Indian Railways: Why trains still kill thousands of cattle every year
2023-04-06
More than 13,000 cattle were ran over by trains in 2022, government data shows.Continue Reading
Almost 13,000 contract doctors in Malaysia to get permanent positions within 3 years: PM Anwar
2023-04-04
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Tuesday (Apr 4) said that the government is expected to absorb some 12,800 contract doctors into permanent positions over the next three years. Speaking in parliament, Mr Anwar, who is also the finance minister, said that just this year alone, nearly 4,300Continue Reading
Singapore to start importing eggs from Indonesia
2023-04-03
This brings the number of countries and regions accredited to export chicken eggs to Singapore to 18, up from 12 in 2019, says the Singapore Food Agency.Continue Reading
Many unemployed elephants back home in Surin, huge and hungry
2023-04-02
SURIN: Lucky was busy munching on some freshly cut grass when she spotted a special treat a tourist was holding out. She dropped her next mouthful of greens and extended her trunk, asking for the banana.Continue Reading
Asean to tackle haze crisis
2023-03-30
The secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has pledged to support efforts to combat transboundary haze pollution in the region.Continue Reading
Commentary: DBS service outage shows the difficulty of being a truly cashless society
2023-03-30
Even as we inch closer to a world where digital transactions are de rigueur, the DBS digital banking disruption proves that spare cash is always handy, says Cherie Tseng, Chief Operating Officer of Secur Solutions Group.Continue Reading
‘Shouldn’t happen so often’: DBS outage inconveniences some customers, upsets others
2023-03-30
On Wednesday, DBS customers were unable to log in to its online banking platforms such as the PayLah! mobile wallet, with reports of service outages beginning to surge at about 8.30am, according to the website Downdetector. The bank later said that as of 5.45pm, its digital services – digibank MobileContinue Reading
Existential crisis for Iran in South Caucasus
2023-03-30
Tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia are threatening to destabilize the South Caucasus, prompting some to worry that Iran could eventually be pulled into a wider regional conflict. But is Iran really prepared to invade its Shia-majority neighbor to protect Armenia, or are recent military moves little more than bluster? While Azerbaijan’s military continues to capture parts of […]Continue Reading
The US cannot afford to repeat the mistakes of 1979
2023-03-30
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the US withdrawal from Vietnam, a conflict that cost the lives of more than 58,000 Americans. Just six years after the US left the Southeast Asian nation, another country entered the Indochina fray. In February 1979, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) invaded Vietnam on the heels of […]Continue Reading
DBS service outage ‘unacceptable’, says MAS
2023-03-29
The bank has “fallen short” of expectations, adds the Monetary Authority of Singapore.Continue Reading