SINGAPORE: An Indian-origin man has been jailed for three weeks in Singapore and also fined for setting off fireworks near housing blocks during Diwali celebrations last year. Jeevan Arjoon (29), bought an assortment of fireworks from Little India Diwali bazaar and unlawfully set off the crackers at 3.30 am on the festival night on November 6, the Straits Times reported on Thursday. Witnesses said the fireworks were loud enough to be heard from the surrounding Housing Board blocks of Yishun. IANS
China to add ‘eco-friendly’ toilet on Mount Everest
Bejeing: Climbers with pressing needs on Mount Everest will soon find an “eco-friendly” toilet at a Chinese campsite 7,028 metres (23,058 feet) above sea level in an ongoing campaign to deal with the peak's waste problem. Decades of commercial mountaineering have turned Mount Everest into the world's highest rubbish dump as an increasing number of big-spending mountaineers pay little attention to the ugly footprint they leave behind. AFP
Hitler would have loved social media: Disney CEO
Los Angeles: Disney CEO Bob Iger has called upon US politicians to reject hate in the run up to the 2020 election — and claimed that Adolf Hitler would have “loved social media” as a tool to spread extremist propaganda. At a dinner organized by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish human rights organization, he said: “Our politics, in particular, are now dominated by contempt... Hitler would have loved social media.” Reuters
Royal bonding
Tokyo: Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko meet well-wishers as they visit Kodomonokuni, or Children’s Land, marking the 60th anniversary of their royal marriage in Yokohama near Tokyo on Friday. REUTERS
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