Digital fraud in Singapore: From deepfakes to fake Domino’s Pizza website, island state is seeing a crime wave

The tiny island nation of Singapore has one of the most tech-forward populations in the world, with nearly 91 per cent Internet penetration till 2022, growing to a projected 94 per cent by 2026. This is good for business, but this is also good for the business of fraud. The country, with a population of […]

Australia: Country plans to halve immigration intake, new measures unlikely to impact Indian students

The Australian government on Monday (December 11, 2023) said it will attempt to fix the country’s “broken” immigration system by reducing the intake to half of its present quantity within two years. It aims to slash the annual intake to 250,000 – roughly in line with pre-pandemic levels – by June 2025, reported BBC. Under […]

DBS Foundation gives SGD 1 million to support financial and digital literacy for persons with disabilities

The DBS Foundation, which works to bring about social uplift through positive changes in business and communities, has tied up with SG Enable, the focal agency for disability and inclusion in Singapore, in order to accelerate financial and digital literacy for persons with disabilities.

John Grisham, Jodi Picoult, David Baldacci, George R.R. Martin, and 13 other prominent authors file class-action suit against OpenAI

A number of popular writers join the Authors Guild in filing a class-action suit against OpenAI where they allege the company’s technology is illegally using their copyrighted work.

Singapore PM warns residents against trusting fake articles using his image

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in a Facebook post warned citizens to be wary of online scams, fake news or ads featuring his image, and to report them to the police.

Alliance to challenge BJP in 2024 forms I-N-D-I-A, Modi calls it a bloc of negativity

The anti-Modi alliance has revealed the name of its bloc to take on the BJP in 2024 as Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (I-N-D-I-A). The PM has called it an alliance born out of negativity.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah launches portal to facilitate refund of millions of Sahara depositors

Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched the Central Registrar of Cooperative Societies (CRCS)-Sahara Refund Portal to help the depositors claim for refunds of their money stuck in the Sahara group cooperatives.

Task force to investigate and help Indian student victims of fraud: Canada immigration minister

Canadian authorities have decided not to immediately deport the Indian students who were trapped in an alleged immigration scam and had reached the country with fake university admission letters.

Indian students facing deportation from Canada launch protest; EAM takes up matter

The Punjab government today sought the Indian Central government’s intervention in the case of 700 Indian students facing imminent deportation from Canada. Indian students in Canada have hit the streets in protest against the possibility of deportation.

Indian-origin UK billionaire SP Hinduja dead at 87

Srichand Parmanand Hinduja, the billionaire Indian-origin patriarch of Britain’s richest family and chair of the globe-spanning Hinduja Group, has died in London, his family confirmed.