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The Star
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Star
Unifi Mobile raises the bar with 5G mobile performance
Unifi Mobile ranked top in Malaysia for 5G Video Experience, 5G Download Speed, overall Video Experience and Games Experience in OpenSignal's Mobile Network Experience Report (Nov 2024). FAST, reliable and stable mobile networks matter more than ever in today's digital-first world. That's why every mobile service provider works hard to deliver the best possible experience. However, when it comes to video performance, different networks may offer varying levels of quality depending on factors such as coverage, speed and consistency. Among Malaysia's major mobile service providers, Unifi Mobile stands at the forefront when it comes to providing bespoke network coverage with a top-notch video experience. The results speak for themselves. Unifi ranked top in four performance categories in Opensignal's November 2024 Mobile Network Experience Report, reinforcing its position as one of Malaysia's leading mobile networks: > 5G Download Speed > 5G Video Experience > Games Experience > Video Experience These awards underscore Unifi Mobile's efforts to meet the growing demands of today's digital lifestyles with fast, reliable connectivity. Unifi Mobile's UNI5G plans combine 5G/4G internet speeds with unlimited data for seamless streaming and internet connectivity. Taking it to the streets To put its speed and streaming quality to the test, Unifi Mobile teamed up with local singer and actor Fattah Amin for a fun, on-the-ground challenge in Kuala Lumpur's Chinatown, inviting passersby who subscribe to other telco services to go head-to-head. There were two challenges: 'Game siapa lag, dia kalah!' and 'Lumba load video.' In the first challenge, Amin faced off with participants in a mobile gaming showdown. The network that lags loses. The second tested streaming speed, with both sides racing to see who could load a video faster. For the showdown, Fattah raised the stakes by promising RM1,000 to any participant who could beat him. Based on their experience during the challenges, most passersby agreed that Unifi delivered on speed, video quality and gaming performance, thereby living up to its recognition in Opensignal's latest report. Catch the full street challenge on Unifi's social media accounts. Better streaming starts with better connectivity The quality of your streaming experience can often make or break your day, from work calls to weekend binge-watching. If you've ever experienced laggy streams or patchy calls, you know how crucial network reliability can be. Plans like UNI5G Wow Prepaid offer affordable, nationwide coverage and stable connections with uncapped 5G speed all day without compromising on video streaming quality. Think team meetings or your favourite series, uninterrupted. Customers can enjoy 60% discounted access to a wide selection of popular streaming platforms, including Viu, iQIYI, Disney+ Hotstar and many more, from as low as RM8.40 per month. If you're still using a 4G phone, Unifi Mobile's UNI5G Postpaid plan offers a complimentary 5G smartphone when you sign up and pair it with unlimited data, starting from just RM49/month, so you can savour the 5G experience at its fullest. If you need extra data to stream non-stop, UNI5G Postpaid 39 plan comes with a limited-time offer of 200GB data for just RM1. With its notable video quality, Unifi Mobile is out to change the narrative of how mobile service providers provide network coverage and transform the way consumers view mobile content. Recognised for award-winning performance, Unifi Mobile offers a network built for today's digital demands. Learn more, including available upgrade options, at
NDTV
3 days ago
- NDTV
Security Manager Charged For Stealing IPL Jerseys Worth Rs 6.5 Lakh From Wankhede Stadium
Mumbai: A security manager has been booked for allegedly stealing 261 Indian Premier League (IPL) player jerseys worth Rs 6.52 lakh from the BCCI's official merchandise store at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Police said on Monday. The FIR has been registered under Section 306 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. The Mumbai police claim that the theft took place on June 13, while the complaint was officially registered on July 17. According to the police, the complainant, Hemang Bharat Kumar Amin (44), is a BCCI employee and lives in Mahim. Amin works at the BCCI office located at the Wankhede Stadium. He has alleged that Farooq Aslam Khan (46), a security manager and resident of Gaurav Excellency, Mira Road East, entered the BCCI's official merchandise store without permission and stole jerseys of players of various IPL teams, including Delhi Capitals (DC), Mumbai Indians (MI), Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Punjab Kings (PBKS), Gujarat Titans (GT), Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK). The estimated cost of the total 261 jerseys stolen is Rs 6,52,500, claims Mumbai Police. Based on Amin's complaint, Marine Drive police have registered a case against Farooq Aslam Khan and started an investigation. Police are examining CCTV footage and other evidence to understand the entire chain of events and recover the stolen jerseys.
