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Hotels to go on Statewide strike on January 12Hotels, restaurants, beer bars and permit rooms all over Maharashtra will observe a day-long...

Hotels to go on Statewide strike on January 12
Hotels, restaurants, beer bars and permit rooms all over Maharashtra will observe a day-long strike on January 12, protesting against the State Government8217;s hike in sales tax. According to the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations, Maharashtra, even the most essential requisites of daily life like salt had not been spared the sales tax net. The increase had affected all the raw materials of the hotel industry like LPG, edible oil, sugar, masala, bread and vanaspati. The 20 per cent increase in liquor was a further burden on the trade which was already experiencing a heavy decline of up to 50 per cent of business.

Head of Cardiological Society
Noted interventional cardiologist Anil Kumar has been elected president of the prestigious Cardiological Society of India CSI for the year 2000. He succeeds Upendra Batra, a former Professor of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. Anil Kumar, a consultantcardiologist with the Bombay Hospital, was earlier Professor of Cardiology, Grant Medical College and J J Group of Hospitals.

Science exhibition at Dadar west
An exhibition on astronomy covering aspects of our solar system, space research and observational astronomy inaugurated by well-known science writer Professor Mohan Apte opened on Saturday at Dadar Sarvajanik Vachnalaya, Dhuru Hall, Chhabildas Lane, Dadar West. It will be held up to January 16 and an entry fee of Rs 5/- will be charged to see the exhibition. It is sponsored by a Pune-based voluntary organisation Gram Vidnyan Manch and Loksatta Prabodhini. Schools can contact 4157677 for group tickets. For organising this exhibition on school premises, Neelima Kirane may be contacted on 98230-76291.

Poojya Swami8217;s lectures on Vedanta
Poojya Swami Dayanandaji, renowned Sanskrit scholar and teacher of Vedanta, will be delivering lectures on various aspects of Vedanta at Birla Matushri Sabhagar from January 10-14 between 6:45and 8:15 pm on the topic It Is Here And Now8217;. He will also lecture at Y B Chavan Auditorium from January 11-14 between 7:30 and 8:30 am on Prayer and Prayerfulness8217;. He will also conduct a seminar at Hotel Holiday Inn, Juhu on January 15 between 9 am and 5 pm on Freedom In Relationship8217;.

Yesudas to be felicitated on Jan 26
Leading film personalities, music directors, playback singers, producers and directors will gather at Shanmukhananda Hall on January 26 to felicitate singer Yesudas under the aegis of the People8217;s Arts Centre. Invitation cards may be collected from the People8217;s Art Centre. Contact 4013215/4026733.

Interior design workshop in Vile Parle
An exhibition of Interior Design and Building Materials, Roto Intech 2000, is on at the Chandulal Nanavati Vinay Mandir, Vile Parle W till the evening of January 9. Several workshops and training programmes for the benefit of college students and skilled and semi-skilled in the industry are also being conducted.

Ecology andenvironment seminar
Nirmala Niketan College of Home Science has organised a seminar cum exhibition on ecology and environment on January 13 and 14 at its premises at New Marine Lines. Environmental journalist Darryl D8217;Monte will speak on the occasion.

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Fitness programme from Jan 14-23
BFY Sports and Fitness along with Progressive Fitness USA are presenting the World Fitness Education and Certification programme for Group/Aerobics instructor and personal gym trainer from January 14-23 at the YMCA/YWCA, Colaba. For registrations call, BFY at 2013636/2088320.

Party for thalassaemic children
MUMBAI: The millennium party organised by the We Care Trust on January 2 for 400 thalassaemic children was a grand success. Children from St George Hospital, Sion Hospital, KEM, Wadia and Nanavati were able to meet newly crowned Miss World Yukta Mookhey who gave her autograph to all of them. An awareness van was inaugurated by Dadi Maa Hari Devi fitted with an audio-visual system to bringawareness among college students and common public.