Among the headlines for Wednesday, 27th January, 2020,  the Penang Hindu Endowments Board (PHEB) will be discussing the kind of punishment it will mete out to the Nattukottai Chettiar Temple for continuing with the annual silver chariot procession early this morning despite the state’s firm stance against allowing the procession due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Also,  the launch of News Showcase as early as next month seems to be Google's latest tactic in a high-profile campaign against the Australian government's planned legislation to make the company pay local news providers for content that appears in its search engine.

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