and workers from the impact of harsher Covid-19 restrictions. JSS support will be bumped up to 60 per

enhanced for sectors significantly affected by the tightened measures. These include food and

Growth of eight core industries fell to 4.4 per cent in September from 11.5 per cent in the previous month due to flat fertilizer production, decline in crude oil output and slow down in expansion of electricity generation.... However, its growth nosedived to 8.6 per cent in the second quarter of the current financial year against 82.1 per cent in the first quarter.... Some slow down in growth was expected since the base effect of the first quarter was quite low. Any slow down in second quarte

delivery to ensure sustainability in the post Covid-19 era. Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka

of 97 small and medium enterprises funded by the National Fund have stumbled due to the COVID

are still struggling from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to Senior Minister and

ISLAMABAD: With more than 1.2 million applications pending for new connections despite surplus generation capacity, loadshedding remains prevalent in Pakistan where the existing electricity framework discourages efficiency while business as usual has become unsustainable.... Performance of state-owned Discos remains lacklustre as they fail to meet regulatory targets for transmission and distribution losses, bill recovery, investment and public safety.... It says the overall loss to the nationa

Ahmad Hamzah said the weather affected many aspects of the agricultural sector, including livestock and

KUALA LUMPUR: The most-affected sectors that contributed to the fall in the Industrial Production

PETALING JAYA: The Covid-19 immunisation programme for the construction industry is set to begin