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India: Bengaluru techie missing for almost a week, police still clueless

A 30-year-old software engineer from Patna has been missing in Bengaluru for the last one week and police has been unable to find a trace yet.

Dec 24, 2017

By Aastha Agnihotri

How is Japan helping Philippine education?

The Philippine primary education will be recipient of Japanese assistance worth USD 477, 444 to start building and rehabilitating school classrooms damaged by natural disasters in the Visayas and Mindanao regions.

Dec 22, 2017

By Noel Tarrazona

Fire breaks out at VivoCity restaurant, no one hurt: report

A fire broke out at a Japanese restaurant at VivoCity on Friday, the Straits Times reported.

Dec 22, 2017

By Aastha Agnihotri

Johor Baru petrol station murder: Singapore police arrests 7 suspects

Singapore police on Thursday arrested seven more people in connection to the December 17 murder of a man at a Shell petrol station in Taman Pelangi.

Dec 22, 2017

By Aastha Agnihotri

Singapore crime

Italian coffee aids in lowering prostate cancer risk

Singapore gets its first coffee bean retail store at Millenia Walk

Cafebond.com, Asia's largest specialty coffee e-tailer, will open the doors of its first offline retail location, The Bean Shop by Cafebond.com, at Millenia Walk shopping mall.

Dec 22, 2017

By Aastha Agnihotri

Singapore's competition watchdog asks public feedback on proposed ComfortDelGro-Uber deal

The Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) is asking public for their feedback on the proposed collaboration between ComfortDelGro and Uber Technologies.

Dec 22, 2017

By Aastha Agnihotri

This is why Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar fails to make speech in Parliament

Minutes later, Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu adjourned the House for the day. Naidu also ordered the live telecast of the proceedings stopped before he adjourned the House.

Dec 21, 2017

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Singapore assets under management growth declines year-on-year

MAS issues two 5-year prohibition orders on former DBS Vickers trader

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Thursday slapped two five-year prohibition orders against former DBS Vickers trader, Dennis Tey, for unauthorised trading and fraud.

Dec 21, 2017

By Aastha Agnihotri

Singapore grants 13 chicken suppliers six weeks to respond amidst price-fixing allegations

Singapore competition watchdog offered another six weeks to 13 chicken suppliers to defend themselves following price fixing allegations.

Dec 21, 2017

By Aastha Agnihotri

5 things you can do to avoid online scams

Several people have become victims of phishing websites after they responded to e-mails purportedly sent by DBS Bank or Singapore Airlines.

Dec 21, 2017

By Aastha Agnihotri

Drone aerial shot of the ancient Turkish ruins on Dongoin shiree. (North at the top.) Segments of the inscriptions and sarcophagus excavated from the hole at the center of the ruins can be seen. (September 2016)

Archaeologists discover strangely arranged monument in Asia, including sarcophagus

Ruins of a unique monument surrounded by 14 large stone pillars, each covered in Turkic Runic inscriptions and arranged in a square have been found.

Dec 20, 2017

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Archaeology

Singapore Airlines rules out speculations of buying Virgin Australia

Singapore Airlines warns of phishing scam offering free air tickets

Singapore Airlines said that the scammers modify their caller ID to imitate SIA's official telephone numbers to appear more authentic to the customers.

Dec 20, 2017

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

FILE PHOTO: A man looks at a Singapore Airlines (SIA) signage outside an SIA service center in Singapore February 10, 2016.

Singapore Airlines warns of free air ticket scam

Singapore Airlines warned of a scam where members of the public receive calls or emails from people claiming to be employees of the airline to solicit their personal data.

Dec 20, 2017

By Aastha Agnihotri

A giant panda on a 10-year loan from China is seen during a welcoming ceremony at Soekarno Hatta airport in Tangerang, Indonesia, September 28, 2017.

Chinese firm turns panda poop into toilet paper: report

Chinese firm Qianwei Fengsheng Paper has teamed up with the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda to recycle animal's faeces and food debris into toilet paper.

Dec 20, 2017

By Aastha Agnihotri

Singaporeans injured after tour bus overturns on way back from Genting

Singapore: 26 injured in multi-vehicle collision near Woodlands Checkpoint

The police said that the 26 wounded people, who were injured in the multi-vehicle collision, were taken to Khoo Teck Puat, Ng Teng Fong and Tan Tock Seng hospitals for treatment.

Dec 20, 2017

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

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