228: Daily Dose @ 5: Malaysia receives RM1.8b in 1MDB-Related, India's COVID death toll passes 400,000

<div>AMONG the headlines for Friday, 2 July, 2021, the Ministry of Financed (MOF) on Friday said it had received the first payment of 1.8 billion ringgit from banking group AMMB Holdings Berhad (AmBank), as part of a settlement deal related to multi-billion dollar scandal at state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).<br /><br /> In a statement, MOF said the remaining payment of 1.03 billion ringgit will be settled in December 2021 and July 2022.<br /> <br /> <br /> Also, India has confirmed 400,000 deaths from Covid-19, half of them in the past two months alone, as the virulent Delta variant infects hundreds of thousands daily.<br /> <br /> The health ministry said 853 people died in the past 24 hours, raising the total fatalities to 400,312 since the pandemic began.<br /> <br /> Less than 5% of India’s people are fully immunised. More than 340 million doses have been administered since mid-January.<br /> <br /> Listen to the top stories of the day, reporting from Astro AWANI newsroom — all in 3-minutes.<br /> <br /> We bring you the headlines, weekdays at 5 pm.<br /> <br /> Stay informed on <a href="http://astroawani.com">astroawani.com</a> for these news and more.</div>