SCDF to outsource ‘straightforward’ fire safety enforcement checks

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) will now outsource fire safety checks that are non-complex to a third-party provider. "In view of the increasing operational demands, coupled with manpower constraints, SCDF has decided to...

Govt allows Swiggy, Dunzo to deliver using drones; 17 other firms allowed to use...

Swiggy, Dunzo and 17 other similar companies have now been given the go ahead for experimental drone flight operations by the civil aviation ministry in India. Last year the government had announced that...

New Zealand passport to get a security makeover

An updated version of the New Zealand passport with enhanced security features is set to be phased in by Te Tari Taiwhenua Department of Internal Affairs . However, the current lack of demand for...

Pune housing societies peeved about ‘impractical’ PPE kit order

Housing societies in Pune have called out the “impracticality” of providing personal protection equipment (PPE) kits to private security guards in micro-containment zones, considering their shrinking coffers and rising heat. They have also demanded...

California Transportation agency to deploy mobile video surveillance for entire bus fleet

California's Transportation Agency will install video surveillance and cloud-based monitoring of mobile cameras and recorders. The solution being used on the entire bus fleet of more than 400 is March Networks’ complete end-to-end RideSafe...

CAPSI, ISIO join hands to enhance biological threat security

The Central Association of Private Security Industry (CAPSI) has signed an MoU with the UK-based International Security Industry Organisation (ISIO) to offer first-of-its-kind "Certified for Biological Threat Security" (CBTS) certification to master trainers of...

SIS Group enhances it’s ‘Humare Heroes Covid Fund’ for the welfare of its large...

SIS India in its efforts to ensure the well being of its large number of employees has enhanced the Humare Heroes Covid Welfare Fund corpus with an additional infusion INR 5 crores with effect...

Consider red button in train coaches, Kerala HC tells Railways

The Kerala high court has registered a suo motu case over a woman passenger having to jump off a train to escape robbery and rape. Considering the case, Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas asked the...

Explosive-laden ”drone” boat targets Saudi port of Yanbu

A remotely piloted boat packed with explosives targeted the Saudi port of Yanbu in the Red Sea on Tuesday, the kingdom said, with the blast sending black smoke into the sky off the coast....

Tenon FM names Sridhar Vasudevan as new Managing Director

Tenon Facility Management (Tenon FM) has announced that it has appointed Mr. Sridhar Vasudevan as its new Managing Director of the India operations after Nitin Dave ends his tenure of 3 years at the...