City Page for October 29

WEATHER

Forecast (October 29): Weather will be dry in plains, and low, middle and high hills

Temperatures:

Shimla: 22.1 (max) 11.3 (min) Degrees Celsius Sunrise: 6:34am, sunset: 5:36pm

Dharamshala: 22.4 (max), 10.0 (min) Degrees Celsius

Manali: 21.2 (max), 3.4 (min) Degrees Celsius

Readers Say

Potholed Una road poses risk

The 12-km Una-Santoshgarh road, which was metalled a few months ago, has developed potholes at several places. The stretch at certain points is completely damaged, posing threat to the lives of commuters, especially motorists. Despite repeated complaints, no action has been taken so far. — Baldev Chand, Una.

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Erratic power supply

Erratic power supply has been causing hardships to the residents of Rohru for the past some time. Cuts are imposed many a time during the day. In view of the approaching winters, people are worried even more. The authorities should immediately rectify the technical snag at the Kotla-Nogli power project, which is causing the disruption. – Naveen Chauhan, Rohru

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Education Notes

Capacity-building event concludes

A 12-day capacity building programme on “Legal research methodology, research, and publication ethics” has concluded at Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla. The programme began on October 16. Various aspects of research methods, including legal philosophy, publication ethics, data literacy, research writing, open access resources and quantitative and qualitative data analysis, were discussed by dignitaries and legal luminaries. The valedictory session was presided over by Vice-Chancellor Nishtha Jaswal. Prof R Venkata Rao, former Vice-Chancellor, National Law School of India University, Bangalore, was the chief guest. The sessions were addressed by various eminent professors from across the country.

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HPU extends admission date

Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) has extended the last date for admission to postgraduate courses till November 2. A university official the decision had been taken to facilitate students who could not submit their documents due to some problems. The students could now deposit the same in person at the university.

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NSUI office-bearers appointed

NSUI state president Chatar Singh Thakur has appointed district presidents and state executive councils of the students’ body. The officer-bearers of the council are as follows: vice-presidents: Hamit Jamwal, Veenu Mehta, Avunash Sharma and Balwinder Singh and general secretaries: Manoj Chauhan (organisation), Abhinandan Thakur, Amit Chauhan, Amar Kumar, Vishal Negi, Alka Mehta, Vinesh Banta, Prakash Sharma, Mohit Thakur, Yasin Bhatt, Akshay Hetta, Shubham Verma, Ashish Himta, Siddhnath Kashyap and Vikramjit.

Debate on Covid effect on students

Government Degree College, Sanjauli, conducted a debate on ‘Effect of Covid-19 on students’. At least 300 students participated in the programme through Google Meet. Principal Chander Bhan Mehta encouraged the students to keep participating in such activities.