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New Straits Times
02-05-2025
- New Straits Times
27 wanted individuals among 162 nabbed in Sabah operations
KOTA KINABALU: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Sabah contingent police headquarters detained 162 individuals, including 27 wanted persons, during a 17-day operation that ended on April 30. The operation began with Op Mega Lusuh/Kesan before continuing with Op Pintu/Kesan, conducted statewide. It was part of a broader effort to combat housebreaking and theft, apprehend individuals wanted by the police, and address crimes related to the illegal trade of scrap materials. Sabah CID chief Datuk Azmi Abdul Rahim said a total of 155 raids were conducted and premises inspected. "During the operation, 135 suspects were arrested for various offences, while 27 individuals wanted by the police were successfully apprehended. "For Op Pintu/Kesan Mega, various items worth RM171,262.40 were seized, involving 45 housebreaking cases and other offences that were successfully solved," he said in a statement today. The second phase of the operation, Op Mega Lusuh/Kesan, was subsequently launched to tackle criminal cases such as cable theft and other theft-related crimes. It involved participation from all district police headquarters across Sabah. "The operation was carried out in collaboration with other agencies such as local authorities, Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd, and telecommunications companies. "Throughout the operation, 76 individuals arrested for various offences and 19 wanted persons successfully detained. "Items worth RM455,874 were seized, in addition to action taken against premises buying scrap items without a licence or dealing in stolen goods," he said.
India Today
30-04-2025
- Science
- India Today
Mission ShaktiSat: Chennai to host 300 students building Moon-bound payload
Mission ShaktiSat, a global initiative led by SpaceKidz India to involve 12,000 girl students in building and launching a satellite to the Moon, has now entered Phase 2. The project's educational component is being delivered via Zoho's Learning Management System (LMS), enabling access to a curated space-tech curriculum across 108 initiative, spearheaded by Srimathy Kesan, Founder and CEO of SpaceKidz India, aims to make space education more accessible and had earlier done AzadiSat with 750 Indian schoolgirls. This time, we wanted to go global. Every child believes the world is one big family,' Kesan said, adding that even smaller nations like Grenada, Benin, Burkina Faso, St Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago are on board. Under ShaktiSat, 108 girls from each participating country will undergo structured training that begins with basic physics and mathematics and advances to complex topics like orbital mechanics, system engineering, HAM radio operations, and satellite programming. In total, students will progress through 21 modules, all hosted on Zoho LMS. They can access videos, reading material, and activities, with each student's progress tracked and shared with their respective Kesan credited Zoho and its founder Sridhar Vembu for stepping in with the LMS platform at a crucial juncture. 'We give every participant a unique email ID and login so they can fully engage with the curriculum. It's a colossal process that requires chronological precision,' she the modules are completed, one student and one coordinator from each country — amounting to around 300 people — will be invited to Chennai by year-end, Kesan they'll collaborate on building the scientific payload. This will be launched aboard a PSLV, transferred via a Lunar Transfer Vehicle from low-Earth orbit to the Moon, and landed with a dedicated Lander Module—a symbolic girl mascot carrying mementos from each India has been active in the space-tech sector for over 14 years, with 19 BalloonSats, three suborbital payloads, and five orbital satellites already to its credit. IN THIS STORY#Tamil Nadu
