PM Muhyiddin Yassi seems to be kept in the job by a stalemate that shows no sign of resolution and a national election anytime soon would be fraught from a health perspective.
The emergency decree gives Muhyiddin’s administration more power to tackle a surge in Covid cases and may allow the police and military to assist in public health measures.
Malaysia says it has negotiated with Pfizer an option to boost its purchases to cover another 20% of its population, and is in talks with Moderna and Johnson & Johnson.
Muslim religious authorities have previously exempted vaccines from halal labeling. Still, concerns about the shots containing items banned under Islamic law continue to linger.
Resurgence of virus in factory complex of world’s largest surgical gloves maker puts at risk key export for the Southeast Asian manufacturing centre and a nascent economic recovery.
According to government reply in Lok Sabha, the pilot phase of PMIS is being used to test concepts, strategies and systems before a full-scale implementation of the scheme.
Order for 87 MALE drones will be split between 2 Indian firms in 64:36 ratio to ensure there are 2 independent manufacturing lines with at least 60% indigenous components.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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