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Batang Kali landslide: SAR operation suspended, to resume tomorrow – Police

BATANG KALI, Dec 21 (Bernama) — The search and rescue (SAR) operation to look for victims of the landslide tragedy at the camping site of Father’s Organic Farm, in Gohtong Jaya, here, was suspended at 10 pm today.

 

Hulu Selangor district police chief Supt Suffian Abdullah, who confirmed the matter to Bernama, said the operation was suspended due to unfavourable weather and safety reason.

 

“Yes, stand down tonight and the operation will resume at 8 am tomorrow,” he said.

 

 

 

The SAR team found the body of an adult man at the landslide site today at 11.16 am today in Sector B (Farmview camp) of the area, bringing the death toll to 26.

 

The landslide which occurred at 2.42 am last Friday had seen 61 victims being rescued, while seven others still missing. It was reported that 94 people were involved in the tragedy.

 

 

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

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GA-ASI Flies New Multi-Use NATO Pod on MQ-9

NATO Pod Development Brings Together International Partners to Meet Future Requirements

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SAN DIEGO, Dec. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) flew the new NATO Pod for the first time on Nov. 23, 2022. The NATO Pod is a joint development between GA-ASI and Sener Aeroespacial of Spain. The NATO Pod is built by Sener Aeroespacial in Europe to meet NATO airworthiness standards, while increasing configuration and payload options for MQ-9A and MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft produced by GA-ASI. The new product is designed for international customers that are interested in rapidly integrating sovereign payload capabilities to achieve specific mission objectives.

The test flight was performed at the Yuma Proving Grounds using a GA-ASI owned MQ-9A aircraft.

NATO Pod development was driven by GA-ASI’s desire to provide customers with a customizable, multi-use pod for carriage of sovereign, cross-domain Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) sensors for MQ-9A and MQ-9B RPA systems. GA-ASI is working with Sener and other European suppliers to integrate their sensor capabilities within this new pod. The NATO Pod is a flexible, scalable, certifiable enclosure with the structural features to host wide-ranging mission systems. The pod meets DEF STAN and STANAG certification standards for airworthiness, including lightning protection and bird impact.

The NATO Pod interfaces with common MQ-9 aircraft power and navigation interfaces, including the platform datalink connection to the Ground Control Station (GCS). Customer system integration is based on using a common set of interfaces to the aircraft and GCS systems.

“This is a truly momentous product design and implementation effort,” said GA-ASI Vice President of Mission Payloads and Exploitation, Satish Krishnan. “We’ve worked closely with Sener to meet requirements and keep our combined teams in sync to achieve this great outcome. Our successful test flight allows us to begin marketing this new capability to our international partner nations as a way to rapidly add sovereign payload capability.”

Rafael Orbe, Defence General Director at Sener Aeroespacial, said: “This first flight is the fruit of a long collaboration between GA-ASI and Sener and we are proud to have contributed to the success of the project. We look forward to continuing the good work together, which we are sure will bring us more successes in the future.”

This industrial cooperation effort introduces European manufacturing of GA-ASI designed mission hardware and opens the door to customer-specified mission payloads – including technologies that are built outside the U.S. – for deployment on MQ-9A and MQ-9B. The NATO Pod that was tested featured a payload built by Arpège S.A.S. France.

MQ-9As are operated by a number of European countries, including the United Kingdom, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain. GA-ASI’s newer MQ-9B variant has been acquired by the UK and Belgium. Recently Poland announced that it will lease MQ-9A. 

About GA-ASI

General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a leading designer and manufacturer of proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems, including the Predator® RPA series and the Lynx® Multi-mode Radar. With more than seven million flight hours, GA-ASI provides long-endurance, mission-capable aircraft with integrated sensor and data link systems required to deliver persistent flight that enables situational awareness and rapid strike. The company also produces a variety of ground control stations and sensor control/image analysis software, offers pilot training and support services, and develops meta-material antennas. For more information, visit www.ga-asi.com.

Avenger, Lynx, Predator, SeaGuardian and SkyGuardian are registered trademarks of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. 

