City page for August 30

WEATHER Forecast (August 30): Rain and thunderstorm at a few places in the plains, low hills and middle hills, rain/snow at isolated places in high hills.

Temperatures Shimla: 23.0 (max), 15.6 (min) Degrees Celsius, Sunrise: 05:56 am, sunset: 06:47 pm

Dharamshala: 25.4 (max), 18.0 (min) Degrees Celsius

Manali: 25.0 (max), 15.8 (min) Degrees Celsius

Readers Say

Haphazard parking leads to traffic jams

Parking of vehicles along the Kasumpti-Vikasnagar road, leading to the bypass, causes traffic jams on this busy stretch. The road is narrow and the parking of vehicles leads to traffic congestion, causing inconvenience to commuters, especially during the office hours. The traffic police must ensure this stretch is free from parking. — Anmol Sharma, Shimla

Restrict entry of monkeys in residential areas

Monkeys have become a threat to residents of Panthaghati. These monkeys easily jump into their balconies, and can harm children and the elderly. The MC and the Forest Department should take steps to deter them from entering residential areas. – Naveen Kumar, Panthaghati

Education Notes

Webinar on legal language

Eltai Shimla Chapter, in collaboration with Himachal Pradesh University Institute of Legal Studies (HPUILS), organised an webinar on legal language. Resource persons including former Professor Amar Singh Sankhyan, Professor Trisha Sharma and Professor Rattan Singh talked about the importance of legal language and discussed its linguistic characteristics. HPUILS Director Professor Sanjay Sindhu, in his key note address, traced the use of legal language, citing illustrative examples. Professor Meenakshi F Paul, Chapter Convener summed up the discourse on legal language by emphasising the lexical, syntactical and linguistic features of communication. More than 21 institutions and four national universities participated in the webinar.

Seminar on crime against women concludes

Himachal Pradesh State Commission for Women president Daisy Thakur said women were moving ahead in all spheres at national and international level, but majority of them were still victims of societal exploitation and indifference. She stated this at the concluding ceremony of the seminar on crime against women, organised at Government College, Sanjauli. Thakur said women’s dignity and right to equality depended on their thinking. Families needed to change their attitude towards women first, and the change in society would follow, she said. College principal CB Mehta thanked the participants for their presence.

Conclaves planned for ‘Shikshak Parv’

Conclave, webinars, discussions and presentations would mark the ‘Shikshak Parv’ to be celebrated from September 7 to 17 through virtual mode. The Department of Higher Education has directed the Deputy Directors to take necessary action in this regard. The webinars would be held on ‘Promoting quality and sustainable schools’, ‘Foundational literacy and numeracy: a prerequisite to learning’, ‘Culture of innovation in our schools’, ‘Nurturing inclusive classrooms’ and ‘Reimagining vocational education and skill building’.