Durga Puja festival

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YEZIN Agricultural University, under the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, announced again that it is accepting first-year admission to a four-year bachelor’s degree BAgrSc for the Academic Year 2024-2025.

Those who passed the 2024 matriculation exam with Myanmar, English, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology subjects and who scored 340 and above can apply for the course. The applicants must be Myanmar citizens. Furthermore, they must be healthy enough to go on field trips to the farms. They must comply with the rules and regulations of the university. A total of 300 students with a 50-50 per cent male-to-female ratio will be accepted.

Entrance forms can be downloaded from www.yau.edu.mm/event. Matriculation pass recommendation from the principal from the relevant school, exam result, copy of citizenship scrutiny cards of students and parents (guardians), three passport-sized photos, recommendation from the ward administrator or a police clearance certificate must be provided as well.

The form must be sent to the Student Affairs Department of Yezin Agricultural University in Zeyathiri Township, Nay Pyi Taw, by 25 October 2024 through postal service (postal code 150501) or email student-affairs@yau.edu. mm, along with the required documents. Individuals can enquire about details through contact numbers 067 3416512 and 09 894415790 or the afore mentioned email.

Those who do not complete the form or meet the criteria will not be considered. Students are advised to proceed with the early process so that they can join another university unless they are selected. Those who were admitted to the university will be declared in a timely manner via the notice board or online web portal, www.yau.edu.mm /event  . — NN/KK

Source- The Global New Light Of Myanmar

PYO Chit Lin (My Darling), one of the very few earliest Myanmar colour films, was screened at the Asia-Europe Cultural Festival 2024 held at Oldham Theatre in Singapore on 27 September, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The movie Pyo Chit Lin, directed by U Tin Myint, is one of the very few surviving Myanmar classics andthe earliest surviving colour film from the 1950s. The process of restoring the film to its original quality and essence was attentively carried out at the best film laboratory in Italy, and it has been preserved in the Asian Film Archive in Singapore.

The cultural festival has been hosted by the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), with the support of the European Union (EU), since 2018 to promote cultural dialogue, innovation, and artistic cooperation between Asia and Europe. The Cultural Festival was attended by Chargé d’Affaires ad interim/Minister U Zaw Zaw Soe of the Embassy of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in Singapore, along with embassy officials and representatives from the ASEAN Member States, the United Nations, and the European Union. — ASH/TH

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LIVERPOOL are the new leaders of the Premier League after their 2-1 win away

to Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday, while Manchester United suffered

another defeat on Sunday.

The problems are piling up for Erik Ten Hag at Manchester United after his

side lost 3-0 at home to Tottenham with dreadful performance, not helped by Bru-

no Fernandes' direct red card just before halftime.

Brennan Johnson scored just three minutes into the match after Micky van de Ven's run and things got worse and worse for the home side.

Fernandes was sent off for a bad challenge on James Maddison, and Spurs showed their superiority with further goals from Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke in the second half.

Aston Villa had the chance to go second on Sunday, but they were held to a 2-2away draw to Ipswich Town, who opened the scoring through Liam Delap's near post show after just eight minutes.

Aston Villa responded quickly with Morgan Rogers levelling after 15 minutes

as Ipswich failed to clear, and they took the lead just after the half hour when

Leon Bailey's cross was nodded in by Ollie Watkins.

Ipswich responded well after the break and got their reward in the 72nd minute when Delap netted a brilliant in dividual goal to save a point for his team.

— Xinhua

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LILING of Hunan Province boasts a long history of ceramic production. The city

now has more than 650 ceramic production enterprises and nearly 200,000 related

employees.

In recent years, local ceramic production enterprises have intensified their efforts to improve the making techniques. Some of them have also organized ceramics-making experience activities and low-price shopping areas to attract tourists. In the first half of 2024, Liling has received over 4.3 million tourists, with a year-on-year increase of 51.34 per cent. — Xinhua

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THE celebration for the International Day of Older Persons took place yesterday morning at the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief, and Resettlement in Nay Pyi Taw.

During the event, the Union Minister shared that, according to the 2019 Interim Census, the population of senior citizens aged 60 and above in Myanmar was approximately 5.2 million. This number is projected to increase to over 6.5 million by 2024, based on estimates from the Department of Population.

The Union minister emphasized the need for comprehensive healthcare, support, and social services for older adults, both in Myanmar and globally. The theme for this year’s 26th International Day of Older Persons is “Fostering the Dignity of Older Persons Through Inclusive Care Worldwide”.

The Myanmar National Committee for Older Persons, established in 2017, continues to implement initiatives to protect the rights and welfare of older people. A national social pension scheme, introduced in 2017 aims to provide financial security for seniors. For the 2024-2025 financial year, the scheme is planning to distribute pensions to 110,796 elderly individuals aged 85 and above. As part of the celebrations, Myanmar will continue its tradition of honouring the oldest living grandparents in each state and region with a cash reward of K1 million each.

