TOP OF THE NEWS
Singapore students have aced a benchmarking test dubbed the "World Cup for Education". The Republic's 15-year-olds were ranked No. 1 for mathematics, science and reading in the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa), a study done to measure how well students use their knowledge and skills to solve real-world problems.
TOP OF THE NEWS
The southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu faces an uncertain future as it grieves for Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, who died late on Monday. The politician, who had been in ill health for some time, died in a Chennai hospital after suffering a heart attack on Sunday.
WORLD
Singapore can learn from Japan on how technology can be of use in everyday life, President Tony Tan Keng Yam said yesterday on the final day of his nine-day state visit to Japan. He also said that Japan is welcome to put in a bid when an international tender is called for the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur high-speed rail project.
WORLD
Samsung Group's de facto head Lee Jae Yong was among the South Korean tycoons grilled by lawmakers at a parliamentary hearing yesterday in connection with an influence-peddling scandal surrounding President Park Geun Hye. The nine executives were questioned over whether they made donations to a fund in return for political favours.
OPINION
Can Asian developmental states that picked industrial winners create start-up clusters to rival Silicon Valley, ask Kris Hartley and Woo Jun Jie.
HOME
'Ensure circuit breaker works'
There has been a call for more awareness of the maintenance of circuit breakers, following the death of a 15-year-old boy who was apparently electrocuted while showering at home. Experts say you should regularly press the "test" button on the circuit breaker to make sure it is working.
HOME
Lawyers who make "last-minute applications" after the appeal process has been completed now have to explain why they could not raise the arguments during the appeal. This comes on the back of a string of 11th-hour appeals.
BUSINESS
A choice city-fringe residential site in Margaret Drive, close to Commonwealth MRT station, will soon be put up for tender.
Analysts said the site, which could yield 275 condominium units, is likely to receive keen interest from developers, given its central location.
SPORT
Klay Thompson shot 60 points in just 29 minutes as the Golden State Warriors routed the Indiana Pacers 142-106 on Monday. With this, he, Knicks' Carmelo Anthony and Cavaliers' LeBron James are the only active players to score 60 points in a game. Thompson is also the first NBA player to score over 50 points in under 30 minutes.
LIFE
S'pore film picked for festival
Singaporean film-maker Ler Jiyuan's The Drum will compete at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France, one of the world's most important events for short films. The work, about a retiree who finds solace in Indian drums, is one of 73 films chosen for competition, out of almost 8,000 submissions.
