Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore Dr Vivian Balakrishnan starts his two-day visit to India today. He will meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and then visit Guwahati, Assam tomorrow.
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Saudi Arabia to allow entry of women in sports stadium
Shaking off its ultra conservative image, Saudi Arabia will allow women into three sports stadiums for the first time from 2018, stated Saudi authorities.
Design Orchard to showcase talent of Singapore designers
Local designers of Singapore can showcase their novel designs and talent as new brand Design Orchard is coming up soon. Minister for Trade and Industry (Industry) S Iswaran unveiled the name and logo at the groundbreaking ceremony today.
Indian-origin man charged with wife’s murder in Singapore
In a tragic incident, an Indian-origin man allegedly stabbed to death his wife in Singapore.
Body of Sherin released by US, petition for interfaith burial
The body of three-year-old Indian born Sherin Mathews, who disappeared from her Indian-American adoptive parents home in Richardson, has been released by the Dallas County medical examiner’s office, though it declined to say to whom.
14 UK MPs support Jallianwala Bagh Massacre EDM tabled by Labour’s Virendra Sharma
A motion urging the United Kingdom (UK) government to formally apologise in the House of Commons over the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre has found support from 14 MPs in the British Parliament.
New SkillsFuture portal launched in Singapore for guiding students to chart their career paths
For helping Singaporeans chart their learning and plan their career paths right from the beginning, a holistic portal SkillsFuture has been launched. The portal claims to be beneficial for children till they become working adults.
India has ‘very strongly’ raised H-1B issue with US: Union Minister Suresh Prabhu
India has “very strongly” raised the issue of H-1B and L1 visas with the US, Union Minister Suresh Prabhu said on Saturday, asserting that the American economy will find it difficult to cope with the reality as it has been immensely benefited by Indian IT professionals, PTI reported.
New SkillsFuture courses launched for increasing Singaporeans’ skills
For training Singaporeans in the latest emerging fields, Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs) will offer more than 400 bite-sized courses under a new initiative called the SkillsFuture Series, asserted Education Minister (Higher Education and Skills) Ong Ye Kung today.
India second largest source of Canadian immigrants in 2011-16 period: Report
Revising statistical figures for their country, almost an eighth of immigrants who landed and permanently settled in Canada in the five-year period between 2011 and 2016 were from India.