Additionally, a documentary on the welfare and rights of older people was screened during the event. The Union minister, deputy ministers, and committee members for elder care also donated essential goods, medicines, and monetary giftsto senior citizens. — MNA/KZL

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WHEN someone with an emotional issue or mental illness struggles with the idea of seeing a therapist in person, there is now another option: speaking to an artificial intelligence (AI) therapist through a WeChat mini program.

The AI therapist can answer questions about mental health, conduct mental health assessments and judge a person’s emotional state by capturing facial expressions with the camera on the mobile phone. It was presented at the two-day 2024 World Computing Conference held this week in Changsha, the capital of central China’s Hunan Province.

“The AI therapist will reply accordingly with its diagnosis and recommendations, speaking in an appropriate tone that should help comfort the person,” said Yu Min, executive dean of the innovation research institute of Hunan Trasen Science & Technology Corp Ltd, developer of the AI medical system.

People can also reach out to an AI doctor that can diagnose users after they describe their symptoms. It can also carry out traditional Chinese medicine tongue diagnosis and provide recipes and exercise recommendations to achieve improved balance and harmony within the body.

“Traditional models cannot meet the need to develop such systems in medical services, which require a high level of accuracy. However, fast-developing computing power has provided us with strong support to develop this medical system in a more

accurate way,” Yu said.

According to Pan Yunhe, an academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering, new models are expected to help us become more knowledgeable and work toward preventive treatments for diseases in the coming years if data gathered from physical examinations, disease cases, families and regions is combined.

With extreme weather events increasing in frequency, computing power also has a huge role to play in the prevention and control of natural disasters.

Thanks to a disaster monitoring and early warning platform, six households in Dayingang Village, Hunan’s Changde City, were able to relocate before a landslide occurred due to a week of rainfall in June.

The platform, developed by Hunan BDS Micro-chipset Data Technology Co Ltd, is able to capture subtle changes in mountains by deploying high-precision monitoring equipment and sensors based on the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, said Long Pengyu, the company’s deputy general manager.

“The platform can analyze the monitoring data to determine the mountain’s status and predict natural disasters such as mudslides and landslides more than three hours in advance of their occurrence,” he said.

The prevention of geological disasters such as landslides is an important task during the flood season in Hunan. Landslides develop quickly in extreme weather, and early warnings can now be sent via radio and text messages to help residents relocate in advance to avoid deaths, injuries and financial losses, Long added.

To date, the monitoring and early warning platform has been applied in more than 10 provinces in China.

“With accelerating technological innovation and algorithm improvement, we now have better warning results and accuracy levels. As a developer, we’re also making efforts to reduce costs so that the platform can be used over a wider range and benefit more residents,” he said.

The scale of China’s computing industry reached 2.6 trillion yuan (about US$370 billion) in 2022, according to official statistics. SOURCE: Xinhua

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MYANMAR’S Shan United will host the 2024-2025 AFC Challenge League Group D matches at the Thuwunna Youth Training Centre in Yangon.

The tournament will be divided between the East and West Asian zones, with the West Asian zone featuring four teams in three groups and the East Asian zone having three teams in two groups. Shan United will compete in Group D of the East Asian zone alongside Chinese Taipei’s Taichung Futuro and Laos’ Young Elephant.

Group D matches will be held from 27 October to 2 November, with Shan United playing as the home team. The fixtures are as follows: Shan United (Myanmar) versus Young Elephant (Laos) on 27 October, Taichung Futuro (Chinese Taipei) versus Young Elephant (Laos) on 30 October, and Shan United (Myanmar) versus Taichung Futuro (Chinese Tai-pei) on 2 November.

In the group stage draw, the West Asian zone Group A sees East Bengal (India), Nejmeh (Lebanon), Bashundhara Kings (Bangladesh), and Paro (Bhutan). Group B features Al-Arabi (Kuwait), Arkadag (Turkmenistan), Maldivian side Maziya, and Abdysh-Ata (Kyrgyzstan). Group C comprises Al-Ahli(Bahrain), Al-Futowa (Syria), Al-Seeb (Oman), and Hilal AlQuds (Palestine). Meanwhile, the East Asian zone Group D consists of Shan United (Myanmar), Tainan City (Chinese Taipei), and Young Elephant (Laos), while Group E includes Madura United (Indonesia), Svay Rieng (Cambodia), and Falcon (Mongolia).

The top two teams from each of the two East Asian groups will advance to the next round, and from the West Asian zone, the top team from each of the three groups and one best-performing second-placed team will qualify. The quarter-finals will feature four teams from the East Asian zone and four from the West Asian zone, with a single match to determine who progresses to the finals, which will feature one team from each zone.

The West Asian group matches will take place from 26 October to 1 November, while the East Asian group matches will be held from 27 October to 2 November. The group matches will be conducted simultaneously, with the quarterfinals and finals being single matches. —Ko Nyi Lay/KZL

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