Anwar down two rounds in bloc votes and other news you may have missed

KINI ROUNDUP | Here are key headlines you may have missed, in brief.

1. Pakatan Harapan lost two bloc votes during the committee stage debates of Budget 2021.

2. Warisan is snubbing the bloc votes over dissatisfaction with PKR president Anwar Ibrahim's leadership, while Umno veteran Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah is also not voting in protest against Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.

3. Anwar questioned whether a budget increase for contract staff in the Prime Minister's Department will be used for political appointments, which the government denied.

4. The government will consider declaring an emergency to postpone the Gerik and Bugaya by-elections if there is a Covid-19 risk.

5. Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad claimed that Gombak MP Azmin Ali harbours ambitions to become the prime minister.

6. Bersatu supreme council member Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof sees no problem with an Umno deputy prime minister, but said the decision lies with Prime Minister Muhyiddin.

7. The Klang Valley region reported the highest number of new Covid-19 infections yesterday (43 percent) followed by Sabah (26.9 percent).

8. The Health Ministry rejected "green bubble" proposals from factories affected by Covid-19 to allow quarantined workers to still work, but in specific areas without contact with non-affected workers.

9. Gardenia will be increasing the price of some of its products to cope with rising manufacturing and material costs.