Workshop on bookmark making

Human Hope Foundation, an NGO based in Shimla, conducted a workshop on paper bags and bookmark making for students belonging to the underprivileged section of society. The objective of the workshop was to inspire students to reuse old newspapers and make bags that can be used as shopping and gift bags. Students were also taught to make bookmarks.

Talk on national security

Lt Gen Raj Shukla, PVSM, YSM, SM, ADC, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, ARTRAC, addressed students, research scholars and members of the faculty of the Department of Defence and National Security, Panjab University, Chandigarh. In an interaction spanning over two hours, he discussed key postulates pertaining to country’s national security. ARTRAC, under the stewardship of Lt Gen Raj Shukla, in the past one and half years, has undertaken major steps to reach out to various government and private universities, institutes and academia pan India to share and gain knowledge.

SFI to participate in Bharat Bandh

The SFI will participate in the Bharat Bandh call given by Sanyukt Kisan Morcha for September 27. Stressing that it would raise students’ issues on the occasion, the SFI said there was a shortage of teaching staff and other basic facilities in many colleges and that was affecting the quality of education. The party also said it would highlight how the government had turned PTAs into a tool to exploit, and how the government was shifting its on responsibilities on to PTAs.

SJVN holds Kavi sammelan

The SJVN organised Akhil Bhartiya Kavi Sammelan 2021 during the Hindi Pakhwada in Shimla as part of the Government of India’s initiative to celebrate 75 years of Independence and the subsequent journey of the nation in social, economic and cultural fields. SJVN chairman Nand Lal Sharma said the company reiterated its commitment to bring cultural and literary heritage of the nation to the masses by organising various programmes under this initiative.