Karnataka - Bangalore

Around the City

Clear sky forecast

The forecast for Friday is that the sky will be mainly clear. The minimum temperature will be around 15 degrees Celsius.

The city recorded a maximum temperature of 30.4 degrees Celsius and a minimum of 15.8 degrees Celsius on Thursday. The relative humidity was 30 per cent.

At the airport, the maximum temperature was 29.8 degrees Celsius while the minimum was 15.2 degrees Celsius. The relative humidity was 25 per cent.

Trekking

A trekking camp to Makalidurga has been organised by Nature Admire on February 12 and 13. A two-day trekking camp has also been organised at Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary and Kodaikanal on the same dates. Interested persons can call 51280989/98450 79414 for more details.

Programme

The Small Industries Service Institute under the Ministry of Industries will conduct AUTOCAD- 2004 training programme from February 14. Engineers, diploma holders, and those who have cleared ITI course and with experience are eligible to participate in the programme. For more information, call 23351581-82.

Workshop

The British Council in association with Regional Institute of English will conduct a two-day workshop for primary school teachers on "Strategies and techniques to promote active learning of English" from February 26. Interested may call 23213243/23218452 for details.

Contest

The Rotaract Club of Bangalore Jayanagar, is organising a drawing competition "Rang" for underprivileged children from government and corporation schools in and around Jayanagar on February 12.

The aim of the competition is to bring out and showcase the talent of these children. The contest will be held at the Rotary Community Hall in Jayanagar 4th T Block. Around 100 students are expected to participate in the event.

On the same day, Gita Menon of Stree Jagruthi Samithi will speak on the issue of child labour. For more information, call 9845180848/9886041098.

Training

The Department of Horticulture will conduct training programmes for women on processing and preservation of tomatoes on Friday, on February 15, and on February 18. The training will be conducted at the fruits and vegetable preservation and processing section of Lalbagh. For details, call 26579231, 26573667 (Ext.218).

Courses

The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers will conduct short-term courses on `Embedded Systems, VX Works and Computer Networks and Protocols,' every Sunday from February 13. For more information, call 23331133/7231.

Candle making

Pragathi Institute is conducting a five-day training programme for unemployed persons in photo lamination, candle making, and screen printing from Saturday. Call 9880254355 for details.

Alumni meet

Nandini Alva, Priya Ganapati, Shonali Rosario, Kiran Rao, Surupa Sen, Gayatri Issar, Lathika Pai, Nisha Millet, Shikha Tandon are some of the well-known alumni of this institution. The Sophia High School has invited all its old students to an evening full of fun and frolic and to give them an opportunity to walk down memory lane at a function on February 12 at 5 p.m. at the school hall.

Those interested in participating may give confirmation by February 11 by sending an email with their name and year of graduation to ritika987@yahoo.com or call Ritika on 9844185580/ Neepa on 9845139747.

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