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India’s Swiggy to lay off 1,100 employees as COVID-19 hits online food orders
BENGALURU: Indian food delivery startup Swiggy said on Monday it would lay off 1,100 employees, or nearly 14% of its workforce, to cut costs, as a weeks-long nationwide lockdown to curb the coronavirus outbreak hits demand for online food ordering.
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Reflections: PN model towards non-Malays is basically the BN model
Two years ago on this date, Malaysia underwent its first change of government. The PH government lasted for about twenty months. There are about four book projects (and countless articles) I am aware of that will try to explain why
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Cannes Film Festival to not go virtual, will team up with other movie galas to show selected films
The organisers of the Cannes Film Festival have ruled out the possibility of a physical movie gala, while hinting that they will join hands with other festivals slated to be held later this year. The 73rd edition of the premier
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White House directs staff to wear masks after officials contract coronavirus
WASHINGTON: The White House on Monday directed all people entering the West Wing, where the daily operations of President Donald Trump’s administration are carried out, to wear masks after two aides tested positive for the coronavirus, administration officials said. The
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Top official sacked following new confirmed Covid-19 cases in China’s Wuhan
WUHAN: An official has been sacked in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province after the city recently reported six new confirmed Covid-19 (coronavirus) cases, local authorities said on Monday (May 11). Zhang Yuxin was removed from his posts for
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India records biggest single-day jump; 4,213 coronavirus cases in 24 hours
In biggest single-day jump, India saw over 4,000 fresh cases of novel coronavirus. While the total number of cases has climbed to 67,152, the death toll has reached 2,206. New Delhi: India recorded the biggest single-day jump in the number
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ARTICLE 19 and partner organisations urge PM to respond to ‘hate speech’ against the Rohingya
PUCHONG: ARTICLE 19 and 83 other human rights, humanitarian and civil society organisations sent an open letter to the Prime Minister of Malaysia today urging action to address the recent proliferation of ‘hate speech’ and violent threats against Rohingya refugees
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Moderate earthquake strikes Banda Sea in Indonesia
KUALA LUMPUR: A moderate earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale struck the Banda Sea, Indonesia at 9.06 am today. The Malaysian Meteorological Department, in a statement, said that the tremors occurred 332 km southeast of Ambon, Indonesia at a depth of 10
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COVID-19 : Apparatus calibration issue leads to 33 false positives in Singapore
SINGAPORE: A total of 33 cases previously tested positive for COVID-19 by a laboratory in the republic was actually found to be false positive due to an apparatus calibration issue for one of the test kits. “Subsequent retesting at the National Public Health Laboratory confirmed that
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COVID-19: Singapore reports two more deaths
SINGAPORE: Singapore, in announcing 788 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, reported another two deaths involving the elderly, bringing the number of fatalities to 20. In a statement issued late Wednesday, the republic’s Ministry of Health (MOH) said the 19th death case involved a 97 year-old
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