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On 6 November 2012, A BI54 flight from Melbourne landed in Brunei International Airport; at the controls were Sharifah Czarena Suriany Syed Hashim – the successful completion of this flight marked the final stage in the command training process for then Senior First Officer Sharifah Czarena; she became the first female airline captain in both Brunei and Southeast Asia.

The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines:

- Macro factors dent Malaysia's competitiveness

- Treasury Sec Gen to head 1MDB board

- AirAsia X aims go to back to black

- Sapura Kencana releases a whole lot of gas

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard or PCI DSS is a proprietary information security standard for organisations that handle branded credit cards from major card schemes including Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover and JCB. Nishid Shivdas from Alcumus ISOQAR India together with Phang Hiang Ping, Technical Director Alcumus ISOQAR Malaysia talk about the importance of PCI DSS compliance.

The Morning Run Crew gives you their take on today's business headlines:

- China’s 2025 Internet strategy is a plus for domestic tech

- India flooded by GDP growth this season

A lot of shade has been thrown at Generation Y. Some say they're passionate and self-assured, but the general narrative is that this generation is entitled, lazy and spoiled. Are these stereotypes founded or or could millennials be the most misunderstood generation of our time? In this first episode, we get into the millennial mindset to get a clearer picture. 

Malaysia is known for having one of the toughest gun control regimes. Despite that, shooting incidents are still prevalent in the country.Concerns have also been raised over the increase in firearms smuggling into Malaysia, across the country's border with Thailand.

Today on Current Affairs, we explore issues such as the widespread practice of gun rentals, the ease of gun smuggling, and policies to restrict the spread of illegal firearms.

This is a report by Jason Lim and Tan Yuen Yuen.

The comic book is very much a part of "popular" culture. You are inundated with superhero news on a daily basis. You read in TIME Magazine that Captain America is secretly a Hydra double agent. You see in The Hollywood Reporter that Jeff Goldblum has been cast in the next Thor movie. You notice a serious article in a serious newspaper about why Civil War did better in cinemas than Batman v. Superman. But what you’re getting is something relatively sanitised. Something palatable. Something that looks and feels a little geeky but it really isn’t. It’s just made to look and feel that way.

This month, on When We Last Left Our Heroes, Umapagan Ampikaipakan - and fellow geek Marc DiPaolo - pull back the curtain, strip away the pretence, and give you an inside look at how a couple of fanboys really talk about the things they love when you're not watching... or listening.

The news of a doctor who saved a child whose hand was stuck in an escalator went viral recently. We catch up with Dr Dalvinder Singh, whom we last had on the show in 2010 as a nominee for the AYA Youth Awards, about the incident. More importantly, Dr Dalvinder, who is now with the Sarawak Health Department shares his views about the state's health challenges, from delivering healthcare to the interiors to dealing with soaring teenage pregnancies.

To find out more about how Dr Dalvinder Singh is using his newfound fame for good, check out HelpSomebody, a social enterprise that connects people to make a difference in the community.

Students as young as 4 years old can begin to show promise - early ability to read, unusually high vocabulary, exceptional memory - but what does it mean to be labeled a gifted child? Critics argue such an identification further entrench socio-economic disadvantages, while some parents have to contend with the paradox of gifted children who also have a learning disability. Explaining these and more is Dr. Inderbir Sandhu, who is the former vice president of the National Association of Gifted Children Malaysia (NAGCM) and has been working with individuals of high abilities for over 20 years.

Sandeep Sailli was on this show previously to talk about men’s leather shoes with medial arch support and anti-pronation technology. Recently, he developed world’s first Yoga Tape and started a new venture to help yoga practitioners manage overstretch pain and prevention of injuries.