Taking Indian Prime Minister’s Swachch Bharat campaign to a next level, an NRI with local administration of Barmer, which is located in Thar desert, removed 35,000 metric tons of garbage and silt from the oldest reservoir in just one day.
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Singapore Airlines to keep options open on disinvestment of Air India
As the Indian government allowed foreign airlines to invest up to 49 per cent in Air India, Singapore Airlines said that it will keep options open on disinvestment of the national carrier.
Singapore Institute of Technology to offer country’s first aircraft systems engineering degree course
Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) will offer the first aircraft system engineering degree course in Singapore. For this, the institute has tied up with SIA Engineering Company.
Select Committee of Parliament formed in Singapore to study deliberate online falsehoods
Taking a serious note of the spread of online falsehoods, Parliament of Singapore has formed a Select Committee which will study this problem and take measures to combat it.
USCIS: Relief from self-deportation for H1B visa holders waiting on green card
After the generated blowback about Trump administration’s plan to curb H-1B visa extensions that could result in self-deportation of Indians in US, the US Chamber of Commerce warned it would be “tremendously bad policy” to tell highly skilled people they cannot stay any longer in US.
Agri group Olam’s founder Sunny Verghese appointed WBCSD Chairman
Singapore-based Indian-origin businessman and co-founder and chairman of agri-business group Olam International Limited Sunny Verghese has been appointed as the Chairman of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.
NTU launches multi-use smart card for students
Moving along with the times, students at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) are getting new smart cards that will enable them to pay for their meals at canteens, book facilities such as sports venues and study rooms, for parking on campus, or to use it for public transport.
Indians pour USD1.6 billion in Dubai real estate
Indians continued to be the leading foreign buyers in Dubai as they poured a whopping AED7 billion (USD1.6 billion) in 2017 the property market,
You are permanent ambassadors of India, Modi tells PIO parliamentarians
Praising the parliamentarians of Indian origin in countries around the world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said they were the “permanent ambassadors” of India who always stood up for the cause of the country.
96 US gurudwaras ban entry of Indian officials, RSS and Shiv Sena members
Amidst immigration and H-1B Visa tuffs in the United States, there is another spat wherein 96 gurudwaras have announced that they will not let in Indian officials and diplomats, as well as members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the Shiv Sena, said reports.
