An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scaled rocked Indonesia's North Sumatra province on Friday, but did not have the potential to trigger a tsunami, the meteorology and geophysics agency said.
Malaysia's former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Thursday that Muslims have a "right to be angry and to kill millions of French people".
A 8,100-km long submarine optical submarine cable project will connect Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and India (Mumbai and Chennai) to build MIST Cable System (Myanmar/Malaysia India Singapore Transit).
The mutant form of the novel coronavirus reported from Malaysia as being “10 times more infectious” is not a concern for India as it is widely prevalent here and isn’t any more virulent than the strain originating in Wuhan, says, scientists.
D614G - a new strain of the novel coronavirus has been detected by scientists in Malaysia. The new strain is believed to be 10 times more infectious than the novel coronavirus, said Director General of Health Noor Hisham Abdullah in a Facebook post.
According to global trade norms, a country is allowed to impose tariffs on such dumped products to provide a level-playing field to domestic manufacturers. The duty is imposed only after a thorough investigation by a quasi-judicial body, such as DGTR, in India.
Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak was victimized by rogue bankers and should be acquitted of corruption linked to the massive looting of a state investment fund, his lawyers said Friday at the close of his first corruption trial over the scandal.
The country recorded 315 new cases of the virus in the past two days, causing its total to surge to 553, the highest number in Southeast Asia. Many of the new cases are linked to a recent 16,000-member religious gathering at a mosque in a Kuala Lumpur suburb that also sickened dozens from Brunei and Singapore.
Amid coronavirus threat in the country as the number of confirmed cases continues to surge, the government on Tuesday banned the entry of passengers from Afghanistan, Philippines and Malaysia to India with immediate effect, according to an additional travel advisory.
Kuala Lumpur, March 14 (IANS) Malaysia on Saturday announced 41 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 238.
Huge crowds attended the annual Hindu festival of Thaipusam in Malaysia on Saturday, with many seeming undeterred by concerns over the recent virus outbreak that continues to spread from China across the globe.
The "We Love, We Care" fundraiser, organized by the Malaysia's Sabah state government and Chinese associations in the state, took place in the state capital of Kota Kinabalu
In the first reported death due to coronavirus infection from northeast India, a 22-year-old youth from Tripura died in a Malaysian hospital after he was reportedly infected by the dreaded virus, family sources said on Thursday.
India announced the restrictions on imports of refined palm oil on January 8 in a bid to help domestic refiners raise their plant utilisation rates, according to industry officials familiar with the matter. Following India's curb on imports, thousands of tonnes of refined palm oil are delayed or stuck at various Indian ports.
"I am sorry to see that India, which claims to be a secular state now is taking action to deprive some Muslims of their citizenship," the 94-year-old Malaysian PM commented on Friday
The Wildlife Department in eastern Sabah state on Borneo island said the rhino, named Iman, died of natural causes Saturday due to shock in her system. She had uterine tumors since her capture in March 2014.
After Indian vegetable oil industry's reservation in import of Malaysian palm oil, the Malaysian government has stepped in to solve the crisis by offering to buy larger quantity of sugar and buffalo meat from India.
India on Friday criticised the comments by Turkey and Malaysia backing Pakistan's stand on Kashmir at the UN General Assembly.
We are trying to find some place he can go to but at the moment, no one wants to accept him, said Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
The revenue department on Wednesday imposed 5 per cent safeguard duty on imports of refined palm oil from Malaysia, taking the customs levy to 50 per cent for six months, a move aimed at protecting interest of domestic players.
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