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Usaha diplomatik dijalankan untuk elak perang India-Pakistan

6 days ago | malaysiakini.com | Shakir Husain

Usaha diplomatik sedang dijalankan bagi menggalakkan dialog antara India dan Pakistan di tengah-tengah ketegangan ketenteraan antara dua negara jiran Asia Selatan itu. Diplomat tertinggi daripada beberapa negara, termasuk Iran, Itali dan Arab Saudi membincangkan kebuntuan serantau itu bersama Timbalan Perdana Menteri merangkap Menteri Luar Pakistan Ishaq Dar dan Menteri Hal Ehwal Luar India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar pada Khamis.
Hee Loy Sian announces bid for PKR vice-presidency

1 week ago | malaysiakini.com | Yiswaree Palansamy

PKR supreme council member Hee Loy Sian has announced his bid for the party vice-presidency today. Taking to Facebook, the former Selangor state tourism, environment, green technology and Orang Asli affairs chairperson listed his years of experience in PKR and his vision, in calling for support for his candidacy...
Doctors protest regulatory overreach, fee freeze

1 week ago | malaysiakini.com | Yiswaree Palansamy

In a memorandum to the prime minister today, 11 medical associations protested against the use of commercial regulations on medical practices. The groups say that while they fully support transparency in medicine pricing, they strongly object to the use of the Price Control and Anti-Profiteering (Price Marking for Drugs) Order 2025, under the Price Control and Anti-Profiteering Act 2011 (Act 723). “Many queries were raised as to...
Doktor kaya? Hampir 30 peratus dalam kategori B40

1 week ago | malaysiakini.com | Yiswaree Palansamy

Kira-kira 30 peratus doktor di Malaysia tergolong dalam kategori B40, bercanggah dengan tanggapan umum bahawa doktor adalah golongan kaya, menurut Persatuan Perubatan Malaysia (MMA). Bakal presiden MMA Dr Thirunavukarasu Rajoo berkata, walaupun masyarakat melihat pengamal perubatan sebagai kaya, hakikatnya sebilangan besar daripada mereka merupakan golongan berpendapatan rendah, berdasarkan kajian yang dijalankan pada 2018 melibatkan 1,800 orang doktor.
Doctors rich? Almost 30pct in B40 group, says MMA rep

1 week ago | malaysiakini.com | Yiswaree Palansamy

Approximately 30 percent of doctors in Malaysia fall within the B40 category, presenting a stark contrast to the common perception that doctors are wealthy, said the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA). Its president-elect Dr Thirunavukarasu Rajoo said the reality is that a majority of medical practitioners are low-income earners, based on a 2018 study involving 1,800 doctors. "We found that the truly successful ones, economically, are...
Lebih 700 doktor swasta berhimpun di PMO bantah dasar pamer harga ubat

1 week ago | malaysiakini.com | Yiswaree Palansamy

Lebih 700 doktor swasta berhimpun di Pejabat Perdana Menteri hari ini bagi membantah penguatkuasaan Perintah Kawalan Harga dan Anti-Pencatutan (Penandaan Harga Ubat) 2025. Berpakaian serba hitam, mereka pada awalnya merancang untuk berarak dari ibu pejabat Kementerian Kesihatan yang terletak kira-kira 500 meter dari situ, namun Malaysiakini dimaklumkan polis telah menasihatkan mereka agar membatalkan perarakan dan terus berkumpul di lokasi yang ditetapkan.
Over 700 GPs protest Health Ministry's drug price display rule at PMO

1 week ago | malaysiakini.com | Yiswaree Palansamy

More than 700 private doctors gathered at the Prime Minister’s Office today to protest the enforcement of the Price Control and Anti-Profiteering (Price Marking for Drugs) Order 2025. Dressed in black, the general practitioners initially planned to march from the Health Ministry’s headquarters, about 500m away, but Malaysiakini was informed that the police...
Can a young girl in Malaysia pursue sports properly?

1 week ago | malaysiakini.com | Zan Azlee

COMMENT | My eldest daughter Athena Azlee is very interested in sports and athletics, and I am very proud. When she was 11 years old, she did a gold medal clean sweep of all the sprint events (100m, 200m, 4x100m, etc) during her school sports day and won the Future Female Athlete of the Year. She also played cricket for the school team and was district runner-up. When she turned 12, she also did a clean sweep of all the sprint events and was awarded the Female Athlete of the Year.
A tribute to our gentle statesman

2 weeks ago | malaysiakini.com | Ahmad Ibrahim

LETTER | On April 15, Malaysia bade farewell to another exemplary Malaysian, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the country’s fifth prime minister. Fondly known as Pak Lah, he was a leader of quiet strength, a man of principle, and a true patriot who steered Malaysia with wisdom and compassion. He, however, also had a share of being hounded by fellow politicians, all because he wanted to bring much-needed reform to the country.
Educate society on media literacy

2 weeks ago | malaysiakini.com | Zan Azlee

COMMENT | Last week, I attended a panel discussion on “Social Media and Politics in Southeast Asia” at Monash University Malaysia, organised by the Southeast Asia Research Centre for Digital Tech and Society. Based on Canadian-based researcher and academic Merlyna Lim’s book of the same title, the panellists were Siti Nurliza from the Sinar Project, Article 19 activist Nalini Elumai, Stefan Bachtold from Monash University, and Gayathry Venkiteswaran from the University of Nottingham Malaysia.