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Singapore wealth analysis: Are you in the top 1%? You are, if you’ve got SGD 4.76 million

Being in the “top 1 per cent” is the 21st century definition of being truly wealthy. In Singapore, a net worth of USD3.5 million puts...

Singapore most expensive city in Asia-Pacific to buy or rent property: Report

According to a recent survey, Singapore's private residential property now ranks as the most expensive in the Asia-Pacific.

Tipu Sultan's personal sword auctioned for record price of INR 140 crore

The bedchamber sword of Tipu Sultan, the 18th century ruler of Mysuru, sold for INR 140 crore (GBP 14 million pounds or USD 17.4 million) at...

Panel investigating Hindenburg allegations against Adani Group gives clean chit to SEBI

A Supreme Court-appointed expert panel investigating India's regulatory mechanism regarding the Hindenburg allegations against the Adani...

Singapore becomes world’s largest producer of sustainable aviation fuel, with 1 million tonnes capacity at new Neste plant

Neste of Finland had first invested in Singapore in 2007, establishing a renewable diesel refinery. The new SAF plant sits next to the first...

Boom time in aviation: SIA Group posts net profit of SGD2.16bn, the highest in its 76-year history

The Group said that it used the challenges of the pandemic “to shore up liquidity and build its financial resilience”. It also retained...

Indian economy: ‘Telangana speed’ brings USD500m investment from Foxconn, to create 25,000 jobs in the state

Taiwan-based Foxconn, one of the largest contract manufacturing companies in the world, and the government of Telangana, have held the...

Emirates airline makes boarding from Dubai fully digital; Emirates Group posts USD3 billion profit

From May 15, all passengers of Emirates airline departing from Dubai International Airport (DXB) will be using a mobile boarding pass...

Walmart to export goods worth USD 10 billion from India by 2027: CEO Doug McMillon

Retail giant Walmart yesterday said India’s unique ecosystem of suppliers will help the company reach its goal of exporting goods worth...

Bailout for Go First unlikely until engine supply issues solved: MoS Aviation VK Singh

Cash-strapped Go Airlines (India) Ltd is unlikely to get a government bailout unless something could be done about the engine supply...

Singapore Customs arrests two men with 4,150 cigarette cartons, evading nearly half-a-million dollars in duties and taxes

Singapore Customs has released information about the arrest of two Singaporean men, aged 19 and 26. The duties and taxes they tried to dodge...

DBS Singapore told to set aside SGD1.6 billion by MAS after digital banking outage

DBS Singapore, one of the top banks in South Asia, has been ordered by the Monetary Authority of Singapore to make an additional provision...

DBS Singapore digital banking disrupted… again; bank cites high traffic volume

Customers of DBS Singapore experienced intermittent outage on May 5, while trying to access digital banking services. This follows the...

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik kicks off air ticket service to Singapore

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik opened air ticketing services to Singapore and Bangkok from the state, which will allow the people of...

Connected to India onboards Sanchita Guha as Editor

Connected to India (C to I) welcomes the newest member of their editorial team. The Singapore-headquartered online media platform has...

India-France business summit to kick off on April 11

India's Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal will lead the Indian delegation at India-France Business Summit, commemorating...

Temasek of Singapore takes 59% share in Manipal Hospitals of India in USD 2-billion deal

Temasek Holdings of Singapore has acquired a 59 per cent stake in Manipal Health Enterprises of India, which runs the Manipal Hospitals...

7 benefits of learning a new language for students

In a world where people speak over 7,100 languages, what stops your child from learning one or two new languages? Besides tapping into...

Tamil Nadu's drug regulator denies US CDC report of contamination in samples of eye drops

Tamil Nadu's drug regulator has said it found "no contamination" in samples of eye drops manufactured by Chennai-based Global Pharma, which...

Indian-origin Starbucks CEO Laxman Narasimhan facing strikes during first week in charge

Laxman Narasimhan, the new Indian-origin CEO of coffee franchise Starbucks, is facing strikes from baristas at about 100 cafes, demanding...

ICICI Bank veteran Anup Bagchi to take over as MD, CEO of insurance arm

Private sector life insurer ICICI Prudential Life Insurance will see a change of guard as N S Kannan, the current managing director (MD) and...

‘Silicon Valley Bank’s fall triggered crisis across tech firms’

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu warned that the implosion of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the second-largest bank failure in US history, created...

China pegs lowest economic targets in decades

China announced one of its lowest economic growth targets in years, kicking off meetings of its rubber-stamp parliament set to hand Xi...

Josh, Dabur Red Paste get over 462 million video views in new campaign

Josh, an India-based short-video app, has concluded the #SwitchToDaburRedPaste campaign launched in collaboration with Dabur India Limited,...