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133 33 rd ANNUAL REPORT 2020-21 The following Astronomy webinars on different topics were organised at different institutes with Sci POP resource persons as guest speakers: July 16, 2020: Sonal Thorve on Introduction to Astronomy and Future Career Opportunity, at ABHAVFoundation, Chhattisgarh. July 23 and 26, 2020: Rupesh Labade on Scientific Toys in Science Education in a Teachers' Training organised jointly by Agastya International Foundation andDIET, Pune. Webinars July 26, 2020: SonalThorve on Astronomy – Exploring Time and Space, as a part of the lecture series “The Space Scientists”,organised by Jansona Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, jointly with Galileo Science Club, Tamil Nadu. September 26, 2020: Samir Dhurde on Moon Challenge: A Close-up View, on the occasion of International Observe the Moon Night 2020, at the RajasthanDepartment of Science andTechnology. (For details, seeKhagol, No. 124, Oct 2020) State level Online Teachers' Training was conducted during August 8 – 9, 2020. The training was coordinated by Rupesh Labade, and Sonal Thorve. (For details, see Khagol, No. 124, Oct 2020) Online Teachers' Training The goal of the Global Hands-on Universe (GHoU – 2020) Conference was to train teachers on the use of modern tools and resources for science education and engage students in international scientific projects, and was conducted online duringAugust 22 – 28, 2020. (For details, seeKhagol, No. 124, Oct 2020) Global Hands-on Universe Conference