India has three Covid-19 vaccines under trial and will ensure that every person receives a vaccine, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi paying homage to those battling the Indian coronavirus pandemic. Mr Modi has launched a National Digital Health Initiative to improve India’s healthcare system, which is expected to include the digitization of health records as well as a national registry …

KUALA LUMPUR – The “Solidarity with Lim Guan Eng” fundraising campaign initiative by DAP has raised RM3.947 million after one week. The fundraising campaing  organized by the party ended midnight yesterday to help its secretary-general paying for the bail. DAP national publicity secretary Tony Pua thanked all who supported the campaign that raised total of RM 3.947 million. A response …

PETALING JAYA – The Pardon Board had given wrong advice to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong in granting full pardon to PKR President Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. According to Mohd Khairul Azam Abdul Aziz’s lawyer Mohamed Haniff Khatri Abdulla, The composition of the Pardon board was alno not proper then hence invalidating the advice given to Agong. Mohamed Haniff said that …

A study on forging national reconciliation that could partly set the tone for a possible constitutional amendment will be discussed in the House on Thursday, says a source in the House of Representatives. The report , prepared by the House Committee on Legal Affairs, Justice and Human Rights, makes a recommendation of nine points. The source, who saw the paper, …

Schools around the country resumed regular operating hours. this term was the first time a complete schedule of classes was held. Students must maintain a record of where they were after school, and send it to their teachers as a mandatory measure against Covid-19 the next morning. The Ministry of Education has instructed schools to collect such reports every day …

 The water level in the Vajiralongkorn dam reservoir in the district of Sangkhlaburi remains very low at only 42.53 per cent of its capacity, raising concerns that 2021 will be another year of water scarcity, dam director Waiwit Saengpanich. Mr Waiwit said the total amount of water that flows into the dam from January-July was 2,500 million cubic meters per …

Pro-democracy activists called on educational institutions to allow on-campus protests as pressure increases on them to prohibit “risky” political activities.In Fact, Pita Limjaroenrat, leader of the opposition Move Forward Party, posted that safe spaces were dwindling for students to express their views and that young people “should be permitted to carry out activities there.” His remark came after the University …

Close to 5,000 online sellers have registered with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) so far after taxpayers started asking them to pay taxes or risk being penalised. A total of 4,961 online merchants received tax identification numbers from the tax office from June to August 7, with only three weeks remaining before the expiration of the extended deadline. BIR …

There are numerous issues that should be tackled in a coordinated way by each government, such as initiatives against infectious diseases and economic revitalisation. The government needs to take comprehensive measures to avoid infections so that complete diplomatic operation can resume. Toshimitsu Motegi, the Foreign Minister, visited Britain and met with his British counterpart, Dominic Raab. They agreed to collaborate …

A son of senior politician Amien Rais, namely, Ahmad Mumtaz Rais, was involved in an argument with the Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Nawawi Pamolango. The incident took place on a Garuda Indonesia flight with flight number GA 643 with the route Gorontalo – Makassar – Jakarta on Wednesday, August 12. The commotion started when Mumtaz was …