Singapore

Navies of Singapore, Thailand, India team up for drills

8:13 pm September 16, 2019

Visakhapatnam: Aimed at bolstering maritime inter-relationships, a maiden trilateral exercise involving the navies of India, Singapore and Thailand commenced at Port Blair on Monday. The five-day-long exercise would also contribute significantly to enhancing the overall maritime security in the region, Eastern Naval Command (ENC) said in a press release here. This would also strengthen the […]

Singapore reports 41 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours: report

Singapore eyes over a million visitor arrivals from India in 2019

7:45 pm September 15, 2019

New Delhi: Singapore is looking at continuing the four year trend of having over a million visitor arrivals from India in the current year as it undertakes a number of measures to hard sell the country as a preferred destination. India is currently the third largest source market for visitor arrivals to Singapore, a senior […]

Assam: Elephant dies after getting stuck in wetland

Singapore to ban sale of elephant ivory from 2021

12:49 pm August 12, 2019

Singapore: Singapore said Monday it will impose a blanket ban on the domestic sale of elephant ivory and products from 2021 as the government tightens its campaign against illegal wildlife trade. The announcement on World Elephant Day followed two years of consultations with non-government groups, ivory retailers and the public. Authorities in the city-state made […]

Benchmark indices close higher on RBI rate cut hopes

8:12 pm August 6, 2019

Mumbai: Equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty rebounded on Tuesday, a day after plunging to five-month lows as investors lapped up bank and auto sector stocks with hopes that the RBI will cut repo rate to lift sagging consumer sentiment. After swinging over 705 points during the day, the 30-share BSE index closed at 36,976.85, rising […]

Oppn plans march to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with suspended RS MPs

Lok Sabha nod to bill to amend arbitration law

9:50 pm August 1, 2019

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed by a voice vote a bill aimed at making India an international arbitration hub by providing facilities for settlement of commercial disputes. Replying to a debate on The Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill 2019, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad India is qualified to have a centre of […]