Singapore introduces new legal protections against online sexual abuse, including a specific offence for creating non-consensual AI-generated intimate images. The measures, due to take effect from Monday, also strengthen penalties tied to overseas child sexual abuse. Authorities frame the changes as an effort to close gaps created by rapidly evolving digital tools.

Reliance Industries and Rolls-Royce agree to jointly design and develop a combat engine for India’s Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft, a planned fifth-generation stealth fighter. The partnership covers design, development, manufacturing and delivery, and is aimed at building long-term propulsion capability in India as it pushes for more indigenous defence technology.