Articles by Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Cybersecurity incident: Hackers target Australian parliamentary computer network

Australia's Labor Party leader Bill Shorten said on Friday that this cyber attack should be a 'wake up call,' for the country.

Feb 8, 2019

Mother and daughter found dead in Jurong East; Cause of death unknown

The mother was batteling with depression after the death of her parents and was in Switzerland until last Sunday.

Feb 8, 2019

Depression

Singapore: Man faces 24 years' jail for sexually abusing stepdaughter over 6 years

The 45-year-old accused told a psychiatrist that he engaged in those sexual acts as he had an "increased sexual need".

Feb 7, 2019

Singapore crime

Newly developed AI program can identify microscopic marine organisms

The researchers claimed that this work demonstrates the successful first step toward building a robotic platform that will be able to identify, pick and sort forams automatically.

Feb 7, 2019

Artificial intelligence

Singaporean businessman kidnapped; Malaysian police arrest suspects after victim's release

The police started their operation after they came to know that the suspects have released the Singaporean businessman.

Feb 7, 2019

Singapore crime

Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft launches on an Antares rocket at 4:01 a.m. EST Nov. 17, 2018, from the Virginia Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Northrop Grumman's 10th contracted cargo resupply

Saudi Arabia announces launch of first communications satellite along with India's GSAT-31

Both the satellites, India's GSAT-31 and Saudi's SGS-1-HS-4 are designed to operate for at least 15 years.

Feb 6, 2019

Space

Singapore Zoo's female giraffe, Lucy dies during childbirth

The 14-year-old giraffe was giving birth to her child when she went into cardiac arrest and died along with the baby.

Feb 6, 2019

#WorldCancerDay: Newly developed technique could provide early lung cancer diagnosis

Researchers believe that a cheap, reusable and accurate breath test for early-stage detection of lung cancer can become a reality.

Feb 5, 2019

122 cartons and 478 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes were retrieved from the Malaysia-registered car

Singapore: ICA officers at Tuas Checkpoint uncover duty-unpaid cigarette smuggling case

The duty-unpaid cigarettes were found hidden inside a car, driven by a Malaysian man, 28 at Tuas Checkpoint.

Feb 4, 2019

Editing your face? Google deletes beauty apps due to serious concern

Some of these deleted apps have been downloaded millions of times and most of the downloaded counts originated in Asia.

Feb 4, 2019

Singapore: 2 Korean employees of Dongah Geological Engineering face charges for corruption

Those three Fasten and Taka officials, who tried to bribe both the accused, were charged on November 7, 2018, with corruption and related offences.

Feb 4, 2019

Singapore crime

Boeing cuts thousands of jobs to retain price competitiveness

Taiwanese actor Tuo Chung-hua arrested for molesting flight stewardess in Singapore

Reports claimed that the actor Tuo Chung-hua asked for more alcohol and touched buttocks of the female flight attendant.

Feb 3, 2019

School children practice anti-earthquake skill in Taipei

14 children ill after consuming catered lunch at pre-school; MOH, AVA investigating this case

MOH and AVA have started investigating the outbreak of gastroenteritis in PCF Sparkletots at Block 45 Toa Payoh pre-school.

Feb 3, 2019

Smoke rises from the Pu'u O'o vent on the Kilauea Volcano October 29, 2014 on the Big Island of Hawaii.

How the 'Great Dying' wiped out plants first? Researchers find answer

The volcanic eruption helped to extinguish almost 96 percent of marine life and 70 percent of land-based vertebrates.

Feb 2, 2019

Upper East Coast Road furniture shop catches fire early Sunday morning [VIDEO]

SCDF deployed 11 emergency vehicles and about 35 firefighters to control the fire at the furniture shop.

Feb 2, 2019

Newly found malware can steal passwords, credit card details in Google's Chrome & Apple's Safari

A California based cybersecurity company detected a malware which can steal passwords, credit card details in Google's Chrome & Apple's Safari.

Feb 1, 2019

145-pilot-whales-die-in-mass-stranding-on-new-zealand-beach

Why whales beach themselves? Scientists may know the answer

As per many environmentalist and marine experts, underwater sonar pulses used by ships causes such stress in those animals that they become disoriented and the whales.

Feb 1, 2019

Singapore's NTU ties up with AI company SenseTime to launch new program for PhD researchers

The newly launched program will help to nurture researchers working at the forefront of AI-related fields such as deep learning and computer vision.

Feb 1, 2019

NTU Artificial intelligence Education

Singapore: SCDF paramedics to have body-worn cameras by 2020, starts from Feb 1st

As per a statement, the authority said on Thursday that the BWC, which is a device worn over the ear, will be rolled out to all the paramedics by 2020.

Jan 31, 2019

Archaeologists use laser technology to discover lost ancient city in South Africa

This technology, LiDAR allows the lasers to measure the distance to earth's surface and it is useful in those survey areas where the ground is quite thicker.

Jan 30, 2019

Archaeology

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