The festival of Diwali is just days away, and for Indians everywhere, it means cherry-picking the best buys from an explosion of online shopping offers. However, in this day and age, a dealfest also means that cyber-crooks are just as much out there, picking their targets.
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Passport-less system at Changi Airport cuts immigration clearance time by 60 per cent using facial and iris biometrics
Passport-less immigration clearance had been fully implemented across all of Changi Airport’s four terminals since September 30, 2024. Within a fortnight, by October 15, around 1.5 million travellers have used this new system, which cuts the average clearance time per traveller by 60 per cent, from 25 seconds to 10 seconds.
Air India and Singapore Airlines add 51 new codeshare destinations to their partnership
From 27 October 2024, Air India and SIA will codeshare on each other’s flights between Singapore and the Indian cities of Bengaluru and Chennai, increasing their total weekly scheduled codeshare services between the countries to 56 from 14.
Singapore disables 10 inauthentic websites to combat hostile information campaigns
They also carried content on Singapore, some of which were generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI). These are common tactics used by malicious foreign actors: build websites which can attract a local following, that may subsequently be used as platforms to mount HICs.
Worldchefs Congress & Expo 2024 opens in “food paradise” Singapore; new addition is Global Vegan Chefs Challenge
As an extension of Worldchefs Congress (October 20-22, 9am to 5pm), the island nation is also hosting the Global Chefs Challenge culinary competition (October 22-25). India is one of the participating countries.
New oil spill in Singapore: 9.5-hour leak from Shell pipeline triggers emergency response
Shell has also placed containment booms off the site of the leak and has also deployed craft equipped with dispersants to clean up the oil sighted in the vicinity of the leak.
People targeted by self-radicalised Singapore youth “could be your daughter, your son, your child, your parents”: Shanmugam
As to why he had chosen the Tampines West Community Centre area specifically, the ISD said that the youth, who was going to use either a kitchen knife or a pair of scissors to stab people, had picked that location as it was densely populated — giving him more targets — and it was close to where the youth lived.
Singapore, India hold first Cyber Policy Dialogue
Cyber space is one of the key areas in digitalization pillar for India-Singapore bilateral cooperation embodied in the India-Singapore Joint Statement issued on the occasion of Prime Minister’s Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Singapore on September 4 and 5, 2024.
“I’m seduced by these dancers and musicians,” says Akram Khan, on his return to stage with GIGENIS
GIGENIS is the highlight show of this year’s Kalaa Utsavam (November 15-24, 2024), the annual Indian festival of performing arts in Singapore, presented by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay.
Singapore PM Wong’s travel choice receives praise from Indian businessman: “This is how respect is earned”
A recent gesture by Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong is going viral on the Internet. The 51-year-old lawmaker is also receiving plaudits for it.
