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An overnight sky-gazing session along with a talk on meteor shower, and introduction to the universe was organised at Warananagar, by Warana Science Innovation and Activity Centre, Kolhapur, in collaboration with IUCAA SciPOP on the occasion of Geminid meteor shower, on December 15 - 16, 2018. About 350 school students along with their parents and teachers actively participated in observing the sky throughout the night. The programme was coordinated by Sonal Thorve and Maharudra Mate (both from IUCAA). METEOR SHOWER SKY-WATCH A full day workshop for science teachers of Marathi medium government schools was held at the Government School, Hinjawadi, Pune, on December 17, 2018. The workshop was coordinated by Sonal Thorve and Maharudra Mate. (For details, see KHAGOL No. 117, January 2019) SCIENCE TOYS DEMONSTRATION AND SKY-WATCH To commemorate the birth anniversary of Late Shri P. L. Deshpande, November 8, PuLastya Science Festival was organised during November 26 - 29, 2018, at IUCAA. The programme included day-time sessions for school students on astronomy without telescopes, and interaction with IUCAA PhD research scholars for the students to get the feel of doing research. There were 4 public lectures followed by sky-watching sessions, and these were delightful for public. In total, around 3,600 people visited IUCAA on this occasion. PULASTYA SCIENCE FESTIVAL ( 141 )