News about India

KUALA LUMPUR (June 29): The Ministry of Housing and Local Government (KPKT), through the Department of Local Government, has approved 573 development projects in Chinese new villages and 21 projects in Indian villages, with a total cost of RM73 million this year.

PETALING JAYA (May 29): Eversendai Corp Bhd has secured four engineering and construction contracts in Singapore and India worth about RM400 million, lifting its outstanding order book to around RM2.

The newly secured projects boost the group’s outstanding order book to RM6.

The proposed investment is anticipated to feature an AI university and data centre within the park, and could generate 5,000 jobs over the next five years.

Eversendai executive chairman and group managing director Tan Sri AK Nathan: Despite going through a very challenging period in the last few years, exasperated by Covid-19 and its related impacts, Eversendai is optimistic that the group will be able to strongly rebound as a result of the record high order book, which will translate in optimum utilisation of all the group's fabrication facilities.

MELAKA (Sept 17): The Indian Endowment Organisation has filed a judicial review application against the state authorities for rejecting a previously state-approved plot for Hindus to perform their final rites, reported Free Malaysia Today (FMT) today.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 25):  Another six Covid-19 cases linked to variants of concern (VOC) were detected in Malaysia from June 20 to 22, raising the total number of VOC cases to 173.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 11): Doctors in India are warning the public in the country that cow dung cannot prevent Covid-19 infections and may instead spread other diseases, Reuters reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 7): The National Union of Flight Attendants Malaysia (NUFAM) urged the government to immediately vaccinate airline workers before dispatching flights to India as they are the most at-risk workers besides frontliners working in hospitals.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 3): The Transport Ministry has clarified today that all Malaysia Airlines Bhd flights from India that are allowed to enter the country only involve cargo flights.