“All 800 Singapore pilgrims have managed to complete the major rituals of hajj safely and without any major incident, Alhamdulillah,” said Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister for Communications and Information Incumbent in Singapore.
Ashish Vidyarthi was in Singapore earlier this year to soft launch a unique filmmaking startup, Filmwallas.com. Vidyarthi is an advisor to Filmwallas, along with directors Prakash Jha and Nagesh Kukunoor.
Emphasising that the Indian Ocean has been a cradle of peace for thousands of years, Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan has said that boosting maritime trade was the need of the hour to revive the historical prosperity of the people in the Indian Ocean Region.
A million-dollar Sikh awareness campaign to inform Americans about Sikhism has increased the positive perception about their religion, according to a recent survey.
Despite stern warnings over the last few days from the Income Tax (I-T) Department, the Indian government yesterday extended the deadline by four months for linking Permanent Account Number (PAN) with Aadhaar to December 31.
Indian-American doctors have started a relief fund to help those affected by the catastrophic floods brought by Hurricane Harvey in the US state of Texas, PTI reported.
An Indian student in Singapore was yesterday sentenced to five months in jail for molesting a woman last year, according to a media report.
Manish Shah, an Indian-origin family doctor yesterday appeared before a UK court charged with 118 sexual offences, including sexually assaulting a girl aged under 13.
Joseph Yuvaraj Pillay, an Indian-origin veteran civil servant, was today appointed as Singapore’s acting President until a new head of state is sworn in later this month.
The Singapore Zoo comes fourth in the world by travel website TripAdvisor, in its 2017 Traveller’s Choice awards. It is the only Asian winner in the top 10.
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