Former Indian PM and prominent economist Manmohan Singh’s last rites were performed in New Delhi on Saturday with full state honours.
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Port of Singapore handles record-breaking 40 million shipping containers in 2024
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The Indian government said it will allocate space for Manmohan Singh’s memorial. Singh died on Thursday. His last rites will be performed on Saturday
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Singh, who was India’s prime minister for 10 years from 2004 to 2014, died in New Delhi on Thursday night. He was 92.
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South Korean Parliament votes to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo
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Global aviation in 2024: Kuala Lumpur-Singapore slides to No. 4 on world’s busiest flight routes list, as Hong Kong-Taipei seizes No. 1 spot
The majority of routes in the Top 10 Busiest International Routes for 2024 are in Asia, seven routes in total. From other regions, one route is from Africa (Cairo to Jeddah), one from Europe and North America (New York JFK to London Heathrow) and two operate within the Middle East (Cairo to Jeddah and Dubai to Riyadh).