Sharjah 24
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sharjah 24
Khaled Amin: Acting workshop enhances skills across arts sector
Specialised training for theatre professionals Dr Amin explained that the course, organised by the Theatre Department of the Department of Culture, brings together specialists in key areas of theater: directing, scenography, acting, and writing. He emphasised that such workshops contribute to the growth of individuals working across the broader arts sector, including theater, television, and cinema. Empowering young talent In statements to Sharjah 24 , Amin noted that the acting workshop plays a vital role in developing the skills of young theater professionals from diverse backgrounds. It also serves to train directors in effectively working with actors to bring out their best performances. Looking ahead to festival participation Expressing his delight at being selected to train this promising group, Amin hinted at the potential for this project to evolve beyond the workshop. He suggested it could lead to participation in various festivals—most notably, the Kalba Short Play Festival.
Scroll.in
6 days ago
- Politics
- Scroll.in
Like Idi Amin, today's demagogues have convinced the majority that they are oppressed by ‘outsiders'
Fifty years ago, Ugandan President Idi Amin wrote to the governments of the British Commonwealth with a bold suggestion: Allow him to take over as head of the organization, replacing Queen Elizabeth II. After all, Amin reasoned, a collapsing economy had made the UK unable to maintain its leadership. Moreover the 'British empire does not now exist following the complete decolonisation of Britain's former overseas territories'. It wasn't Amin's only attempt to reshape the international order. Around the same time, he called for the United Nations headquarters to be moved to Uganda's capital, Kampala, touting its location at 'the heart of the world between the continents of America, Asia, Australia and the North and South Poles'. Amin's diplomacy aimed to place Kampala at the center of a postcolonial world. In my new book, A Popular History of Idi Amin's Uganda, I show that Amin's government made Uganda – a remote, landlocked nation – look like a frontline state in the global war against racism, apartheid and imperialism. Doing so was, for the Amin regime, a way of claiming a morally essential role: liberator of Africa's hitherto oppressed people. It helped inflate his image both at home and abroad, allowing him to maintain his rule for eight calamitous years, from 1971 to 1979. The phony liberator? Amin was the creator of a myth that was both manifestly untrue and extraordinarily compelling: that his violent, dysfunctional regime was actually engaged in freeing people from foreign oppressors. The question of Scottish independence was one of his enduring concerns. The 'people of Scotland are tired of being exploited by the English,' wrote Amin in a 1974 telegram to United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim. 'Scotland was once an independent country, happy, well governed and administered with peace and prosperity,' but under the British government, 'England has thrived on the energies and brains of the Scottish people.' Even his cruelest policies were framed as if they were liberatory. In August 1972, Amin announced the summary expulsion of Uganda's Asian community. Some 50,000 people, many of whom had lived in Uganda for generations, were given a bare three months to tie up their affairs and leave the country. Amin named this the ' Economic War '. In the speech that announced the expulsions, Amin argued that 'the Ugandan Africans have been enslaved economically since the time of the colonialists.' The Economic War was meant to 'emancipate the Uganda Africans of this republic.' 'This is the day of salvation for the Ugandan Africans,' he said. By the end of 1972, some 5,655 farms, ranches and estates had been vacated by the departed Asian community, and Black African proprietors were queuing up to take over Asian-run businesses. A year later, when Amin attended the Organization of African Unity summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, his 'achievements' were reported in a booklet published by the Uganda government. During his speech, Amin was 'interrupted by thunderous applauses of acclamation and cheers, almost word for word, by Heads of State and Government and by everybody else who had a chance to hear it,' according to the the report. It was, wrote the government propagandist, 'very clear that Uganda had emerged as the forefront of a True African State. It was clear that African nationalism had been born again. It was clear that the speech had brought new life to the