About Sener Aeroespacial

Sener Aeroespacial has been a leading supplier of high-performance aerospace systems for Space, Defense and Science for more than 50 years, developing its own high added-value technology products. Sener Aeroespacial is a leader in guidance, navigation and control systems, actuation and orientation systems, and communications, COMINT, optics, ATC and avionics systems. It is involved in the main programs of the ESA and NASA space agencies. Sener Aeroespacial is part of the SATNUS consortium, which leads the Spanish contingent of Remote Operators of the FCAS program. Sener Aeroespacial is also part of the recently created SMS consortium.

Sener Aeroespacial has production centers in Catalonia, the Community of Madrid and the Basque Country. It is a company of the Sener engineering and technology group, founded in 1956, which employs 2,700 professionals on four continents.

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GA-ASI Media Relations
asi-mediarelations@ga-asi.com
+1 (858) 524-8101

Sharyn Nerenberg
Media Contact, Hughes Network Systems
sharyn.nerenberg@hughes.com
(301) 428-7124

Susan Ong
External Communications, SES
suzanne.ong@ses.com
+352 710 725 500

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GSF to Invest USD 550 Million in India’s K12 School Sector

It is part of GSF’s global expansion plans, which will include M&As of greenfield projects.

Signing of MoU

Signing of MoU

SINGAPORE, Dec. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Global Schools Foundation (GSF) Singapore, the award-winning not-for-profit foundation, plans to invest over US$500 million in India’s school education sector by Year 2026, as it continues its global expansion plan to serve more communities across Europe, the Middle East, India and Japan.

Recognised as the world’s most awarded school network with more than 450 international awards in Business and Education Excellence, GSF already has a network of 35 campuses across 11 countries. Its schools offer multiple curricula like International Baccalaureate, Cambridge IGCSE and Indian CBSE to nearly 32000 students of more than 70 nationalities.

The new investment in India is aimed to fulfill the massive post-Covid increase in demand from domestic communities moving across Indian cities, as well as relocating families from and into India. Many existing student communities from international regions across East Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe, the U.K. and the U.S. are relocating to cities like Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad.

GSF’s expansion will include Mergers and Acquisitions of greenfield projects into cities that also include Mumbai, Madurai, Noida and Nagpur.

“It is imperative that GSF takes necessary steps in investing to provide guaranteed admissions to such relocating students across its networks with zero disruptions,” said Mr. Atul Temurnikar, Executive Chairman and Co-founder of GSF.

The most recent step in this direction was the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Noida Authority and GSF with support from Enterprise Singapore, a division of Ministry of Trade and Industry-Republic of Singapore. The MoU commits to the investment towards new international schools that will offer International Baccalaureate and Cambridge IGCSE education in addition to CBSE.

In the last 20 years, GSF schools – like Global Indian International School and One World International School – have ranked high for their results in IB exams, with 96 students having scored World Topper (45/45) and Near Perfect Scores (44/45) in the IB Diploma exams. Over 800 students have scored A*s and As in seven or more subjects in Cambridge IGCSE.

GSF students receive offers from world’s leading universities, including some of the Ivy League colleges such as Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, UC Berkeley and others, and every year over 150 universities from around the world visit school campuses for career guidance to students. Its 2500 faculty members undergo extensive and continuous training and development programmes in skills and subject-matter expertise.

GSF has only recently celebrated its 20th anniversary with much fanfare.

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OKC (OKX Chain) Launches Flexible Liquid Staking, Delivers Enhanced Liquidity and Accessibility

  • OKC Liquid Staking lowers barriers to entry for staking while allowing users to deploy staked tokens elsewhere
  • Users can stake OKT through Liquid Staking to receive up to 40% APR

VICTORIA, Seychelles, Dec. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — OKC (OKX Chain), the EVM and IBC-compatible chain backed by OKX, has announced the launch of its Liquid Staking protocol. Liquid Staking is a key element of the rapidly-expanding DeFi ecosystem on OKC. It provides a way for OKC users to effectively and flexibly utilize the chain’s native token, OKT, while offering users staking rewards of up to 40% APR.

