Compiled by C. ARUNO, JUSTIN ZACK and R. ARAVINTHAN
A LOCAL fitness enthusiast who skipped into three Malaysian records has been honoured with a special world record mention, Makkal Osai reported.
Gunalan Viswanathan, 49, set his first Malaysian record in 2019 by skipping 37,882 times in 24 hours.
Later in the same year, he logged another record by skipping backwards 67 times in 30 seconds.
Continuing his streak, he set another Malaysian record last year by skipping for 30 seconds with a rope weighing 1.3kg.
The Malaysian chapter of the Cholan Book of World Records presented Gunalan with certificates, medals and plaques recognising his feats.
Gunalan was also appointed as Cholan’s special coordinator for Selangor.
> A Tamil Nadu-based swami who bears a striking resemblance to the controversial god-man Nithyananda found that his ashram was torn down, Malaysia Nanban reported.
Swami Baskrananda’s partially completed ashram in Thiruppur was demolished by unknown persons when he was on a trip, according to a police report lodged by the victim.
The swami claimed the culprits must have mistaken him for the fugitive.
Nithyananda was embroiled in multiple controversies including sexual harassment allegations.
He has since fled India.
● The above article is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this ' >'sign, it denotes a separate news item.
