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Mubariz defeats one of Russian MMA champions Maksim Katkov

Edit Khaama Press 08 May 2016
The Afghan Mixed Martial Art fighter Baz Mohammad Mubariz defeated one of ......

Chinese government-backed firm considering Hinkley Point stake

Edit Belfast Telegraph 08 May 2016
A Chinese state-backed nuclear energy firm is considering taking a stake in the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, one of its officials has said ... also in the offing and CGN had held talks on their behalf ... "But this will be a combination of CGN and CNNC....

One card to bridge metro, BMTC

Edit The Hindu 08 May 2016
A single card that commuters can use on both buses and the metro is in the offing ... For integration with metro card readers, it will take some amount of technical modification, as the systems used by the two operators are different ... At present, BMRCL already has a few types of smart cards ... Sale of smart cards was ......

KSRTC wakes up to the times, gears up for makeover drive

Edit The Hindu 08 May 2016
Kerala’s public transport sector is waking up to the times, with Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) planning to roll out a slew of measures in the second half of the year to reach out to commuters ... It will provide details like location of a bus, expected time and arrival, number of vacant seats, etc ... It will also have a trigger option to alert passengers of the bus of their choice through a specific route....

Waste management: MCC to promote its best practices big

Edit Deccan Herald 08 May 2016
With Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) retaining the ‘Cleanest City’ tag in the recent resurvey undertaken by the Union ministry of Urban Development, the authorities have found it apt to promote the best practices in management of solid waste (MSW). A day-long workshop, involving officials from municipal corporations in other states, is in the offing, according to sources....

57 gangs active in state, new STF to counter them: DGP

Edit The Times of India 08 May 2016
Expressing concern over the recent gangwars that have rocked Punjab and neighbouring places, state police chief Suresh Arora on Saturday disclosed that 57 such groups of criminals were active in the state and a new Special Task Force (STF), under the intelligence wing, has been created to counter and apprehend them. It is the first time that such a wing has been created in the state, on the pattern of Uttar Pradesh....

The future of sound: Raumfeld

Edit The Examiner 08 May 2016
Here at the Home Technology testing facility (AKA my house), at the ungodly hour of 4.12 a.m., streaming as if out of the aether the sounds of space. Well, not exactly the sounds of space, but the sounds of space as imagined by the artists being played on the Calm “Spaced” Radio station coming out of the Raumfeld Stereo Cubes in my bedroom ... The sound of the Raumfeld Stereo Cubes is utterly astounding....

How One Man Made The Eiffel Tower Sing

Edit National Public Radio 08 May 2016
Composer Joseph Bertolozzi has created a composition from the sounds of the Eiffel Tower, striking practically every surface he could reach and recording it ... Composer Joseph Bertolozzi has created a composition from the sounds of the Eiffel Tower, striking practically every surface he could reach and recording it. Franc Palaia/Courtesy of the artist ... Could you describe the method of all of this? How did you harvest these sounds?....

Seriously clowning around

Edit The Hindu 08 May 2016
The play’s lack of a hero, and its eponymous anti-hero’s ability to win the readers’ sympathy, inspired theatre writer, director and actor Rupesh Tillu to write a comedic version of it. Tillu’s devised play, Madbeth, will be performed this evening as part of the 18th Hive Community Festival ... Tillu essays several roles, primarily juggling that of Macbeth, and a schizophrenic Beth....

A speaker we didn't want to part with

Edit International Business Times 08 May 2016
The Creative Sound Blaster FRee is a Bluetooth speaker that seems to bring the sound from a laptop or a smartphone to life. The sound is clean, the bass is punchy and the call quality is pretty good too ... ....

Radiohead: A Moon Shaped Pool review – achieving something they've never achieved before

Edit The Guardian 08 May 2016
They seem as fascinated by sonic textures as they do by actual songwriting – the weirdly uplifting moment towards the end of Ful Stop (sic), when the song’s muffled sound suddenly becomes bright and trebly, as if a DJ has turned the eq knob on his mixer to the right – but it’s not an album that feels lost in experimentation ... The simple prettiness of ......

TV guide: what's on Friday, May 13

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 08 May 2016
Keeping track of the ever-changing cast is a mystery in itself, but an incredible 20 years on since its beginnings, Silent Witness remains a consistently gripping, intelligent and reliably gruesome staple of TV detective-land. In Snipers' Nest, the first of this two-parter, seemingly random people are taken out by a mystery marksman in areas around London's main ringroad, the M25....

Unpredictable - The Dowsing Sound Collective

Edit Skiddle 08 May 2016
Sound collective climbs under the skin of brilliant tracks by brilliant bands using 40 vocalists and instrumentalists ... The Dowsing Sound Collective - the immersive sound collective founded in Cambridge that has in the last either months alone collaborated with globals stars Basement Jaxx, song-writing legend Boo Hewerdine, rising folk stars Megson ......
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