Singapore welcomes Southeast Asia’s first okapi calf: Why this rare ‘forest giraffe’ is so unusual

Singapore welcomes Southeast Asia’s first okapi calf: Why this rare ‘forest giraffe’ is so unusual

Singapore welcomes Southeast Asia’s first Okapi calf. A rare okapi calf has been born at Rainforest Wild Adventure in Singapore, marking the first recorded birth of an okapi in Southeast Asia. The male calf was born on July 27 to first-time parents Kisala, 7, and Xandor, 4, at Mandai Wildlife Group’s wildlife park.The calf weighed … Read more

Singapore chamber to strengthen engagement with Indian govt, policymakers, industry

Singapore chamber to strengthen engagement with Indian govt, policymakers, industry

Singapore, The Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry plans to strengthen its engagement with the Indian government, policymakers and industry as part of its strategic roadmap, with a focus on boosting cross-border trade, particularly with India’s booming economy, its newly appointed Chief Executive Officer Pradeep Menon said. Singapore chamber to strengthen engagement with Indian … Read more

Singapore burns its garbage and dumps the ash into the sea; how a 350-hectare island became a wildlife haven

Singapore burns its garbage and dumps the ash into the sea; how a 350-hectare island became a wildlife haven

Did you know Singapore has a trash island made from ash? The country has managed to create a 350-hectare land area that has transformed into an ecological haven where migratory birds reside and corals thrive. The idea stems from a problem unique to the nation, it does not have much land to spare.A city-state located … Read more

Singapore police investigate five people over ‘racist’ online comments on Nepal floods, Air India

Singapore police investigate five people over 'racist' online comments on Nepal floods, Air India

Singapore, Singapore police have questioned five people over the alleged racist comments online related to the Nepal floods and Singapore Airlines’ investment in Air India. Singapore police investigate five people over ‘racist’ online comments on Nepal floods, Air India This follows Senior Minister K Shanmugam’s announcement on Saturday that the police were looking into “shameful” … Read more

Singapore covered a reservoir with 122,000 floating solar panels; it now powers 5 water-treatment plants and cuts 32,000 tonnes of CO₂ every year

Singapore covered a reservoir with 122,000 floating solar panels; it now powers 5 water-treatment plants and cuts 32,000 tonnes of CO₂ every year

Singapore has turned part of a reservoir into a giant renewable-energy installation, covering about one-third of Tengeh Reservoir with more than 122,000 floating solar panels spread across 10 floating islands. The 45-hectare Sembcorp Tengeh Floating Solar Farm has a capacity of 60 MWp and generates electricity used to support five local water-treatment plants. The project … Read more

Opportunities in India’s oil and gas sector showcased in Singapore, energy majors and investors attend

Opportunities in India's oil and gas sector showcased in Singapore, energy majors and investors attend

Singapore, Global energy majors and investors took note of the multi-billion-dollar opportunities in India’s oil and gas and the reforms underpinning them at an India energy showcase held in Singapore on Monday. Opportunities in India’s oil and gas sector showcased in Singapore, energy majors and investors attend The programme was presided over by Neeraj Mittal, … Read more

USS Abraham Lincoln sails past Singapore on way home after gruelling Middle East deployment

USS Abraham Lincoln sails past Singapore on way home after gruelling Middle East deployment

USS Abraham Lincoln has been at centre of controversy over its prolonged deployment and is now headed home US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln sailed past Singapore early Sunday as it headed home after an extended deployment in the Middle East, with the warship expected to make a port visit in Thailand for rest and … Read more

Singapore sends 70 tonnes of unwanted clothes to Malaysia every week in major textile recycling partnership

Singapore sends 70 tonnes of unwanted clothes to Malaysia every week in major textile recycling partnership

Singapore is sending up to 70 tonnes of unwanted clothing to Malaysia every week under a cross-border textile recycling partnership designed to give discarded garments a second life. The initiative involves social enterprise Cloop, which collects unwanted clothes through its textile recycling bins before sending them to Life Line Clothing in Port Klang, Malaysia. The … Read more

Singapore unveils world-first biological data centre with 16 million living human neurons powering 20 computers in a landmark moment for AI

Singapore unveils world-first biological data centre with 16 million living human neurons powering 20 computers in a landmark moment for AI

Cortical Labs founder and CEO Hon Weng Chong at the Cortical Cloud biological data centre at NUS (Image: The Straits Times).. Singapore has unveiled a world-first biological data centre prototype that brings living human neurons into a server-rack environment, marking an unusual new step in the race to build more efficient and adaptive computing systems. … Read more

In 2011, Myanmar suspended a giant China-backed dam after public outrage; it now plans to restart a project that could flood an area the size of Singapore

In 2011, Myanmar suspended a giant China-backed dam after public outrage; it now plans to restart a project that could flood an area the size of Singapore

Ethnic Kachin people visit Myitsone, the confluence of the Mali and Nmai rivers, outside Myitkyina, capital city of Kachin state, Myanmar Fourteen years after public protests forced construction to stop, Myanmar is preparing to restart the $3.6 billion (£2.8 billion) Myitsone hydropower project in Kachin State. The China-backed dam would create a reservoir roughly the … Read more