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Google Doodle Honours Malaysian Doctor Who Designed The Original N95 Mask

His name is Dr Wu Lien-teh and he was born in Penang on 10 March 1879.He finished his medical studies in 1903 and joined the Institute for Medical Research in Kuala Lumpur as its first research student. A year later, he started his private practice on Chulia Street, George Town.Google said that it is dedicating the Doodle to Wu for his invention that curbed the Manchurian plague, which occurred more […]

today10 March 2021

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Study Shows Hate, Violence & Victim-Blaming Against Women Increased Amidst The Pandemic

"Lockdown measures to control the spread of COVID-19 forced people to remain at home, in some cases with abusive partners. Across all eight countries, reported domestic violence cases increased during or immediately after lockdown periods," the study said, adding that while some countries initially saw a drop, this was evidently due to the inability to seek help as the number of cases increased eventually.The study found that domestic violence cases […]

today7 March 2021

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eCurve Shopping Mall In Mutiara Damansara Is Closing Down Permanently On 31 March

Malay Mail reported that the eCurve management has asked tenants to vacate their lots, with most of the tenants packing in preparation to shift out a week or two before the mall shuts its doors to the public.The English daily quoted a laundrette owner, Rebecca Chong, saying that some of the shops have chosen to stop operations altogether because they have not been getting customers amidst the pandemic."The rest are […]

today28 February 2021

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This Company With 54,000 Global Employees Just Declared That The 9-To-5 Workday Is Dead

According to the company, it ran a survey in the early day of the pandemic last year and learned that "nearly half of our employees want to come in only a few times per month".It also learned that "80% of employees want to maintain a connection to a physical space".Based on which, Salesforce says it is giving employees flexibility in how, when, and where they work.It said most of the […]

today11 February 2021

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This Restaurant In Cyberjaya Is Giving People A Taste Of In-Car Dining Amidst MCO

However, the COVID-19 pandemic, which is in its 13th month now, has meant that going out and about is not a safe option. And amidst the four-digit daily COVID-19 cases, the government has re-imposed the Movement Control Order (MCO), which is now its fourth week. MCO is scheduled to end on 18 February.While restaurants, including pubs and night clubs, hawker stalls, food trucks, food courts, and food kiosks are allowed […]

today6 February 2021

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Lockdown Is Making Children More Emotionally Tired & Wrecked. Here’s How To Deal With Them

A quick and simple technique called the 'Rapid Resets' (RR) helps to de-escalate a stressed child, helps children to build resilience, calms the central nervous systems, and brings their "thinking brains" back online.In times of the COVID-19 pandemic, work from home stress, family abuse/violence, racism, and religious discriminatory, empathy has taken a back seat. Stress and trauma trigger a response in the amygdala (the survival part of the brain that […]

today30 January 2021

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PJ Woman Says She Took Mutual Separation Scheme To Save 3 Of Her Colleagues’ Jobs

According to the mother of three, it was a decision her 45-year-old husband, Paramjit Singh, supported after she told him how it could save two to three of her colleagues' jobs."I explained to him that if I took it, then it could save two to three of my colleagues from losing their jobs. I felt that we were financially stable enough if I were to opt for it, and I […]

today1 January 2021