Nasa’s Perseverance safely touches down in Mars
LOS ANGELES – NASA’s science rover Perseverance, the most advanced astrobiology laboratory ever sent to another world, streaked through the Martian atmosphere on Thursday (Feb 18) and landed safely on the floor of a vast crater, its first stop on a search for traces of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet. Mission managers at […]
More engagement needed to engage vaccination ‘fence sitters’
KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry is determined to educate between 15 to 17 per cent of Malaysians who are “on the fence” about vaccinations. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this target was needed in order to achieve herd immunity against Covid-19. He said about 70 to 80 per cent of the […]
Kenderaan robotik NASA selamat berdarat di Marikh
WASHINGTON: Kenderaan robotik dilancarkan agensi Aeronautik dan Angkasa Lepas (NASA) Amerika Syarikat, Perseverance selamat mendarat di permukaan planet Marikh pada Khamis, selepas berada tujuh bulan di angkasa. Dengan pendaratan itu, ia sekali gus memulakan misi pencarian kehidupan mikrob di planet itu. “Pendaratan disahkan,” kata ketua operasi, Swati Mohan sekitar jam 3.55 petang (2055 GMT), ketika […]
Malaysia Digital Economy Blueprint: How we can achieve 100pc internet access
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — The Malaysia Digital Economy Blueprint, which will be launched today, aims to achieve 100 per cent household access to the internet. This will enable students to access online learning and create 500,000 new jobs by 2025. In 2019, only 90.1 per cent of all households had internet access and only […]
Brazil Hits 10 Million Covid Cases With New Strain Taking Hold
BRAZIL became the third country in the world to breach 10 million coronavirus cases, with infections picking up speed in recent weeks as a new variant spread amid a shortage of vaccines. Latin America’s largest nation reported 51,879 new cases Thursday, pushing the total confirmed to 10,030,626, according to Health Ministry data. It’s a toll […]
Malaysia Airlines plane with Jalur Gemilang livery to bring in Covid-19 vaccine on Sunday (Feb 21)
PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): A Malaysia Airlines Airbus A330-300 plane emblazoned with the livery of the national flag has been tasked to fly in the Covid-19 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for Malaysians on Sunday (Feb 21). The jetliner will be carrying 312,390 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for the first delivery to Malaysia under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme in […]
‘Runner’ bawa kekasih jual dadah campuran jus minuman
GEORGE TOWN: Polis menumpaskan satu sindiket memproses dadah dengan campuran jus minuman bernilai RM77,318 selepas menahan sepasang kekasih di sebuah kondominium mewah di Lebuh Sungai Pinang 2, Jelutong, di sini Rabu lalu. Suspek tempatan berusia 20 dan 21 tahun itu ditahan sepasukan polis bahagian Siasatan Jenayah Narkotik, Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Timur Laut (IPD TL) […]
Kemuka borang cukai bermula Mac ini
KUALA LUMPUR: Orang ramai boleh mengemukakan Borang Nyata Tahun Saraan 2020 dan Tahun Taksiran 2020 melalui e-Filing bagi Borang E, BE, B, M, BT,MT, TF dan TP boleh dilakukan mulai 1 Mac ini. Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri (LHDN) memaklumkan pembayar cukai boleh mengakses sistem e-Filing melalui portal rasmi LHDNM di www.hasil.gov.my. Menurutnya, pembayar cukai yang masuk […]
Pesawat Malaysia Airlines dengan Jalur Gemilang terbangkan vaksin COVID-19
PUTRAJAYA: 18 Feb — Pesawat penumpang Airbus A330-300 milik Malaysia Airlines yang dihiasi livery Jalur Gemilang bakal menempa sejarah apabila ditugaskan untuk menerbangkan vaksin COVID-19 jenis Pfizer-BioNTech untuk keperluan Malaysia pada Ahad ini (21 Feb). Pesawat berkenaan akan membawa 312,390 dos vaksin Pfizer-BioNTech untuk penghantaran pertama ke Malaysia menjelang Program Imunisasi COVID-19 Kebangsaan secara berfasa bermula 26 Feb. […]
