Man gets jail for forcing victim to drink urine in ‘deplorable’ incident

SINGAPORE: A man recruiting people willing to sell bank account information for cash roped in an acquaintance into the scheme. However, this was uncovered by the father of the acquaintance, which resulted... Read more »

Vantara To Work For Safe, Dignified Return Of Elephant Madhuri To Kolhapur | India News

New Delhi: In the wake of public objections to the shifting of 36-year-old elephant Mahadevi (also known as Madhuri) to Gujarat, the Vantara wildlife rehabilitation facility has stated that it will ensure... Read more »

80 years on, a Japanese American hibakusha recalls the day the bomb dropped

It was a hot, bright morning in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, and Howard Kakita, a 7-year-old Japanese American, and his elder brother, Kenny, were gleefully returning home after learning that school... Read more »

All-China Journalism Association Criticized for “Showing Courage Only When There Is No Risk”

Knowing when and what to critique is a delicate matter for Chinese journalists. Party censorship constrains journalistic zeal, forcing journalists and media outlets to navigate red lines at their own peril. Many... Read more »

Petit Parc, Malaysian coworking space and playground in KL

Gen, the founder of Petit Parc in Pavilion Damansara Heights, never quite intended to be an entrepreneur.  Born in Malaysia, he spent bits of his childhood in Brunei Darussalam before moving to... Read more »

BSNL Updates: From Re 1 Plan to Q-5G Service; Here Are Five Recent Announcements

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has made a series of strategic announcements in recent months. These have been aimed at revitalising its existence in India’s telecom sector, which has recently been largely... Read more »

Adorable rabbit papercut art “stamps” available at Japanese shrine for Year of the Rabbit – grape Japan

2023 is the Year of the Rabbit in the Chinese zodiac which forms the basis of numerous beliefs and practices throughout Asia, including Japan. During the New Year’s holiday in Japan, many... Read more »

“Jiangyou Bullying Incident”: From Online Outrage to Offline Protest

This week, news about a well-known Chinese monk going off the Buddhist path has triggered many discussions on Chinese social media. The story revolves around Shi Yongxin (释永信), the head monk at... Read more »

SG60: Many hands behind Singapore’s success story

ON JUL 7, 2003, Time magazine published an article headlined “The Lion In Winter” that scrutinised Singapore’s economic prospects and asserted that “after years of prosperity, Singapore’s economic formula for success is... Read more »

Asus ROG Strix Scar 16 2025 Review: Powerful and Flashy

Asus has refreshed its ROG Strix Scar lineup for 2025, equipping the new models with the latest Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 series laptop GPUs and Intel Core Ultra Series 2 processors. The... Read more »