PIO fined over unlawful fireworks in Singapore

Singapore: A Person of Indian Origin (PIO) has been fined $2,228 after he discharged a carton of dangerous fireworks in Singapore’s ‘Little India’ area during Diwali, a media report said on Friday. Sivasarvanan Suppiah Murugan (43) had placed the carton at the junction of Madras Street and Campbell Lane on October 27 as he thought there were no cameras in the vicinity, The Straits Times said in the report. A district court heard on Tuesday that Sivasarvanan, a nightclub worker, lit the fireworks and fled. IANS

Mountaineer Poorna scores a six

Hyderabad: Malavath Poorna, who has won laurels for scaling Mount Everest thereby becoming the youngest girl to achieve the feat, has added another feather to her cap by conquering Mt. Vinson Massif, the Antarctica continent’s highest mountain peak (4,987 m). Poorna, 18, becomes the first and youngest tribal woman in the world to set foot on the six tallest mountain peaks across six continents. Poorna has so far scaled Mt Everest, Mt Kilimanjaro, Mt Elbrus, Mt Aconcagua, Mt Cartsnez and Mt. Vinson Massif. PTI