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Singapore officially the Republic of Singapore, and often referred to as the Lion City, the Garden City, and the Red Dot, is a global city and sovereign state in Southeast Asia and the world's only island city-state. It lies one degree (137 km) north of the equator, south to the southernmost tip of continental Asia and peninsular Malaysia, with Indonesia's Riau Islands to the south. Singapore's territory consists of a diamond-shaped main island along with 62 other islets.
Since independence, extensive land reclamation has increased its total size by 23% (130 km2), and its greening policy has covered the densely populated island with tropical flora, parks and gardens
Singapore to host 110th Lions Clubs International Convention in 2028
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Esplanade’s Raga 2020's arranged marriage vs love marriage tug of war is now available online!
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Singapore narrows GDP growth forecast for 2020, to shrink by 5-7%
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NTU researchers develop peptide that makes drug-resistant bacteria sensitive to antibiotics again
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Grab Financial Group is expanding its consumer ecosystem through a series of new financial services and products – including a...
"Shekhar is a very positive thinker": Atul Temurnikar waxes eloquent about Shekhar Ravjiani the Guru
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Singapore male arrested for trafficking drugs hidden in pumpkins
A total of about 240g of heroin, about 1.5g of ‘Ice’ and about 500 ‘Ecstasy’ tablets were seized.
Bharatanatyam dancer Mohanapriyan Thavarajah bakes for the plight of folk artists of India
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NTU hosts SkillsFuture@NTU, first ever virtual event part of SkillsFuture Month
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DBS collaborates with CPF in industry first, to empower Singaporeans in retirement planning
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Chief priest of oldest Hindu temple in Singapore arrested for criminal breach of trust
Sri Mariamman Temple had lodged a police report after finding out that some gold ornaments had gone missing while in the custody of its...
Report filed against resident teacher at Trust Yoga for sexual assault
A resident yoga teacher at Trust Yoga has been accused of sexual assault.
Singapore eases COVID-enforced restrictions on marriages and funerals
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Pritam Singh creates history as Singapore’s first Leader of the Opposition
In the recently held election on July 10, Workers' Party won 10 parliamentary seats out of the 93 contested, making it the biggest...
NTU's Professor Subra Suresh receives highest honour from American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Professor Suresh has joined a distinguished list of only 87 previous recipients of the ASME Medal since the award was first created in 1920.
Competition watchdog calls for public feedback on Grab's application to impose platform fee
Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) is inviting public feedback on an application by Grab to impose a platform fee on...
In Pics: Singapore Cabinet's swearing-in ceremony, July 27
Members of Singapore's Cabinet, as well as other office holders, were sworn in on Monday, July 27, in a ceremony that observed safe...
55 Mediacorp classics to stream on Netflix from August 1
From August 1, a multilingual medley of Mediacorp content in English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil will be displayed in a dedicated...
Secondary schools, Junior Colleges may resume lower-risk Co-Curricular Activities: MOE
Schools will still have flexibility in deciding when activities will resume, while also ensuring that the workload of teachers and students...
NTU and Google Cloud develop virtual assistant to help address freshmen queries
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has rolled out a new virtual assistant powered by Google Cloud to help some 6,000 incoming freshmen...
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