Owners of selected critical infrastructure in Singapore could get extra help in hunting down cyber threats and stress-testing their systems.

For the first time, the Government will be sharing its classified threat intelligence with organisations in critical sectors, including energy, telecommunications, and finance, to prevent cyber attacks that could jeopardise national security.

Coordinating Minister for National Security K. Shanmugam announced this at the opening of the Singapore International Cyber Week on Oct 21, saying that the Government will need to...

Toxic air pollution in India’s capital New Delhi surged mid-week to more than 30 times the World Health Organization’s recommended daily limit, data from air monitors showed.

The deterioration came three days after authorities tightened measures, including restrictions on traffic and construction, to curb smog in one of the world’s most polluted capitals, with the wider metropolis home to more than 30 million people.

Pollution is expected to worsen ahead of Sunday’s Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, when firework...

More cross-border taxis will be available for those heading to Malaysia or vice-versa from Nov 16, when the quota for such vehicles from each country will go up from 300 to 500.

Two other operators – CDG Zig and Malaysian ride-hailing operator Kumpool – will also be granted licences to ferry passengers across the Causeway. They will join Grab, which is currently the only ride-hailing operator allowed to do so.

In a joint statement on Nov 6, the transport ministries...

In a video that has gone viral, the Director-General of Singapore Customs walks out o “Hukum Reloaded”, the theme song from popular Tamil move franchise, Jailer.

The reel recreates one of the franchise’s most recognisable scenes, with the customs chief paying homage to the film’s protagonist, “Tiger” Muthuvel Pandian IPS, a charismatic police warden played by Kollywood superstar Rajinikanth.

Flanked by officers on either side, the director-general strides forward before the reel ends with the caption: “The entrance is reel,...

Most of Singapore’s haze measures will end tomorrow (Nov 7), including the distribution of masks and the running of haze shelters, as inter-monsoon conditions and more rain lessen the the risk of transboundary haze reaching the city-state.

The haze subsidy scheme will cease from Nov 12, said the National Environment Agency (NEA) on Nov 5.

NEA’s daily 24-hour PSI (Pollutant Standards Index) forecast – which has been issued every evening for over two months – will also end on Nov...

Asia’s tech-heavy markets crumbled on Friday as fear of increased regulatory scrutiny and a slowdown in AI build-out unleashed the steepest decline in US stocks since the tariff-triggered “Liberation Day” rout in April 2025.

South Korea’s KOSPI fell more than 8% to trigger a circuit breaker and was last down 7% after trading resumed. Japan’s Nikkei slumped 6% while Taiwan markets was last down more than 8%.

Wall Street’s volatility “fear gauge” soared, the Nasdaq sank 5.5% and $3 trillion...