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Teachers’ Training for Observing Solar Eclipse Grabbing the opportunity of theAnnular Solar Eclipse on December 26, 2019, IUCAA SciPOP personnel arranged a special session on December 15, 2019, for teachers on how to obse rve t he ec l i pse . Sami r Dhurde (IUCAA) delivered a talk on the same topic. This was followed by a hands-on session by Geeta Mahashabde (Navnirmiti Learning Foundation, Pune). SolarEclipse The Annular Solar Eclipse observation and its live streaming was viewed throughout the country on December 26, 2019. At IUCAA, there was an overwhelming response from general public during the interactive sessions conducted by Surhud More (IUCAA) and team. Due to the cloudy sky, they were shown live streaming of the eclipse fromdifferent parts of the world. The general public enjoyed the programme even when they could not get an actual glimpse of the eclipse. Events outside IUCAA Workshop onBasicAstronomy The students and teachers of the Renaissance School, Mansa, Punjab, participated in a two-day Workshop on Basic Astronomy, conducted by IUCAA SciPO Ppersonnel at Mansa, during October 17-18, 2019. It was the first such a workshop conducted in this place. The workshop comprised of i n t e r a c t i v e s e s s i o n s , s p a c e t o y s demonstration, hands-on activities based on observational astronomy and space sciences. Thirty-two students and ten teachers participated in the workshop. They were delighted to observe the Moon using a large telescope. No. 121 - January 2020 18