00:00Good day, welcome to the Golf News Update for Sunday December 31st. Here are the top
00:06stories at this hour.
00:08Security and safety steps are well in place for New Year's Eve celebrations tonight, expected
00:13to draw millions of people in the UAE. Police, transport and the event management authorities
00:18will be out in full force to manage crowds at key locations hosting celebrations.
00:22In downtown Dubai, revellers will enjoy the Light Up 2018 laser show. Asal Khemer will
00:27meanwhile attempt a world record tonight for the largest aerial firework show for New
00:31Year's Eve. Around 12 other locations in the UAE, such as the countdown village Abu Dhabi
00:36and the Al-Majaz waterfront in Sharjah, will also host fireworks and live entertainment.
00:41South Indian superstar Rajin Kanth said today he would float a political party that would
00:45practice spiritual politics. He said the party will contest in all of Tamil Nadu's 234 constituencies
00:51in the next assembly polls, which is scheduled for 2021. He said the decision to contest
00:57in the 2019 parliamentary elections will be taken at an appropriate time.
01:02India's censor board has cleared the controversial film Padmavati. The Bollywood film looks at
01:07the relationship of a Hindu queen and a Muslim ruler and was slated to be released on December
01:111st. The board has asked the name of the film to be changed to Padmavat to reflect that
01:16the source material was an epic poem of the same name.
01:19And finally, the weather today is high across the UAE, with 26 degrees Celsius dropping
01:23to 16 degrees at night.
01:26That's all for now, thanks for watching. We will be back with the newscast on Tuesday,
01:29but you can always get the latest updates on Golfnews.com. Here's wishing you all a
01:33very happy and prosperous 2018.
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