Better Liquidity & Asset Utilization for OKC Users
By offering users staking rewards with no minimum token investment requirement and no lock-up period, Liquid Staking addresses problems with conventional staking products that include inaccessibility and illiquidity.

OKC Liquid Staking also allows users to earn staking rewards on their OKT while deploying the tokens in other protocols. Users can utilize Liquid Staking to stake OKT and receive stOKT (staked OKT) in return. They can then deploy the stOKT in on-chain DeFi protocols to earn more rewards or swap the stOKT for OKT on the OKX DEX.

Chai Li, Head of Ecosystem Development, OKC, said: “Liquid Staking is a key element of our vision for promoting decentralization and creating more opportunities for OKX users. Liquid Staking adds liquidity and utility of assets, and also plays an important role in boosting on-chain TVL and ecosystem development. We’re thrilled to see Liquid Staking grow in parallel with OKC’s other DeFi products and lay the foundation for advanced protocols being developed on-chain in the future.”

Bolstering the OKC Ecosystem
OKC, also known as OKX Chain, is built to empower DeFi and Web3 adoption globally. It offers DApp developers the means to deploy their applications and crypto assets on the OKC ecosystem while enjoying the benefits of high throughput, low gas fees, and a secure network.

The launch of Liquid Staking is expected to contribute to a higher TVL (or total value locked) on the OKC network, allowing it to further expand its capabilities and the benefits it offers to users.

Users can now stake OKT through OKC Liquid Staking to receive rewards of up to 40% APR.

For further information, please contact:
Media@okx.com

About OKC

OKXC is an EVM-compatible L1 built on Cosmos with a focus on true interoperability (IBC) and maximized performance. At high scalability, developers can build and scale with low gas fees. The OKC ecosystem and infrastructure, including the all-in-one multi-chain Web3 interface, enables a seamless experience for both developers and users.

OKC experienced significant growth in 2022. It integrated over 190 new projects, securely processed over 195 million transactions, and saw more than 81 million total wallet addresses created.

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LambdaTest launches #LambdaTestYourBusiness holiday season campaign

The campaign includes a fun game, e-cards, memes, and much more! Also, prizes and offers are up for grabs.

San Francisco, Dec. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LambdaTest, the leading continuous quality testing cloud platform, has launched the #LambdaTestYourBusiness holiday season campaign. The campaign will include a fun ‘LambdaTest Bug Squasher’ game, e-cards, self-made memes, and, more importantly, contestants also stand a chance to win prizes and exclusive offers.

The LambdaTest Bug Squasher game is a fun take on the frustrations that development teams face when they have to ‘squash’ countless bugs that seem to appear from everywhere in the product. Players can swat bugs appearing on a computer screen while ensuring they don’t swat a bomb! Top scorers have a chance to win an Amazon Echo dot.

Participants can also test their creativity by coming up with memes related to the tester/developer world. A lucky winner will be chosen based on the social media engagement of the meme and will receive a goodie. That’s not all, participants can send across e-cards to their colleagues and mentors to spread the holiday cheer.

“The #LambdaTestYourBusiness campaign is a small attempt from LambdaTest to bring in the holiday cheer to testers and developers who work hard around the year to give us all a worthy digital experience. The holidays are peak season for most businesses and hence for testers and developers. The game, memes, and e-cards are intended to bring a smile to their faces and spread some much-needed warmth in these busy times. This campaign also sets tone for the new year that will see new initiatives and campaigns from LambdaTest,” said Jay Singh, cofounder, LambdaTest. “While they are busy squashing bugs or making memes we have exciting offers and gifts to give away. The idea is really simple- testers and developers deserve to relax and let the heavy lifting be done by a reliable, scalable, secure, and fast test execution and orchestration platform so that customers can enjoy a seamless digital experience. All they’ve got to do is #LambdaTestYourBusiness.”

LambdaTest has also recently launched HyperExecute, a next-gen smart test execution and orchestration platform that helps testers and developers run end-to-end automation tests at the fastest speed possible.

