Who Are Malaysia’s New Poor? The COVID-19 Recession

With rising unemployment, about 5 to 8 per cent more Malaysians could below its new poverty line income, which stands at RM2,208, as a result of the pandemic and the global recession it has triggered. That's as many as 2.4 million more who could become the 'new poor'.

Some who have found themselves suddenly without a job or reduced income stream have found different ways to cope - from adjusting their perspectives, to relying on the charity of others, like Kechara Soup Kitchen in KL.

The Malaysian government also has been giving cash handouts to struggling low-income households, as part of four economic stimulus packages totalling some US$75 billion to support businesses and households. But for some like the NAK Hotel in Sandakan, Sabah - a state that relies heavily on tourism - it's not enough. The hotel,  which employed many staff from the B40 (bottom 40 per cent), has had to shut its doors.

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How Lufthansa Prepares To Ship 10 Million Covid Vaccine Doses A Day | Big Business

Countries around the world have begun to approve the most anticipated vaccine of the 21st century — but getting it to 8 billion people is going to be a massive undertaking with many logistical challenges. The different vaccines need to be kept at various cold temperatures, transported to isolated and hard-to-reach areas, and fit onto different-sized planes. And all of that has to happen as the 2020 holiday season begins. The cargo industry has already been overwhelmed this year by many people shopping from home, leading to shipping surges and late packages. There will likely be a fight for space between vaccines, Amazon packages, furniture, cars, and other cargo. Lufthansa Cargo recently upgraded its Chicago O'Hare facility to be able to handle a large amount of pharmaceutical shipments. We went inside to see how the team is getting ready to ship up to 10 million vaccine doses a day. MORE BIG BUSINESS VIDEOS: How These $3,000 Hazmat Suits Are Made To Keep Up With Pandemic Demand | Big Business https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuBMi...

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Tribute to Superstar Rajinikanth | Thalaivar Birthday Special Mashup 2020 | DudeMediaWork

Shivaji Rao Gaekwad (born 12 December 1950), known professionally as Rajinikanth, is an Indian actor who works primarily in Tamil cinema. In addition to acting, he has also worked as a producer and screenwriter. He has won many awards, including four Tamil Nadu State Film Best Actor Awards and a Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award. The Government of India has honored him with the Padma Bhushan (2000) and the Padma Vibhushan (2016). He received the Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan Award for Excellence in Indian Cinema at the 4th Vijay Awards. At the 45th International Film Festival of India (2014), he was conferred with the "Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year". At the 50th edition of the International Film Festival of India (2019), he was honoured with the Icon of Global Jubilee award. 

 

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 "This video, that starts with a view of the top of Tower 4, was taken from the vantage point of an Arecibo Observatory drone, utilized for monitoring the condition of Tower 4 support cables. Four cables are seen in the center of this video. The top cable does not support the telescope platform, but instead supports the catwalk described in the narrative for the previous video. The three lower cables are, from left to right, M4-1, M4-2, and M4-3. Note that a number of individual wire strands of the M4-1 and M4-2 cables are noticeably broken at the beginning of this video. The M4-3 cable does not appear to have any broken wires at the beginning of this video. The first indication of the coming failure is the breaking of another M4-2 wire, accompanied by a puff of "smoke" and chips of paint flying away from the surface of the cable. Four seconds later the entire M4-2 cable appears to disintegrate. The failure of M4-2 is followed a fraction of a second later by the demise of M4-1, followed a fraction of a second later by the failure of M4-3. The drone operator then swings the drone around to view the reflector dish and fallen platform, azimuth arm, Gregorian dome and the falling cables and catwalk. The top section of Towe 12, near the Visitor Center, can be seen tumbling down the hill to the left of the operations building. The Tower 12 backstay cables that connect the top of Tower 12 to the ground cause damage behind Tower 12, well away from the edge of the telescope dish."

Revealed: Shocking conditions in PPE factories supplying UK

A Channel 4 News investigation has revealed the shocking exploitation of migrant workers who churn out Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for companies that supply the NHS. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) Staff at Top Glove factories in Malaysia - the world’s largest manufacturer of medical gloves - have provided disturbing evidence about working conditions, while trying to meet intense production targets during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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