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Bali bans plastic: Can Indonesia achieve its goals or fail like South Africa and India?

The newly introduced policy that bans single-use plastics aims for a 70 percent reduction in Bali's marine plastics by 2019.

Dec 26, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

A view of the Nanyang Technological University campus in Singapore August 2, 2016.

Singapore's best: Nanyang Technological University ranks 18th in Financial Times' EMBA ranking

National University of Singapore Business School and Singapore Management University were defeated by Nanyang Technological University in the ranking list.

Dec 24, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Education

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Volcanic activity triggers tsunami in Indonesia; at least 281 killed, over 1000 injured and 57 missing

Tsunami, triggered by Volcanic activity on Anak Krakatau hit beaches around Indonesia's Sunda Strait on Saturday night.

Dec 23, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Singapore: Tree falls in Sembawang Park, injures 14 during intense thunderstorms

Parks also said that the incident happened when the northern part of the island was witnessing intense thunderstorms with heavy winds.

Dec 21, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Food poisoning at Mandarin Orchard: 42 people ill, 4 taken to hospital

This is the fourth food contamination incident that took place in Singapore since November 2018.

Dec 5, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Govt claims The Straits Times story is fake; 2 different headlines trigger more confusion

IBTimes Singapore reached out to respective officials at The Straits Times to seek more information about the headline confusion.

Nov 30, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Fake news

Singapore's fight against fake news; Govt shows direction to identify false stories

Singapore government's picture shows that STOMP and Straits Times are among those platforms which have published fake news.

Nov 24, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Fake news

Who is to blame for the death of 31-foot sperm whale with 6kg of plastic waste in its stomach?

A dead sperm whale found in Indonesia, that swallowed six kilograms of plastic waste but the real cause of death is unknown.

Nov 21, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Singapore: Father raped own teen daughter multiple times, faces jail term for 26 years

The 35-year-old man, who rapped own teenage daughter eight times gets imprisonment but is appealing against his sentence.

Nov 14, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Why Facebook did not take down States Times Review post

Facebook stood by its policies and said that the social media company doesn't have a policy that prohibits alleged falsehoods.

Nov 14, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Fake news Facebook

Mother of baby who died after alleged rape in Malaysia shares her emotions and pictures of daughter

An 11-month-old baby allegedly raped by caretake's husband and died after two days. But, the case sparked outrage in Malaysia.

Nov 12, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

The image was labelled false, with MOT clarifying in its graphic that the vouchers are in fact for lower income households

Singapore: MOT clarifies details of public transport vouchers after noticing false information on WhatsApp

Ministry of Transport clarified that the public transport vouchers are not for all senior Singaporeans but for lower-income households.

Nov 10, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Fake news

Video of kneeling child sparks outrage; Police, MSF investigating Ikea carpark abuse incident

A passer-by shot the video from a distance that showed a school girl was forcefully kneeled and slapped by a man at Ikea carpark.

Nov 9, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Singapore crime

Indonesias dog meat trade exposed in horrific video

Woman failed to save own pet but 171 dogs rescued from illegal Chinese slaughterhouse

The police raided the illegal slaughterhouse in Chengdu, China and saved almost 200 stolen dogs from brutal death.

Nov 8, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

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State secrets case: Reuters reporters imprisoned in Myanmar appeal against conviction

The appeal against the conviction in state secrets case cited evidence of a police set-up and lack of proof of a crime.

Nov 5, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

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