City page for July 15

WEATHER

Forecast (July 15): Rain and thundershowers at many places in low and middle hills; rain and snow at some places in high hills.

Temperatures:

Shimla: 23.0 (max), 16.4 (min) Degrees Celsius, Sunrise: 05:28 am, sunset: 07:27 pm

Dharamshala: 27.2 (max), 19.0 (min) Degrees Celsius

Manali: 24.5 (max), minus 15.8 (min) Degrees Celsius

Readers say

Construction material scattered on roads

Construction material is scattered on roads due to the ongoing works under the Smart City project. Roads are being widened and retaining walls are being built on several stretches on the Cart Road, which is causing frequent traffic jams. The authorities should at least pile up the material properly. – Ashok, Shimla

Thoughtless drivers worsen traffic jams

These days there is a traffic jam almost every day on the Dhalli-Kufri stretch. Some drivers wrongly overtake and drive past the vehicles waiting patiently in the queue, which further worsens the traffic jam. Police personnel should slap heavy fines on such drivers – Sohan Thakur, Theog

Education notes

HPPSC declares result for posts

The Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (HPPSC) on Wednesday declared the final result for the recruitment to the posts of Lecturer (School-New), Political Science, Class-III (Non-Gazetted) on contract basis, in the Department of Higher Education. The commission had received a total of 5,453 applications against the advertisement and 5,282 candidates were provisionally admitted. As many as 3,691 candidates appeared in the written objective examination held on March 14, 2020, out of which 402 candidates qualified. As per the merit, a list of the final 40 candidates was issued after verification of documents. This result is also available on the commission’s website at www.hppsc.hp.gov.in/hppsc.

Symposium on history of India

The Indian Institute of Advanced Study, in collaboration with Shawnee State University, Ohio, will organise a two-day International Virtual Symposium on the ‘History of India: Theory, Methods, Practice’ on July 15 and 16. In this symposium, the principles, methods and practical aspects of Indian history will be discussed. It will also highlight the shortcomings of pre-imperialist Indian history, which will focus on early, second millennium, art, anthropological and Indo-Islamic history. It is noteworthy that the foundation of Indian historiography was laid during the colonial period, which continued to dominate the history of India even after Independence. As India is going to celebrate the Independence Day, it is necessary to critically review the Indian history. For this purpose, this symposium is being organised by the Institute.

Rename HPU after Virbhadra: NSUI

The Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) unit of the NSUI on Wednesday mourned the death of former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and observed a two-minute silence to pay homage to the departed soul. State organisational secretary of the NSUI, Manoj Chauhan said Virbhadra Singh ensured the development of the entire state and his contribution to education was unmatched. He demanded that the HPU should be renamed after Virbhadra Singh. Members of the NSUI, teachers and non-teaching staff paid floral tributes to the departed soul.