INVITATION You are kindly invited to the cultural event at the occasion of World Hindi Day which will take place on Tuesday, 10th January 2017 at 7 pm. The event will start with a welcome by the Director General of ICPE, Dr. Anand Asthana. Prof. Dr. Arun Prakash Mishra, former head of Hindi department at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, will give a presentation on Hindi language and literature. His students will receive special certificates for learning Hindi. There will be also musical performances by vocalists Rupa Chakravarti, Lasanthi Manranjani and Urška Kastelic as well as Boris Šinigoj on sarod and Vasja Štukelj on tabla along with dance performances by Raqs Roshni Dance Company with Rajasthani folk dance, Navrai Majhi dance by choreographer Prakriti Gaur, Sylvia Valentine, inspired by a movie choreography and Hemant Devara's bollywood performance with Kathak influence.The evening will close with a speech by H.E. Sarvajit Chakravarti.

INVITATION You are kindly invited to attend 2-day workshop entitled - "An Introduction to Hindi Language and Literature" on the 9th and 10th of January from 17:00 to 18:30 hours at the International Center for Promotion of Enterprises, 104 Dunajska cesta, Ljubljana, 1000. Kindly share this information with others and please bring your friends as well for the workshop. Best regards, prof. dr. Arun Prakash Mishra, ph.d.

PUBLIC ADVISORY ON PHASING OUT OF HANDWRITTEN PASSPORTS Indian citizens living in India and abroad are advised to urgently replace their handwritten passports with machine-readable passports. A deadline of the 24th November, 2015 for globally phasing out of all non-Machine Readable Passports (MRPs) was set up by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). Thereafter, foreign Governments may deny Visa or entry to any person travelling on a non-Machine Readable Passport. The Government of India has been issuing Machine Readable Passports since 2001. The Passports, however, issued before 2001 and particularly those issued during mid 1990s with a validity of 20 years will fall in the category of non-MRPs. By the end of July 2016, it was estimated that there are approximately 2.10 lakh handwritten passports still in circulation. Approximately 6.20 crore Indians hold valid passports. Indian citizens residing in India and abroad and holding such passports with validity beyond 24th November 2015 are advised to apply for re-issue of their passports immediately in order to avoid any inconvenience in obtaining valid visa or international travel. Needless to mention, travel on ICAO- compliant machine readable passports will facilitate hassle-free and safe journey.

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