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Thursday, Dec 23, 2004

Karnataka

Karnataka - Bangalore

Around the City

Mainly clear

sky forecast

The city recorded a maximum temperature of 28.9 degrees Celsius and a minimum temperature of 14.9 degrees Celsius on Wednesday. The humidity was 35 per cent. At the airport, the maximum temperature was 28 degrees Celsius and the minimum temperature was 14.2 degrees Celsius. The humidity was 25 per cent. The forecast for Thursday is: the sky will be mainly clear. The minimum temperature will be around 14 degrees Celsius.

Legal service

The Office of the Commissioner for Disabilities, in association with the Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore, will provide free legal service every Wednesday to disabled persons at the commissioner's office at No. 40, Thambuchetty Road, Cox Town, between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. For details, call Ph: 25482639 or 25482641.

Counselling

SICHREM (South India Cell for Human Rights Education and Monitoring) will provide free human rights counselling and legal assistance between 3.30 p.m. and 5.30 p.m. from Monday to Friday. For details, call Ph: 25473922 or 25492856.

Training

Pulsetone Industries, a Government of India and University Grants Commission-associated training centre, will conduct a two-week full-time job-oriented training programme from January 3 in mobile phone software and hardware repair. Call Ph: 23120484, 23126126 or 9845221703 for details.

Applications

Vidya Institute of Performing Arts will conduct its monthly cultural programme in classical music, light music and dance. Applications have been invited from artistes for 2005. For details, call Ph: 26509169 or 26679434.

Mock test

The students of the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, will conduct an all-India mock IIT-JEE in Bangalore called "Tensors" on Saturday. For details, call Ph: 9886797082, 23345032 or 26570441.

PAN must

From January 1, 2005 it will be mandatory to quote the Permanent Account Number (PAN) and Tax Account Number (TAN) on challans. The Central Board of Direct Tax has directed banks not to receive any payment of tax if the PAN and TAN are not quoted, an official press release says.

Exhibition

The National Association for the Blind will organise a global technology exhibition for persons with disabilities on Thursday.

The exhibition will showcase various gadgets and assistive devices that will help the disabled, including the hearing impaired and the visually impaired, lead a better quality of life.

On display will be Braille watches for men and women, "talking" mobile phones and so on.

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