‘My Wife is Gone, I Need to be Strong for our Daughter’: Husband of S’porean Lost in Nepal Floods

‘My Wife is Gone, I Need to be Strong for our Daughter’: Husband of S’porean Lost in Nepal Floods

Newsabout 17 hours ago

When his wife went missing in the Nepal floods on Aug 26, he hoped that she would have somehow survived and return safely.

But Selvaganesh, who wanted to be known only by his first name, says he has since accepted that his spouse, Shalinny Deavy, is gone.

Said the 43-year-old: “There were many people who contacted me saying they believed she would come back safe. But I know she is gone. She’s not coming back.”

Shalinny, a State Courts employee,...

AI Firms Asked To Provide Full Transparency after Australian Govt Hack: SM Shanmugam

AI Firms Asked To Provide Full Transparency after Australian Govt Hack: SM Shanmugam

Newsabout 17 hours ago

Singapore has asked major AI firms for full and immediate transparency after an incident where an OpenAI agent breached an Australian government health data portal in June, gaining unauthorised access to files, Senior Minister K Shanmugam said on Tuesday.

It had taken three months to inform the Australian government of the incident. Last week, OpenAI and Anthropic told the Australian parliament that they would welcome laws requiring them to report data breaches carried out by their AI agents, acknowledging the...

Digital Disruptions at Healthcare Institutions, Public Hospitals

Digital Disruptions at Healthcare Institutions, Public Hospitals

Newsabout 19 hours ago

Several healthcare institutions across the three healthcare clusters — NHG Health, National University Health System (NUHS), and SingHealth — are experiencing disruptions of varying degree on Tuesday.

Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Woodlands Hospital and Yishun Community Hospital — all under NHG Health — have reported disruptions to their call centre lines.

In a statement posted on its social media, NHG Health said that the call centre lines remain temporarily unavailable, adding that its healthcare institutions are...

India Detains ‘Cockroach’ Leaders For Entering Jantar Mantar Protest Site

India Detains ‘Cockroach’ Leaders For Entering Jantar Mantar Protest Site

Newsabout 20 hours ago

India’s youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) said Tuesday that key leaders had been detained after entering an iconic protest site in New Delhi blocked by police.

Opposition parties and supporters of the movement have taken to the streets in recent days, defying a security clampdown to demand the resignation of the head of India’s election commission, accusing it of manipulating voter rolls to benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party.

The Election Commission of India, which oversees the voting process...

SIA, Scoot to Offer More Than 380,000 Discounted Tickets at Travel Fair

SIA, Scoot to Offer More Than 380,000 Discounted Tickets at Travel Fair

Newsabout 22 hours ago

More than 200,000 discounted Singapore Airlines (SIA) return tickets will be available across Business Class, Premium Economy Class, and Economy Class, on flights from Singapore to 78 destinations including Bangkok, Hangzhou, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Seoul, and Sydney at the Time To Fly travel fair in late October.

These will be for travel from 1 January 2027 to 30 September 2027, SIA said in a statement.

SIA’s low cost subsidiary Scoot’s customers can look forward to over 180,000 discounted tickets...