Music composer Deva, popularly known to fans as Thenisai Thendral (breeze of sweet music) and a veteran of Tamil movies, has died, Indian media reported.

He was rushed to a private hospital in Chennai on Saturday (Oct 17), following age-related ailments and health complications, but died despite treatment.

Born in 1950 in Mylapore, Chennai, as Devanesan Chokkalingam, he made his debut as a music composer with the 1989 film Manasukketha Maharasa. Over his career, he composed music for more than...

A web-based multiplayer game in which players dodge police and detention on their way to a protest site in New Delhi has gone viral, as young Indians use satire and humour to respond to police actions.

As youth-led protests over jobs, exam paper leaks and voter roll revisions spread across India, a growing crop of online games is transforming political grievances into shareable digital content.

The trend shows a generation raised on Instagram is expressing dissent in ways that differ...

To minimise disruption, schools will remain open and students will take their O- and A-Level exams in enclosed, air-conditioned venues with air purifiers, Education Minister Desmond Lee said on Friday (Oct 16)

Written papers for O-levels start on Oct 19 and practical A-level exams are ongoing.

Speaking at the haze task force’s press conference, Mr Lee said the Ministry of Education will consider rescheduling O-level papers in line with the health advisory for younger students, should the PSI forecast reach...

Singapore and India are exploring a proposed 3,000-km land-based power transmission corridor to connect their electricity grids, Indian media reported citing India’s Minister of State for Power, Shripad Yesso Naik.

The corridor - designed to transmit 2,000 MW of cross-border electricity between the two countries - will link Imphal in the northeastern state of Manipur with Singapore through Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia, Mr Shripad said at the East Asia Summit Energy Ministers’ Meeting in Manila on Oct 8.

As the...

Listed palm oil producers saw their shares retreat on Friday (Oct 16) after Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said that the country is looking into which companies may be responsible for haze-causing fires.

Where warranted, Singapore will take action under its Transboundary Haze Pollution Act, and also explore joint action with other countries, said PM Wong in a Facebook post on Thursday.

First Resources shares fell as much as 9.1 per cent to S$3.71 at 9.20 am. The counter pared some...