Author: Bernama

Indian gov’t relaxes age for new recruitment scheme in armed forces amid protests

NEW DELHI: The Indian government today extended the entry age by two years for the recruitment of youths in the country’s armed forces under the newly-announced employment scheme “Agnipath,” reported Xinhua. The decision was taken amid violent protests going on in several states against the new recruitment scheme fixing the

MATRADE targets RM1.9 bln sales at MIHAS 2022

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) aims to achieve sales of RM1.9 billion during the 18th Malaysia International Halal Showcase (MIHAS) from Sept 7 to 10. MATRADE chief executive officer Datuk Mohd Mustafa Abdul Aziz said the inaugural virtual MIHAS 2021 resulted in an impressive RM2.13 billion in sales

South Korea’s SPC Group to build RM130 mln halal-certified bakery centre in Johor

KUALA LUMPUR: Paris Baguette Singapore, owned by South Korea’s SPC Group, will be investing RM130 million to develop their first Paris Baguette halal-certified bakery manufacturing and distribution centre in Johor. The construction of the SPC centre in Johor is set to begin in the third quarter of this year and the facility is slated

Mercedes-Benz Advanced Modern Apprenticeship open for applications

KUALA LUMPUR: The Mercedes-Benz Malaysia’s Advanced Modern Apprenticeship programme, a three-year course with full scholarship, is now open for applications until July 31. In a statement today, Mercedes-Benz Malaysia said the programme covered a wide range of globally approved syllabuses and training guidelines by Mercedes-Benz Global Training with Mercedes-Benz Competence elements to ensure trainees

Legalising illegal immigrants for workforce is ‘stupid’ idea

KOTA KINABALU: Legalising the illegal immigrants for the workforce is a ‘stupid’ idea, said Human Resource Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan. The Tapah MP said the best action is actually to deport the illegal immigrants to their original country so that there will be no issues especially involving Malaysia’s labour

Moscow will never provide ‘unflattering assessments’ of foreign leaders

MOSCOW: Russia will never stoop down to giving ‘unflattering assessments’ of foreign leaders or insulting them in contrast to US President Joe Biden who let himself speak harshly about Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Sputnik. “We will never stoop down to giving any unflattering assessments of

WTO members must cooperate to overcome global challenges, rising protectionism

KUALA LUMPUR: Members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) must work closely together to ensure the international organisation remains relevant and effective as multilateral cooperation is the key to overcoming global challenges and the rise of protectionism. Senior Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali said

Nippon Express Holdings opens new company in Singapore

KUALA LUMPUR: Nippon Express Holdings Inc has established NX Global Ocean Network Pte Ltd (NGO) in Singapore with the aim of strengthening its ocean freight-forwarding business. The new company opened for business on May 23. According to a statement, the NX Group has positioned forwarding as one of its core

iProperty launches new feature to help buyers, sellers

KUALA LUMPUR: Market-leading property portal, iProperty.com.my has introduced the iProperty Transactions Section, a tool to help property buyers and sellers obtain transaction data. Product director Shah Suriye Rubhen said the portal’s latest feature provides actual transacted property data in any area throughout the country. “You can narrow down the type