3 empangan hidroelektrik TNB bersedia hadapi musim tengkujuh
Kuala Lumpur: Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) melakukan persiapan awal menghadapi musim tengkujuh di Terengganu, Pahang dan Perak dengan mengurangkan paras air di tiga empangan skim hidroelektrik miliknya bagi menampung peningkatan kapasiti air. Pengarah Urusan TNB Power Generation Sdn Bhd (TNB Genco) Datuk Nor Azman Mufti pada kenyataan berkata, ketiga-tiga empangan TNB di Tasik Kenyir, Cameron […]
Berjaya Food’s Q1 net profit up 12% to RM11.6m
PETALING JAYA: Berjaya Food Bhd (BFood) posted a net profit of RM11.63 million for its first quarter ended Sept 30, 2021, a 12.1% improvement from RM10.37 million in the corresponding quarter of the previous year, in tandem with higher revenue recorded as a result of the gradual easing of Covid-19-related restrictions. Revenue for the quarter stood […]
Indian Covid-19 vaccine ‘highly efficacious’, study finds
PARIS: Covaxin, the first Covid-19 vaccine developed in India, is “highly efficacious” and presents no safety concerns, according to a study published in the Lancet yesterday. Covaxin, developed by Bharat Biotech, gained emergency approval from the World Health Organisation (WHO) last week and has already been cleared for use in 17 countries. The UN body has described […]
Malaysia records 6,517 new infections, highest since Oct 22
PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry has recorded 6,517 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours. The latest statistics represented an increase of 194 cases compared to the new infections recorded yesterday. This is also the third day in a row that the number of new daily cases has hit over 6,000. Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor […]
PRN Sarawak: SPR adakan mesyuarat khas 24 November
KUALA LUMPUR: Satu Mesyuarat Khas berkaitan urusan Pilihan Raya Negeri Sarawak (PRN Sarawak) ke-12 akan diadakan pada Rabu, 24 November 2021. Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya Malaysia (SPR) memaklumkan mesyuarat akan bermula pukul 9.00 pagi, di sini. Mesyuarat Khas yang bakal dipengerusikan oleh Pengerusi SPR Datuk Abdul Ghani Salleh akan membincangkan tarikh-tarikh penting PRN Sarawak seperti tarikh […]
Alibaba takes in US$84.5b in orders in toned-down Singles Day
BEIJING, Nov 12 — Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd recorded 540.3 billion yuan (RM352.2 billion) in orders, or “gross merchandise value” (GMV), over its 11-day Singles’ Day sales event, marking a roughly 14 per cent increase from the year prior. The results come as overall consumption in China slows, and cap a relatively […]
Croatians protest against tightened Covid-19 measures
ZAGREB: Hundreds of Croatians protested on Thursday for the fourth day in Zagreb and other cities against obligatory certificates for the public sector as the country’s Covid-19 cases hit a record high. Earlier this month the authorities introduced more restrictive measures to fight the record surge of coronavirus infections since the start of the pandemic […]
Man dies, another injured after falling from Cheras funfair’s Ferris Wheel
KUALA LUMPUR: A 39-year-old man died and another was seriously injured after falling off a Ferris Wheel ride at a funfair in Cheras here on Thursday. Kajang district police chief Superintendent Mohd Nasir Drahman said police received a report from a worker at the funfair located near a shopping mall in Cheras at 12.05am on […]
Tennis-Djokovic to kick off ATP Finals campaign against Ruud
(Reuters) – Novak Djokovic will begin his campaign against Norwegian debutant Casper Ruud on Monday with the Serbian world number one aiming to match Roger Federer’s record of six ATP Finals titles. The season-ending men’s event is played between the top eight men’s singles players and doubles teams and will be held in Turin, Italy […]
