No open burning during current hot spell, public told | WN24
SIBU: The Sibu Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) reminds the public not to carry out open burning during the current hot and dry weather in Sarawak now to avoid fires that are difficult to control. Sibu JBPM chief, Andy Alie said there are more than 50 hot spots detected in the area under the 10 […]
Cops arrest couple after failed attempt to run away in Johor | WN24
JOHOR BARU: Police have arrested a couple after running away from being inspected in Taman Impian Emas, Skudai, here. Johor Baru North OCPD Asst Comm Balveer Singh said the incident occurred at 11.20pm on July 24, during a routine crime prevention patrol in the area when they saw a car driven in a suspicious condition. […]
Australia signs $1.4 billion deal to upgrade navy submarines | WN24
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia said on Saturday it had signed a A$2.2 billion ($1.4 billion) four-year contract with state-owned submarine builder ASC to upgrade the navy’s Collins class submarines. The “sustainment contract” is part of a government pledge to keep the diesel-electric powered Collins-class fleet “a potent strike and deterrence capability”, Defence Industry Minister Pat […]
Mangroves ecosystem in India vulnerable to collapse due to cyclones, shrimp aquaculture, says report Ahmedabad News | WN24
Large swathes of natural mangrove forests on the southern Indian coast are critically endangered while those on the west coast, including in Gujarat, are vulnerable to collapse due to human activities like development of shrimp aquaculture and natural threats such as tropical storms, a report released by Global Mangrove Alliance (GMA) on World Mangrove Day […]
Youth-led progressive groups hope Harris will energize young voters | WN24
In the days since President Joe Biden exited the presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala HarrisGen Z voters jumped to social media to share coconut tree and “brat summer” memes — reflecting a stark shift in tone for a generation that’s voiced feeling left behind by the Democratic party. Youth-led progressive organizations have warned […]
Rahul Dravid’s heartfelt message to Gautam Gambhir: ‘In the most heated of times, exhale and crack a smile’ | Cricket News | WN24
Gautam Gambhir is not someone, who shows emotion on or off the field. But the new Team India head coach could not control himself after he received a heartfelt message from Rahul Dravid, the man he is succeeding. Rahul Dravid, whose tenure as India’s head coach ended after he guided the team to the T20 […]
Immigration Dept detains 117 people in raids on S’gor, Negri Sembilan vice dens | WN24
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 117 people were detained by the Immigration Department in seven raids on prostitution dens in Negri Sembilan and Selangor, and 82 of the total were foreign women. Immigration director general Datuk Ruslin Jusoh said the raids were conducted in Seremban and Seri Kembangan on premises controlled by two prostitution syndicates […]
Death penalty for ex-UPNM students justified, says MCPF | WN24
PUTRAJAYA: The death sentence handed down by the Court of Appeal to six former students of the National Defence University (UPNM) for the murder of Naval Cadet Officer Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain seven years ago is appropriate and just, said the Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation (MCPF). MCPF senior vice-chairman Datuk Seri Ayub Yaakob, in a statement […]
How artist Manish Pushkale’s latest work in France revives a lost language through visual cues Eye News | WN24
In JANUARY 2010, when Boa Sr passed away at 85, with her, humanity lost the Great Andamanese language of ‘Aka-Bo’ that was also said to be used by the Bo indigenous community to communicate with the birds. Boa Sr was the last speaker of the now extinct language. “This ancient communication system existed as a […]
When Coke Studio Bharat heard the sound of the hills in a love song Eye News | WN24
Noted playwright Mohan Upreti was deeply concerned about Rajula-Malusahi, a medieval folk ballad, from the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, where he was born and raised. The revivalist of Central Himalayan folk art, writes in his book Malushahi: The Ballad of Kumaon (1980): “The ballad seems to be breathing its last. The old generation of singers […]