Articles by Bhaswati Guha Majumder

How far away is spiral galaxy NGC 4921? Although presently estimated to be about 310 million light years distant, a more precise determination could be coupled with its known recession speed to help humanity better calibrate the expansion rate of the enti

Collapse of Universe: Scientists may know when and how it will die

Two Harvard scientists have created a model on how the universe will end and they suggested Big Crunch, Big Freeze and Big Rip theories.

Jul 27, 2018

Universe

5 Singaporeans involved in Serangoon Road attack, charged with rioting armed with deadly weapons

While seven out of five male accused charged rioting armed with deadly weapons, rest two will face charges once the investigation gets over.

Jul 27, 2018

Malaysian storekeeper jailed six months for molesting seven-year-old girl

Singapore accountant molests woman at Jurong Bird Park, faces jail sentence

Man arrested for outraging the modesty of a woman and was sentenced to 5 months of jail term after molesting a woman at Jurong Bird Park.

Jul 27, 2018

Paleoparadoxia skeleton and 3D model of EESUT-PV-0001.

Long-lost dinosaur's bone turns out to actually be Japan's ancient sea creature

Scientists finally found that the long-forgotten bone is actually the thigh bone of a long-extinct aquatic creature from Japan.

Jul 26, 2018

Archaeology Ancient

Artist's impression visualising the ExoMars 2016 Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), with its thrusters firing, beginning its entry into Mars orbit on 19 October 2016.

Mars has liquid water lake? Scientists claim alien life could be found on red planet now

Italian scientists have reviewed data collected by MARSIS and found the evidence of water liquid water under the polar ice caps.

Jul 26, 2018

Alien

Police arrest 7 men for attacking man with knife and sowed at Serangoon Road bus stop

Those 7 men ran away from the crime spot after attacking the victim by knife and sowed at Serangoon Road bus stop, but was arrested by the police soon.

Jul 26, 2018

Singapore: 76-year-old man faces detention for hurting elderly wife, who refused to have sex with him

An old man was sent to seven days of detention that will start in August for injuring wife who refused to have sex with the man just after an argument.

Jul 25, 2018

An artist's rendering of Lingwulong shenqi, a newly discovered dinosaur unearthed in northwestern China, appears in this image provided July 24, 2018.

Palaeontologists found 'Amazing Dragon' dinosaur's fossil in China linked to world's largest animals

Newly found fossil of dinosaur is named as the Lingwulong shenq or the "amazing dragon of Lingwu," which is believed to be one of the family members of Diplodocus.

Jul 25, 2018

Singapore NSF died at Tuas View fire station in May; 5 officers charged for ragging

SCDF officers were charged in court causing death by a rash act and obstructing, preventing, perverting or defeating the course of justice.

Jul 25, 2018

Once a German star, now victim of racism: Key facts that forced Arsenal's Mesut Özil to retire

Mesut Özil faced racism and disrespectful comments and harassment over a few months and finally decided to retire from the German national team.

Jul 23, 2018

Singapore's former NLB manager faces 56 charges for taking more than S$595,000 as token of bribe

The former manager at the National Library Board and the director of Database Resource Services both were charged with 56 charges each.

Jul 23, 2018

Scientists found new effective treatment for paralyzed patients; Get ready to run soon

Scientists from Boston Children's Hospital and Nantong University in China found a new compound that could help paralyzed patients to walk again like a normal person.

Jul 22, 2018

Apple Singapore consumers reported fraudulent iTunes transactions; company to take serious action

Dozens of Apple Singapore consumers reported that unidentified iTunes transactions were made from their respective bank accounts.

Jul 22, 2018

Its OK to be white speaker arrested following altercation with protester

Singapore police arrested man for recording obscene video of SIM student inside ladies' toilet

The female student of SIM wrote on a Facebook post that she was inside a toilet when she noticed that one man was recording the scene by holding his camera phone above her.

Jul 22, 2018

Singapore crime

Singapore ITE campus murder case suspect faces criminal charge for stabbing ex-wife

The Director of examinations division at ITE College Central was allegedly stabbed by her ex-husband, who faced charge at the hospital, where he is admitted.

Jul 21, 2018

Pharaoh's curse turned false after archaeologists opened 2000-year-old sarcophagus in Egypt

The archaeologists were warned about the Pharaoh's curse but not only it turned false but they found three skeletons and foul-smelling sludge from black sarcophagus.

Jul 21, 2018

Archaeology

SingHealth data breach: Millions of patients' data stolen including medical details of PM Lee by sophisticated hackers

1.5 million SingHealth patients' non-medical personal data were hacked and copied by the unknown hacking group, who accessed Prime Minister Lee's personal particulars and information of his outpatient dispensed medicines.

Jul 21, 2018

Earth's most advanced species, humans are main culprit behind climate change; Can we rectify ourselves?

Climate change is a real threat to the world and humans are producing toxic greenhouse gas that is changing seasonal temperature cycles.

Jul 20, 2018

Singapore-India relations: Country honours Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar as one among world's top 10 people of wisdom

Singapore and India's relation started during the Chola empire but gradually both countries developed the relationship and that is why the third largest population of Singapore is Indian.

Jul 20, 2018

Singapore: Director of examinations division at ITE College Central murdered

The police arrested the ex-husband of the deceased as they found his as the prime suspect of the murder case and officials suspect that he stabbed his ex-wife to death.

Jul 20, 2018

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