Among the headlines for Friday, 19 February 2021, the Federal Court today found Malaysiakini guilty of contempt of court over comments posted by readers that were deemed offensive to the judiciary, fining the news portal RM500,000.

Also, Facebook faced a worldwide backlash from publishers and politicians after blocking news feeds in Australia in a surprise escalation of a dispute with the government over a law to require it to share revenue from news.

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Niaga AWANI membawakan berita perniagaan dan ekonomi dalam dan luar negara serta perbincangan bersama Editor Projek Khas Astro AWANI tentang perkembangan semasa.

Nama Ibu Yati kembali hangat viral di media sosial sejak penghujung Januari lalu apabila memuat naik kenyataan menggusarkan yang terkait dengan pertikaian agama.

Lebih memburukkan kenyataannya menunjukkan bahawa sama ada sisi asas atau usul agama yang longgar atau kemungkinan berlakunya pengaruh fikrah atau doktrin dalam pemikirannya.

Almost a year after schools were shuttered nationwide, yesterday a dedicated TV channel for education was finally launched to much fanfare. DidikTV collaboration between the Ministry of Education and Media Prima, and complements RTM’s TV Okey & Astro’s Tutor TV. The educational programmes air for 17 hours a day, but will it be enough to address the gaps exacerbated by the pandemic and the digital divide? Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Professor Zaidaton Tasir, Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.

Astro Tutor TV’s ‘SMK: Study Squad’ is currently the most watched academic show in the country. Arus Academy, which is an education-focused social enterprise, helped write the themes and lesson objectives for the episodes. Are there lessons to be learnt from this effort? Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Alina Amir, co-Founder & director of Arus Academy.

Hari ini di AWANI Pagi dalam segment Dr Budak kami akan mengupas satu topik untuk ibu bapa di luar sana atau bakal ibu bapa mengenai bagaimana untuk melatih anak-anak duduk dalam car seat atau kerusi khas buat kanak-kanak.
Biasanya ibubapa akan merasa stress apabila anak asyik menangis dan meraung dalam kereta. Tambahan pula dengan banyak mata merenung anda di kiri kanan.
Dalam hal ini apa yang perlu kita lakukan dan bagaimana ibubapa boleh mengawal anak-anak yang kegelisahan dalam car seat.
Bersama-sama kami adalah Uswatun Hasanah Mohd Habib Konsultan Tangisan Bayi.

Among the headlines for Thursday, 18 Feb, the High Court today ordered Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor to enter her defence on all three corruption charges relating to the RM1.25-billion solar hybrid project for 369 rural schools in Sarawak. Also, Australians woke to empty news feeds on their Facebook Inc pages on Thursday after the social media giant blocked all media content in a surprise and dramatic escalation of a dispute with the government overpaying for content. Listen to the top stories of the day, reporting from Astro AWANI newsroom — all in 3 minutes. We bring you the headlines, weekdays at 5 pm. Stay informed on astroawani.com for these news and more.

Niaga AWANI membawakan berita perniagaan dan ekonomi dalam dan luar negara serta perbincangan bersama Editor Projek Khas Astro AWANI tentang perkembangan semasa.

Malaysia was recently found to have among the highest number of research publications in ‘predatory’  journals’ defined those that tend to publish low-quality science and deviate from best practices in academic research. They might even collect fees for publishing work that undergoes little editorial scrutiny. The revelation called into question the quality of research work by Malaysian universities, and higher education’s obsession with annual global rankings. Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Zaharom Nain, Nottingham University and Chairperson, Malaysian Academics Movement .