8-member puppet group of Katkatha Puppet Art Trust, New Delhi visited Russia during 3-20 July, 2010 and performed at various Russian cities viz., Abakan (Republic of Khakhasia), Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan (Republic of Tatarstan), Ufa, (Republic of Bashkortostan), and Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk Region). At Abakan, Khakasia, the group participated in the International Ecological Festival “Chir Chayan” held in Region on 3-10 July and presented their production “The Little Blue Planet” which was specially produced for this Festival.
Audience including many children enjoying the
puppet show |
The Indian participation in the Festival was greatly appreciated by the local audience and warmly received. In the other four cities, the group presented two productions - “The Little Blue Planet” and “About Ram” (based on the great Indian epic Ramayana). The performances at Nizhni Novgorod, Kazan and Ekaterinburg were co-organized by the International Association of Ethno-Cultural Projects, a local NGO. At Ufa, the performance was co-organized by the ‘India-Bashkortostan Friendship Society’ headed by Acad. A. G. Gumerov and with the support of the Government of the Republic of Bashkortostan. The group also interacted with local audience and puppet groups. |
Second Advaita Vedanta Congress
On the occasion of the 2nd Advaita Vedanta Congress held by the International Society of Laya Yoga, JNCC presented cultural programmes on 14-16 July, 2010. The students of Ms. Vitalina Laboch (Odissi Teacher), Shri Raghav Raj Bhatt (Kathak Teacher) and Ms. Irina Iskorostenskaia (Bharatanatyam Teacher) performed at the Opening Ceremony. On 15 July, Mr. Alexyi Neumoin, Kalaripayat Teacher and his students presented their programme. Master Classes by Dr. N. Suresh Babu, Yoga Teacher (15 and 16 July) Shri Raghav Raj Bhatt, Kathak Teacher (16 July), Shri Radhesham Sharma, Tabla Teacher (16 July), Ms. Irina Iskorostenskaia, Bharatanatyam Teacher (18 July) were also organized.
The Closing Ceremony on 18 July featured Bharatanatyam Dance performance by Ms. Irina Iskorostenskaia and Fusion Concert by Shri Radhesham Sharma with Russian musicians on Flute and Guitar. Shri Manish Prabhat, Director of the Jawaharlal Nehru Cultural Centre attended the Opening Ceremony of the Congress during which he congratulated the organizers for holding the programme on such a large scale in the second consecutive year of the Congress and assured them of JNCC’s continued support. |
Rupee gets a symbol
India finally got a symbol for the Rupee on July 15, denoting the strength of its economy, and joined a elite club of countries whose currencies have a unique identity. The Indian Cabinet approved the symbol — an amalgamation of the Devnagiri ‘Ra’ and the Roman capital ‘R’ without the stem and two parallel lines running at the top. The parallel lines symbolise the ‘equal to’ sign.
In his Budget speech, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had said that the new rupee symbol will appropriately reflect and capture the Indian ethos and culture, and according to officials at the Finance Ministry the final choice had Mukherjee’s approval.
The Indian rupee now joins the club of the U.S. dollar, the British pound, the European euro and the Japanese yen that have their own symbols. The symbol had become necessary because of the Indian economy’s rapid growth, which has propelled it to become one of the largest economies of the world. |
Prime Minister inaugurates terminal three
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on July 3 inaugurated a new terminal at the Indira Gandhi International Airport,New Delhi. Stated to be the sixth largest and among the most modern terminals in the world, it was built in a record 37 months’ time at a cost of nearly $3 billion.
Among those present at the inaugural were United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Delhi
Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel and Chairman of GMR Group, G.M. Rao, who led the consortium that built the terminal. “Today is a special day for India. We are very happy and proud of the completion of one of the world’s largest airport terminals in record 37 months,” the Prime Minister said.
“This airport terminal establishes new global benchmarks and also showcases a successful model of public-private partnership,” he said. Dr. Singh said it was noteworthy that India today boasted the ninth largest aviation market. He said the total fleet size of the scheduled carriers had also grown. The Prime Minister said that the country’s commercial aviation industry had the potential to absorb up to $120 billion investment by 2020 and the capacity to accommodate some 160-180 million domestic passengers and 50 million from overseas market.
The developers of the new terminal,the Delhi International Airport Ltd., said that the terminal can accommodate 34 million passengers per annum in the first phase of development, against less than 10 million passengers at present, in the international terminal. They said the new terminal would be the sixth largest in the world — after those at Dubai, Beijing, Singapore, Bangkok and Mexico City. It has a superstructure spread over 5.4 million sqft which exudes the experience of a city within, they added. The airport developers are led by the Bangalore based infrastructure major GMR Group, with the state-run AirportsAuthority of India, Fraport of Germany and Malaysian Airport Holding as members of the consortium. Some of the key features of the new terminal are:
- Sixth largest in the world after those at Dubai, Beijing, Singapore, Bangkok and Mexico City
- One pier each for international and domestic operations spanning 1.2 km from one end to other
- A city within, with a superstructure spread over 5.4 million sqft
- 78 aero-bridges, against less than 10 at the current international terminal
- 63 elevators, 35 escalators and 92 automatic walkways
- 168 check-in counters and 95 immigration desks
- Exotic plants, material imported from Thailand, Mexico, Bahrain
- Over 20,000 sqm of retail area, including a massive food court
- Capacity to handle 12,800 bags per hour, with 6.4 km of conveyor belts
- Multi-layer parking facility that can accommodate 4,300 cars
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