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KUALA LUMPUR: A policy paper on a community fund for Malaysian Indians has been completed after six months of work and it will be submitted to the government for consideration, said Klang MP Charles Santiago. The fund, which is Malaysia’s version of the Singapore Indian Development Association (Sinda) fund, is to help all lower and middle-class Indians in education, business,
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Malaysia’s Human Calculator 15-year-old Yaashwin Sarawanan took Malaysians by surprise when he got selected for Asia’s Got Talent Season 3 and secured the 2nd spot in the Grand Finale of the show. His incredible mathematical abilities, along with a charming personality, was a win among the show’s judges and audience. After his new-found success, Yaashwin took a break to focus
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Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Tamil (SJKT) Ladang Midlands muncul sebagai sekolah Tamil pertama memiliki asrama untuk kemudahan pelajarnya. Menteri Air, Tanah dan Sumber Asli, Datuk Dr Xavier Jayakumar berkata, asrama yang disiapkan dalam tempoh kurang setahun itu mampu memuatkan 200 pelajar pada satu-satu masa. “Kerja pembinaan asrama dimulakan pada 1 Januari lalu dan pada 31 Oktober lalu iaitu kurang setahun asrama
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“SAYA tak sangka boleh sampai ke tahap ini kerana sudah berputus asa dan rasa dunia seperti sudah berakhir ketika mula-mula menjadi orang kurang upaya (OKU) ,” kata S Surendran, 32. Surendran, kudung tangan kiri selepas tangannya dipotong akibat kecederaan serius dialami pada 2006 yang berlaku kerana diserang individu tidak dikenali ketika menunggang motosikal. Meskipun berat untuk menerima hakikat itu, Surendran
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A young doctor’s story about overcoming the adversity of coming from a poor family has captured the hearts of netizens. According to Malaysiakini, Dr Nimelesh Balanthiren, 30, lost his father while he was only 11, and was raised by his mother, K Vijayalakshmi, 59, who earned a meagre RM1,000 a month, working as a kindergarten teacher in Georgetown, Penang. While
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From family vacations to pilgrimage tours, Malaysians have long been loyal visitors to India. Previously, the Indian government decided to scrap the over-the-counter tourist visa (USD 40 for 6 months) for Malaysians and introduced the more expensive one and five-year visas, costing USD 100 (RM 407) and USD 200 (RM 814) respectively. Then the government introduced multiple entry e-Visa which
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As reported by The Star, Malaysian student Vishan Nair Birakasan, a fourth-year Mechanical Engineering student at the University of Sheffield, was part of a team that managed to beat the existing United Kingdom altitude record for amateur high power rockets. Vishan lead rocket team Sheffield University Nova Rocket Innovation Design Engineering (SunrIde) in launching its “Helen” rocket at Spaceport America Cup,
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