Articles by Bhaswati Guha Majumder

8000 years ago, climate change nearly wiped out South American population, says study

Archaeologists examined data from nearly 1,400 sites to understand how the population changed over time in South America.

May 9, 2019

Archaeology

Cyber security: Hackers attack Baltimore city Govt computer servers 2nd time in 2 years

Baltimore mayor and city IT director informed media about the attack but could not confirm when the clean-up will process will end.

May 9, 2019

Elderly woman may face jail term for stealing from blind tissue seller in Yishun

Singapore woman allegedly stole a money bag from a blind tissue seller and ran away from an underpass near Yishun MRT station.

May 9, 2019

Singapore crime

Cyber attack on Binance results in $41 million loss, Cryptocurrency exchange unfazed

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced on Tuesday that hackers successfully stole 7000 Bitcoin worth $41 million from the platform.

May 8, 2019

Rock out of emissions? Iceland's unique solution to global warming by turning CO2 into solid rock

Iceland, the country of volcanos, geysers and glaciers, has decided to work on the climate change issue by turning carbon emissions into solid rock.

May 8, 2019

MPs urge ban on PMDs at void decks and footpaths in Singapore

Two MPs asked if the Singapore Government could put a ban on PMDs from footpaths due to recent increase in accident cases.

May 8, 2019

Cyber security firm Malwarebytes explains how hackers attacked Microsoft's GitHub

Malwarebytes said the skimmer is a hex-encoded piece of JavaScript code that was uploaded to GitHub on April 20.

May 7, 2019

Brunei won't enforce gay death penalty after global protests of stoning law

Several countries and well-known celebrities protested against the execution of gay individuals by stoning in Brunei.

May 6, 2019

Voyeurism to be a separate sexual offence in Singapore with heavier punishment: Minister

Minister K. Shanmugam stated that the changes in the Penal Code will include heavier punishments as well as caning.

May 6, 2019

Malicious code steals card data from 201 online campus stores in US and Canada

IT security company Trend Micro detected the cyber attack but the amount of stolen payment information is still unknown.

May 5, 2019

Hackers attack Microsoft-owned GitHub, seek ransom in 10 days

Hackers attacked GitHub and asked for 0.1 Bitcoin (BTC) in return for the stolen codes within 10 days.

May 5, 2019

Singapore: Bloated dead body of man found at Sentosa's Tanjong Beach

The police classified this as a case of unnatural death and started their investigation to identify the man.

May 5, 2019

Singapore crime

What's behind Leonardo da Vinci's hand impairment? 16th century painting bares truth finally

A new study conducted by two doctors, who focused on the famous 16th-century painting, has revealed the truth about da Vinci's impaired hand.

May 4, 2019

Police caution public over resurgence of lucky draw scam; Here's how to avoid it

Singapore police stated that since January 2019 they received at least 13 reports, related to lucky draw scam, involving a total of $30,000.

May 4, 2019

Singapore crime

Mother of parliaments declares climate change emergency, will others follow?

The UK parliament, known as Mother of all Parliaments, understood the seriousness of climate change issue and while backing a call from opposition leader the MPs declared a climate change emergency.

May 3, 2019

Where did we come from? Ask astrophysicists after new findings

Two astrophysicists said that a cosmic event 4.6-billion-years ago caused most coveted matter on earth.

May 3, 2019

Space

Singapore local school graduates to get tamper-resistant digital certificates

There are plans to provide digital certificates to those students who had already graduated from their schools in previous years.

May 3, 2019

Education

New law against fake news limits Government's power, says Law Ministry

Protection From Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Bill is due for a second reading which will take place on Monday, May 6 in Singapore parliament.

May 2, 2019

Fake news

This is what I want: NUS student Monica Baey of Peeping Tom incident posts on Instagram

NUS student, Monica Baey, who was the victim of the Peeping Tom incident, posted another note on Instagram stating what she really wants after this incident.

May 2, 2019

Drugs and cash seized in CNB operation on 30 April 2019.

Singapore: CNB seizes drugs worth S$183,000, arrests 4 offenders including 1 Malaysian

Singapore's Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) conducted an operation on Tuesday to arrest drug offenders on April 30.

May 2, 2019

Singapore crime

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