Two years ago, as Indian scientists successfully put a satellite into orbit around Mars, a photograph that went viral showed women dressed in gorgeous saris with flowers in their hair celebrating at the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) in the southern city of Bangalore. It was reported that the ecstatic women were scientists and the […]
India is set to launch its second lunar mission – if successful, it will become the fourth country to make a soft landing on the Moon’s surface. Only the US, China and the former Soviet Union have been able to do so. The $150m mission – Chandrayaan-2 – aims to gather data on water, minerals […]
At least 47 people have died in Nepal and 25 more in India, with hundreds of thousands of others displaced from their homes, after severe flooding driven by heavy monsoon rains battered South Asia, officials said on Sunday. In Nepal, the areas affected worst by the deluge were in the west of the country, Bed […]
Fresh rallies are taking place in Hong Kong as weeks of anti-government unrest show no sign of dying down. Thousands took to the streets in the city of Sha Tin, with some protesters waving British and American flags. The protests were sparked by a proposed extradition bill which would allow people to be sent to […]
NEW DELHI — It’s 10 a.m. on a muggy Delhi day, and it’s time for space class. Like so many other middle schoolers, Veronica Sodhi, a 12-year-old with big dreams, says space class is her favorite subject, but on Friday there was something even more special. India is all set to send a robotic rover […]
SINGAPORE (REUTERS) – An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck west of Australia’s beach resort of Broome, the United States Geological Survey said on Sunday (July 14), with residents saying the impact shook some buildings and pushed groceries off shelves. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties in the quake, which the agency initially […]
SINGAPORE – A 35-year-old man died after falling several stories inside Ngee Ann City on Sunday afternoon (July 14). Police said they were alerted to the incident at 391 Orchard Road, the mall’s address, at 2.07pm. The Singapore Civil Defence Force confirmed that it was alerted to an incident at the same address. The man […]
Over the past 13 years, 55 primary schools have been oversubscribed in Phase 2C every year since 2006. These schools include popular names in Bukit Timah and Holland such as Raffles Girls’ Primary and Nanyang Primary, but also several in Housing Board estates, like South View Primary in Choa Chu Kang and Radin Mas Primary […]
SINGAPORE – Technician Zulkifli Atan started smoking in his early teens then moved on to marijuana and eventually heroin. The 46-year-old is trying to kick the habit and for the past six months he has been attending counselling sessions at the Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association (SANA)’s Step-Up Centre in Taman Jurong, which began operations in January […]
HONG KONG – An anti-extradition march in Sha Tin in Hong Kong’s New Territories was expected to take place on Sunday (July 14), despite clashes the previous day which saw police use batons and pepper spray against protestors. Calls for protests over the weekend were circulated earlier last week by netizens, who have also sent […]