as did the water supply tapes in Srinagar and other places. Most other cities and towns recorded temperatures below freezing point.

Only Himachal Pradesh saw a bright and sunny day after three days of snow and rain. The minimum temperature was minus 0.7 degrees Celsius in Shimla, which saw 5 cm of snow. Some other neighbouring cities experienced moderate snowfall in the past 24 hours. Keylong, district headquarters of Lahaul-Spiti, was the coldest in the state at a minimum of minus 12 degrees Celsius. The towns in lower hills of the state witnessed rainfall that pushed the mercury even further down.



(with inputs from agencies)Angeles face, Marcelino said.

Gregorio Rojas stands with his most recent cohort of students who participated in his coding boot camp. | Photo courtesy of Gregorio Rojas

Coding boot camps, long on the fringe of traditional education spheres, are pushing their way into national conversation of how to attract more Americans into the STEM fields.

These boot camps, a product of the technology boom, are technical training programs designed to expose novice students to the most important aspects of the coding and web development field while guiding them to become innovators. Oftentimes boot camps lead students into jobs in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics industries.

Last month, the Department of Education rolled out its pilot program, EQUIP. The program, which is now open for application, allows colleges and universities to partner