Evening Edition

A video gained traction recently of a farmer criticizing the food industry for misleading consumers regarding expiration dates. According to the farmer, food products that pass their expiry date don't go bad, but merely lose its initial freshness. Shawn Tanis tells us more.

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On Sunday, a burger seller in Kelantan was fined RM50,000 for violating the MCO. Following that, celebrity Neelofa and her family were fined a total of RM60,000 for her wedding and interstate travel last month, sparking outrage against what others described as "double standards". We get constitutional lawyer Nizam Bashir's view on the issue.

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Students will be returning to learning online after Hari Raya Aidilfitri - we look at what this might mean, and how the inequities of online schooling haven’t been addressed, one year on.

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Irish employees are now entitled to “switch off from work” and not engage in digitally enabled communications outside of their normal hours. We speak to an employment lawyer and an employer about this new code of practice and whether such a concept could be in implemented in Malaysia.

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The immunisation programme for senior citizens is already underway, but a Malaysiakini report showed that the high number of unlicensed care homes could undermine vaccination efforts for the elderly. Image Source: Matthias Zomer, Pexels

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The Malaysian Insight reports that a recent poll by Merdeka Centre, which found that Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin drew a 67% approval rating, drew comments from analysts who said the results may not have given an accurate reading of respondents' sentiments. We talk about what public polls aim to achieve, and what pollsters should do to generate accurate, high-quality findings.

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Businesses are adjusting to the pandemic, providing unconventional working spaces to accomodate employees working remotely. Shawn Tanis tells us more.

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A new directive from the Education Ministry was issued on Wednesday, following the hiking number of Covid-19 cases in educational institutions. This directive dictates that any schools reporting even one case of Covid-19 will be closed down for two days. We spoke to Janice Choong to find out how schools have been coping with these recent developments.

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Lab-grown meat is available for delivery for the first time ever in the world. In conjunction with Earth Day, Singapore’s Foodpanda has partnered up with California-based startup Eat Just to offer its cultured meat products for a limited time.

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The pandemic has undeniably affected our mental health in a span of a year, leaving us feeling various emotions. An article published by The New York Times described that the dominant feeling we’re likely to experience in 2021 is ‘languishing’ or lacking motivation. We explore the meaning of this state and how we can overcome it.

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