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Indonesia's energy and power quality meters market reached an estimated $180-220 million in 2026, growing 9-12% over 2025, with smart and AMI (advanced metering infrastructure) meters now the largest product segment at 35-45% of market value. IndexBox reported the growth is driven by state utility PLN's metering rollout and new renewable interconnection mandates, with residential households the largest consumer segment.
A two-year camera-trap survey of Aceh's Leuser ecosystem identified 27 individual Sumatran tigers, including three litters of cubs, with sighting rates nearly three times higher than earlier surveys, researchers reported in Frontiers in Conservation Science. Densities in the surveyed area came in more than double those recorded in the nearby Gunung Leuser National Park, evidence researchers called among the healthiest tiger populations left on the island.
Malaysia's Tun Hussein Onn National Eye Hospital and the Ministry of Health gave 60 low-income Malaysians free cataract surgery at the country's first Cataract Carnival, a two-day event in Kuala Lumpur on 20 May 2025. The initiative drew on National Eye Survey III data showing nearly 160,000 Malaysians aged 50 and above live with low vision, and National Cataract Surgery Registry figures recording over 66,000 cataract operations nationwide in 2024, according to CodeBlue.