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2024 wrapped: From NRIC number saga to outages, the biggest tech stories of the year

ST20240713_202495046424 Kua Chee Siong/ pixoutage19/ The notification on the Windows laptop taken at 1.50pm on July 19, 2024. A major IT outage is affecting companies worldwide including in Singapore. There have been reports of service disruptions at airports, media outlets, supermarkets and banks in the US and Australia. User report website Downdetector.com showed a spike in outages on Microsoft 365, which had more than 150 reports from Singapore users at 2pm.

2024 wrapped: The biggest social stories of the year, and what’s next

Parents with babies aged from two months to 18 months now have another infant care option.

2024 wrapped: The biggest crime stories of the year, and what’s next for these cases

ST takes a look at some of the biggest crime stories that hogged the headlines in 2024.

2024 wrapped: The biggest health stories of the year, and what’s next

ST takes a look at five of the top health stories of 2024, and what can be expected in 2025.

2024 wrapped: The biggest education stories of the year, and what’s next

The Gifted Education Programme will undergo its biggest refresh since it began in 1984, and end in its current form.

2024 wrapped: The biggest transport stories of the year, and what’s next

Commuters wait on platform F for shuttle train to Boon Lay on Sept 30.

2024 wrapped: The biggest manpower stories of the year, and what’s ahead for workers and bosses

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Office workers walking at Raffles Place Park within the heart of Singapore's financial centre in the CBD area on Dec 10, 2024.
Can be used for stories on PMET, money, population, property, land, commercial, office, invest, budget, income, bank, finance, financial, CBD, URA, population, economy, and development.
(ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI)

2024 wrapped: The biggest political stories of the year, and what’s next

Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong shaking hands with Prime Minister Lawrence Wong after receiving the instrument of appointment from President Tharman Shanmugaratnam during the swearing-in ceremony at the Istana on May 15, 2024. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

2024 wrapped: From Qoo10 to O.K. Lim, fallout continues from industry giants’ house of cards

ST takes a look at some former high-flying companies and executives who are still facing court battles.

2024 wrapped: The biggest environment stories of the year, and what’s next

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Workers forming a human chain to transfer bags of oil-stained sand for disposal near Siglap Canal at East Coast Park at 6.20pm on June 19, 2024.
Colour piece on volunteers, workers and beach lovers' response to the oil spill event. what they are doing etc. to bring across the deep feeling towards marine life and spaces in Singapore. Oil spill occurred after one vessel allided with another at the Pasir Panjang Terminal on June 14.
The incident involved the Netherlands-flagged dredging boat Vox Maxima and the Singapore-flagged bunker vessel Marine Honour, which was stationary, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said in a statement.
(ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI)

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