To experience the campaign, visit: https://www.lambdatest.com/holidayseason-2022

About LambdaTest

LambdaTest is a continuous quality testing cloud platform that helps developers and testers ship code faster. Over 10,000+ customers and 1+ million users across 130+ countries rely on LambdaTest for their testing needs.

LambdaTest platform provides secure, scalable, and insightful test orchestration for customers at different points in their DevOps (CI/CD) lifecycle:-

● Browser & App Testing Cloud allows users to run both manual and automated tests of web and mobile apps across 3000+ different browsers, real devices, and operating system environments.

● HyperExecute helps customers run and orchestrate test grids in the cloud for any framework and programming language at blazing-fast speeds to cut down on quality test time, helping developers build software faster.

For more information, please visit, https://lambdatest.com

For further information please contact the LambdaTest press office: press@lambdatest.com.

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Every house will be checked during evacuation exercise – Fire and Rescue Dept

KOTA BHARU, Dec 20 (Bernama) — Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) personnel involved in operations to evacuate flood victims have been directed to check every house to ensure that on one is left behind.

 

JBPM Fire Safety Division director Datuk Ahmad Izram Osman said this order had been issued to rescue personnel in view of the severity of the floods, especially in Pasir Puteh and Rantau Panjang in Kelantan.

 

“I want every house in flooded areas to be inspected, especially in these two places.

 

 

 

“We have to visit every house and encourage the occupants to be evacuated immediately if necessary,” he told reporters after attending a briefing on flood relief operations by Kelantan JBPM director Zainal Madasin here today.

 

A total of 1,294 firemen have been deployed to manage the floods in Kelantan.

 

Ahmad Izram said apart from getting input to plan for improving relief operations, his visit was also aimed at giving moral support to the personnel involved.

 

 

 

He said firemen had been fully stretched since the monsoon floods struck on Dec 14 but they had to keep up their spirits for the sake of evacuating victims.

 

He welcomed the help extended by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from outside Kelantan, saying they had provided manpower and 30 lorries for flood relief operations.

 

“We need to be smart in pooling the resources of agencies and NGO which are willing to help in evacuation work in less dangerous places. This will allow our personnel to focus on rescuing and evacuating victims from high-risk areas like Pasir Puteh and Rantau Panjang,” he added.

 

Ahmad Izram said Kelantan JBPM was responsible for evacuating 4,251 of the 18,632 victims recorded as at 2 pm today.

 

 

 

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

 

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Nga cheers up landslide SAR chief in Hospital

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 20 (Bernama) — Local Government Development Minister Nga Kor Ming today visited Selangor Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) director Datuk Norazam Khamis, who was admitted to Hospital Selayang after falling ill while leading the search and rescue (SAR) operation for the Batang Kali landslide victims.

 

In a post on his Facebook, Nga said Norazam’s condition was improving.

 

“During the meeting I also conveyed the love of all staff of the Local Government Development Ministry who are praying for his well-being and recovery.

 

 

 

“Since day one of the search and rescue, Datuk Norazam has handled the operations and media efficiently and steadily. His dedication and service is much appreciated. I am confident that the spirit, determination and leadership shown by him will be an inspiration to young JBPM personnel,” he said.

 

Yesterday, Norazam was rushed to Hospital Selayang after he was overcome by fatigue and suffered a minor stroke.

 

Nga said he also conveyed to Norazam the appreciation expressed by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in Parliament yesterday to all rescue agencies.

 

 

 

“The SAR operation is continuing to locate nine missing victims. I truly hope all rescue personnel will always look after their own safety and life while carrying out their duties.

 

“I urge all Malaysians to continue praying for the success of this mission and the safety of all rescue personnel involved in the operation, which has become more complicated and challenging due to uncertain weather. May we remain strong and patient in facing this challenge,” he said.

 

Sixty-one people survived the landslide at the Father’s Organic Farm campsite in Gohtong Jaya on Friday while 24 have been confirmed killed and nine are still missing.

 

 

Source: BERNAMA News Agency