freedom struggle in Africa.' Life at the front Amin's policies were disastrous for all Ugandans, African and Asian alike. Yet his war of economic liberation was, for a time, a source of inspiration for activists around the world. Among the many people gripped by enthusiasm for Amin's regime was Roy Innis, the Black American leader of the civil rights organization Congress of Racial Equality. In March 1973, Innis visited Uganda at Amin's invitation. Innis and his colleagues had been pressing African governments to grant dual citizenship to Black Americans, just as Jewish Americans could earn citizenship from the state of Israel. Over the course of their 18 days in Uganda, the visiting Americans were shuttled around the country in Amin's helicopter. Everywhere, Innis spoke with enthusiasm about Amin's accomplishments. In a poem published in the pro-government Voice of Uganda around the time of his visit, Innis wrote: 'Before, the life of your people was a complete bore, And they were poor, oppressed, exploited and economically sore. And you then came and opened new, dynamic economic pages. And showered progress on your people in realistic stages. In such expert moves that baffled even the great sages, your electric personality pronounced the imperialists' doom. Your pragmatism has given Ugandans their economic boom.' In May 1973, Innis was back in Uganda, promising to recruit a contingent of 500 African American professors and technicians to serve in Uganda. Amin offered them free passage to Uganda, free housing and free hospital care for themselves and their families. The American weekly magazine Jet predicted that Uganda was soon to become an 'African Israel,' a model nation upheld by the energies and knowledge of Black Americans. As some have observed, Innis was surely naive. But his enthusiasm was shared by a great many people, not least a great many Ugandans. Inspired by Amin's promises, their energy and commitment kept institutions functioning in a time of great disruption. They built roads and stadiums, constructed national monuments and underwrote the running costs of government ministries. Patriotism and demagoguery Their ambitions were soon foreclosed by a rising tide of political dysfunction. Amin's regime came to a violent end in 1979, when he was ousted by the invading army of Tanzania and fled Uganda. But his brand of demagoguery lives on. Today a new generation of demagogues claim to be fighting to liberate aggrieved majorities from outsiders' control. In the 1970s, Amin enlisted Black Ugandans to battle against racial minorities who were said to dominate the economy and public life. Today an ascendant right wing encourages aggrieved white Americans to regard themselves as a majority dispossessed of their inheritance by greedy immigrants. Amin encouraged Ugandans to regard themselves as frontline soldiers, engaged in a globally consequential war against foreigners. In today's America, some people similarly feel themselves deputised to take matters of state into their own hands. In January 2021, for instance, a right-wing group called 'Stop the Steal' organised a rally in Washington. Vowing to 'take our country back,' they stormed the Capitol building. The racialised demagoguery that Idi Amin promoted inspired the imagination of a great many people. It also fed violent campaigns to repossess a stolen inheritance, to reclaim properties that ought, in the view of the aggrieved majority, to belong to native sons and daughters. His regime is for us today a warning about the compelling power of demagoguery to shape people's sense of purpose.
New Indian Express
19-07-2025
- New Indian Express
Auxiliary nurse midwife killed by brother-in-law in Odisha
BERHAMPUR: A 35-year-old auxiliary nurse midwife (ANM) died after being reportedly attacked by her brother-in-law in Kalyansingpur block of Rayagada on Friday. The deceased is Sailendri Saraka of Dhepaguda village under Dhamunipanga panchayat. The accused, Latra Prepaka (60), has been detained by police. Sources said there was a property dispute between Latra and his younger brother Baimajhi Prepaka (41). On the day, the siblings were working in their farmland when a fight broke out between them. Baimajhi reportedly told his elder brother that he will call an Amin for demarcation of their property. Latra became infuriated and left the farmland with a spade. He reached Baimajhi's house and found his wife Sailendri cooking. He assaulted the woman on the head with the spade and left the spot. Baimajhi took his injured wife to hospital with the help of villagers. Since Sailendri had suffered deep head injuries, she was referred to DHH where she was declared dead. Police have detained Latra and are interrogating him.
