Compiled by TARRENCE TAN, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
AN Indian academic from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) is among the world’s top 2% most-cited research scientists, according to Malaysia Nanban.
Chemistry professor Dr Mageswary Karpudewan was named among the 2026 Stanford–Elsevier World’s Top 2% Scientists in the Education sub-field.
Mageswary’s research focuses on green and sustainable chemistry education, climate change education and environmental attitudes.
She also received the 2014 ACS-CEI Award from the American Chemical Society and a Wen Hui Honourable Commendation from Unesco.
> The daily also reported that more than two dozen pupils from low-income families at Tamil schools in the Kulim Bandar Baharu district received free prescription spectacles.
Lions Club Malaysia’s Kulim chapter president, Parimaran, said pupils from B40 households at six Tamil schools and one Chinese school underwent eye examinations and received the glasses.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
