Singapore has again come in the limelight as being the world’s most welcoming city earning high marks for safety, world-class airport and willingness to host tourists. The ranking has been done by holiday website TravelBird.
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Small class size in Singapore could be incubators of innovation: Leon Perera
For the bright future of Singapore and turning young students into incubators of innovation, Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) Leon Perera has called for ‘a large randomised trial’ in Singapore to study the impact of having fewer students per class.
National healthcare database to be made mandatory for all medical institutions in Singapore
For providing better care to the patients in Singapore, all healthcare institutions will soon be required to provide data to the National Electronic Health Record (NEHR).
Indian-American professor at MIT elected to National Academy of Medicine
Arup Chakraborty, an Indian-American Professor of Chemical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in recognition of his distinguished contributions to medicine and health.
Indian citizen nabbed for stealing money in Thailand
In a notorious incident, an Indian citizen has been arrested in Thailand for allegedly stealing money from an Egyptian passenger at the Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok.
Indian govt comes to rescue of distressed NRI wives
Finally, the Indian government has come down hard on cases of NRI husbands abandoning their wives. Now, the government will collect data of all registered marriages, Indian Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi said.
US Sikh politician Ravinder Bhalla labelled ‘terrorist’
A Sikh mayoral candidate in the US has been labelled a terrorist in slanderous flyers left on car windshields only days before the election, according to a media report.
Bilateral ties between Singapore and UAE strengthen as Shanmugam visits Middle East
Bilateral ties between Singapore and the United Arab Emirates further strengthened during the current visit of K Shanmugam to the Middle East countries.
ICA officers to be given powers to search and arrest suspects under proposed amendment to Immigration Act
For boosting the security of Singapore, Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers will have the authority to perform security screenings, carry out search and seizure duties and arrest people under a proposed amendment to the Immigration Act.
Indian national in US gets 27 years in prison for financing al-Qaeda, soliciting murder of judge
Indian national Yahya Farooq Mohammad, an engineering student at Ohio State University from 2002-04, was sentenced to around 27 years in prison in the United States after he pleaded guilty to providing thousands of dollars.
