City page for Oct 30
WEATHER
Forecast (Oct 30): Weather will be mainly dry in plains, low, middle and high hills
Temperatures
Shimla: 19.5 (max) 9.0 (min) Degrees Celsius Sunrise: 06:36 am, sunset: 05:34 pm
Dharamshala: 23.2 (max), 12.2 (min) Degrees Celsius
Manali: 17.0 (max), 3.6 (min) Degrees Celsius
READERS SAY
No prior info on metalling of roads
The PWD should inform in advance when and where they are planning metalling and tarring of the road. Over the past few days, people have been facing problem because tarring of the road has been blocking traffic. It will be helpful if people knew where the tarring was to be done over the next few days. — Brijbhushan, Shimla
SFI-ABVP clash sparking violence among students
It’s really sad to see the SFI and the ABVP students clashing over the past few days. Even the girls at RKMV have come to blows, which is unfortunate. The college authorities should ensure strict action against the students responsible for sparking violence. — Santosh Verma, Sanjauli
Education Notes
Talks on environment conservation
Various events were organised at Government Postgraduate Degree College and Government Senior Secondary School in Chamba to mark ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’. Various orators emphasised the need to conserve environment, wildlife and forest wealth. Arun Sharma, a social activist, who represented the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), delivered a lecture on fundamental duties of Indian citizens as described in the Constitution.
Activities on e-safety
The Department of Computer Science, Government College, Arki, organised a students’ seminar and extracurricular activities on the theme ‘e-safety’. Mayank and Inder of fifth semester and Divyanshi and Sakshi of third semester were secured the first and the second positions, respectively. In the inter-class quiz, the team comprising Divyanshi, Sakshi and Shivam from BCA (third semester) was the winner. In the essay-writing contest, Shivam Pathak (third semester), Sakshi (third semester) and Vaibhav (first semester) secured the first, second and third positions, respectively. In the caption-writing contest, Divyanshi Kanwar from BCA (third semester) won the first prize and Sakshi from third semester and Himanshu from fifth semester got the second and third positions, respectively. Coordinator of BCA course, Professor Kanwar Dinesh Singh said the cyber society would organise such events regularly in future as well.
Workshop on geometrical theorems
A three-day capacity training workshop on visual explanation of geometrical theorems concluded at Health, Family and Welfare Training Centre, Parimahal, Shimla. The workshop was orgainsed by the Himachal Pradesh Council for Science, Technology & Environment (HIMCOSTE) and the Punjab State Council for Science & Technology (PSCST) jointly, with support from the NCSTC, DST, Government of India, for 30 mathematics teachers from 11 districts of Himachal Pradesh. The master resource person for the workshop was Gurmeet Singh, who has patented an educational kit, which practically demonstrates more than 14 geometrical theorems, to cover more than 90 per cent of the syllabus of Classes VI to X. KS Bath, Joint Director, PSCST, said the idea of organising the workshop was to bring innovation in teaching. The trained teachers expressed satisfaction and said the kit would help them in making classroom teaching interesting.
Induction and awareness programme
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics of Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, organised an induction and awareness programme for students of MSc, MPhil and research scholars, under the aegis of the Departmental Alumni Association. Chairman Prof PL Sharma highlighted the achievements of the department and motivated the students to work hard and raise awareness about mathematics among the
young minds of the society.
NSUI protests PhD admissions
The NSUI staged a protest in front of the Governor’s convoy over contentious admissions of the HPU’s top brass to PhD. The NSUI said the university had violated the norms to give admission to the chosen ones, and submitted a memorandum to the Governor. The Governor called the students to Raj Bhavan to discuss the issue.
