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Another Coronavirus strain discovered in UK, detected in 10 Other Countries
MOSCOW: Yet another coronavirus variant (B.1.525) has been detected in the United Kingdom, as well as ten other countries, including the US, reported Sputnik news agency. According to researchers from the University of Edinburgh in a report on Monday, the
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MDV is top financier for green energy projects
PADANG TERAP: Malaysia Debt Ventures Bhd (MDV) has approved a total of RM912.4 million in financing for projects in the green energy sector, thus becoming the highest financier under the Green Technology Financing Scheme (GTFS) since its introduction in 2010. MDV chairman
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Argentina World Cup winner Luque dies
BUENOS AIRES: Former striker Leopoldo Jacinto Luque, who won the World Cup with Argentina in 1978, has died of complications related to COVID-19, his family said on Monday. Luque, 71, passed away at the Cuyo clinic in the western city
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PM to launch MyDigital – Digital Economy Blueprint on Friday
PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is set to launch MyDigital — the Malaysia Digital Economy Blueprint this Friday, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed. MyDigital is a new and comprehensive approach to existing information and
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MOHE, MCMC to help IPT students with cybersecurity, social issues -Noraini
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) will collaborate with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to provide awareness and understanding to students of institutions of higher learning (IPT) on social issues and cybersecurity. Its minister Datuk Seri
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No change in SPM 2020 format – Pkharuddin
KUALA LUMPUR: Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2020 candidates need not worry as the format for the public examination remains and cannot be changed arbitrarily, said the Education Ministry’s Examinations Syndicate director, Datuk Pkharuddin Ghazali. He said this was because the standard
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Have Mercy on Borneo’s gentle giants
There seems to be no end to elephant slaying in Sabah, with the latest grim “episode” involving the discovery of a badly mutilated carcass in Tongod. This is the first of two articles on the efforts being taken by the
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PM to launch Handbook on National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme Tuesday
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will launch the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme Handbook, which contains information on the largest ever vaccination programme ever implemented in the country, today. The event, scheduled to start at 9.30 am, will be broadcast live
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Hadi Awang in stable condition
KUALA TERENGGANU: PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang , who was reported to have shortness of breath last night, is in stable condition and needs a rest. This was confirmed by his son, Batu Buruk Assemblyman Muhammad Khalil, on his
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First vaccine arriving this Sunday, PM Muhyiddin to get vaccination on Feb 26
KUALA LUMPUR: The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in the country this Sunday while the ‘roll out’ for implementation of the National COVID-19 Immunisation begins in phases from Feb 26. Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said he would receive the
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