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Haryana Chief Electoral Officer Anurag Agarwal on Friday said that the elderly and youth voters and those who have achieved significant achievements in various fields have been made the icons of district elections, with the aim of increasing the voting percentage in the last Lok Sabha elections.
Besides these elderly persons, youth icons have also been identified who shall be projected as “examples” to encourage people to cast their votes.
IT was the talk of the town. More than one town, in fact. And it resembles the tail of a rat. Hence, its name lo shi fun in Cantonese, which translates literally to “rat noodles”. Three decades ago, several towns in Perak were gripped by anxiety over a series of food poisoning that involved the noodles. It eventually claimed the lives of 13 children and an elderly woman in October 1988. A post-mortem indicated that their livers were damaged. “Most of us dared not eat lo shi fun for a while, ” recalled former teacher Winnie Low, who is based in Ipoh. There was no social media circulati...