Budget 2025: Call for government to address labour shortage in automotive, EV technology
EV training programme needs to be strengthened to enhance the skill levels of trainees in light of the rapid advancements in EV technology.
Wed Oct 16 2024
Worldwide protests held over Indian trainee medic's rape and death
Thousands of diaspora Indians protest for justice after last month's rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a Kolkata hospital.
Mon Sep 09 2024
South Korea denies hospital emergency rooms collapsing as army doctors deployed
The government plans to assign 235 military doctors and community doctors who will be rotated in to troubled hospitals from Sept. 9.
Mon Sep 02 2024
Protesters block train tracks, buses in eastern India
Thousands of protesters, most of them BJP workers, blocked roads and railway tracks and forced shops to shut down.
Wed Aug 28 2024
Indian police fire teargas at hundreds protesting over Kolkata doctor's rape, murder
Hundreds of protesters demand the resignation of a top state minister in the wake of a gruesome rape and murder of a trainee doctor.
Tue Aug 27 2024
South Korea doctors warn COVID surge, strike could cripple emergency rooms
A COVID-19 spike and a trainee doctors' strike could overwhelm emergency rooms next month, with many doctors also off for a public holiday.
Fri Aug 23 2024
India's top court sets up doctors' panel on workplace safety after rape, murder
The court told the task force to submit an interim report within three weeks and a final report within two months.
Tue Aug 20 2024
Indian medics refuse to end protests over doctor's rape and murder
Doctors across the country held protests and declined to see non-emergency patients, demanding safer workplace and swift criminal action.
Mon Aug 19 2024
Protests spread over Indian doctor's rape and murder
Campaigners say little has changed and not enough has been done to deter violence against women.
Mon Aug 19 2024
More Indian hospitals hit by doctors' protest against alleged rape and murder
Doctors' protest against the alleged rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor, inside the premises of a hospital, authorities said.
Tue Aug 13 2024
MOH opens PPS placements to other hospitals
MOH explores alternative placements for 792 medical trainees, aiming to address shortage of healthcare workers.
Wed May 22 2024
South Korea's medical professors join protests, reduce hours in practice
Professors will start scaling back outpatient treatment to focus on emergency and severely ill patients, while some submit resignations.
Mon Mar 25 2024
South Korea opens hotline to support doctors defying walkout
The health minister said hotline is to support physicians who faced harassment or peer pressure if they chose not to join a mass walkout.
Tue Mar 12 2024
South Korea deploys military, public doctors to strike-hit hospitals
Twenty military surgeons along with 138 public health doctors will be assigned to 20 hospitals for four weeks, the Health Minister said.
Mon Mar 11 2024
South Korea police to question medical body officials over trainee doctors walkout
South Korean police called in for questioning officials from a doctors' association over accusations they had broken medical law.
Wed Mar 06 2024
'No one will win a trade war,' China says after Trump tariff threat
Donald Trump says he would impose the tariffs until China stops the flow of illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl, into the United States.
Tue Nov 26 2024
What has caused Pakistan's deadly clashes between police and supporters of Imran Khan?
Topping the demands of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party is the release of all its leaders, including Khan, who has been jailed on a series of corruption charges since August 2023.
Tue Nov 26 2024
One woman or girl killed every 10 minutes by intimate partner or family member - UN
The report highlights that "60 per cent of all female homicides" are committed by "people closely related to them".
Tue Nov 26 2024
Sweden urges Chinese ship to return for undersea cable investigation
Two subsea cables, one linking Finland and Germany and the other connecting Sweden to Lithuania, were damaged in less than 24 hours.
Tue Nov 26 2024
[COLUMNIST] Building more highways won’t solve traffic congestion - reducing demand will
It is clear that adding more lanes and highways doesn't work, because we are still attempting the same approach to solve the issue.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Hyundai to invest RM2.16 bil in Malaysia through strategic partnership with INOKOM
This investment includes efforts to upgrade INOKOM's existing assembly capacity to meet Hyundai's automotive needs.
Tue Nov 26 2024
‘C4Cinta’ sets record as highest-grossing Malaysian Tamil film
'C4Cinta', directed by young filmmaker Karthik Shamalan, has set a new benchmark in Malaysian Tamil cinema.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Man charged with mother's murder, storing body in freezer
The court denied bail and scheduled case mention on Feb 7 for the submission of forensic, autopsy, and chemist reports.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Abolition of examination in schools to reduce pressure on pupils - Fadhlina
The classroom assessment approach offers a much more interesting learning ecosystem, says Fadhlina Sidek.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Google, Meta urge Australia to delay bill on social media ban for children
Google and Meta says the government should wait for the results of an age-verification trial before going ahead.
Tue Nov 26 2024