The Health Ministry admitted that it is difficult to ascertain deaths caused purely by vaping. “The ministry has received five reports on deaths that are likely to be caused by vaping since 2019 to June 2025. “Even though there are death cases of individuals who use electronic cigarettes or vape, the direct link between vape…
Bagan MP Lim Guan Eng who is also DAP national advisor urged the Home Ministry to take action against the rabble rousing Umno Youth chief Datuk Dr Muhammad Akmal Salleh since he was threat to “national unity, harmony, justice and rule of law”. “Umno Youth chief Dr Akmal Saleh should be condemned for not only…
Penang MIC has been in the news for supporting a resolution by Kedah MIC that passed a resolution to leave the BN coalition. Why did it do so? A well placed source in the state chapter told Harapan Daily that Penang MIC endorsed the resolution during its 79th annual general meeting and would leave the…
The ongoing calls for both MCA and MIC to leave the BN coalition are merely noises to make the grassroots of both parties feel good, said a political analyst “There is a lot of noise because both MCA and MIC are facing tremendous pressure. A lot of their supporters are now at the DAP service…
Malaysia has neither discussed nor requested to deploy Indonesian nurses in public hospitals, confirmed Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad. He however took note of the remarks by Indonesia’s consul-general in Johor Bahru, Sigit S Widiyanto. “We are aware that various parties, including Cuepacs, NGOs, and the Malayan Nurses Union, have raised numerous issues…
Israel’s security cabinet approved a plan to take control of Gaza City, a move expanding military operations in the shattered Palestinian territory that drew strong fresh criticism at home and abroad on Friday over its pursuit of the almost two-year-old war. Germany, a key European ally, announced it would halt exports of military equipment to…
Malaysia has already recorded RM11.2 billion out of the RM13 billion it targeted in potential investments at World Expo 2025, held in Osaka, Japan Investment Trade and Industry Minister Senator Datuk Tengku Zafrul Aziz is confident Malaysia would achieve its target within the remaining three months before the expo ends. “Hopefully we can meet the…
Following the uproar over the exclusion of silambam in SUKMA 2026, the Selangor government has proposed that the Indian martial arts to be included along with petanque and Muay Thai “in the spirit of unity and to drive the development of national sports”. State youth, sports and entrepreneurship committee chairman Najwan Halimi confirmed this following…
Three Selangor backbenchers have urged the state government to recognise silambam and include it SUKMA 2026. Rajiv Rishyakaran (Bukit Gasing), Preakas Sampunathan (Kota Kemuning), and Gunaraj George (Sentosa) urged Selangor Menteri Besar and state exco to reconsider its current stance on silambam in SUKMA. “Including Silambam in SUKMA would not only honour Malaysia’s diverse cultural…
Melaka sports exco and SUKMA supreme council member representative Datuk VP Shanmugam was once again taken to task over the decision by the sports body to drop Indian martial sports- silambam – from being featured in SUKMA 2026 in Selangor. “In this matter, the only Indian exco that holds the sports portfolio in the state…
