Expatriate salary and benefits packages in Singapore rose by a modest 4% in 2021 despite the city’s fall to 22nd place in the rankings of the costliest places to employ expatriates globally.
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Chinese Foreign Minister meets EAM Jaishankar, NSA Doval during India visit
Chinese foreign minister and state councilor Wang Yi, who arrived in Delhi yesterday, met external affairs minister S Jaishankar today.
Ex-East Asia division chief Pradeep Kumar Rawat takes charge as India’s envoy to China
Former head of the East Asia division in the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Pradeep Kumar Rawat today joined as India’s new ambassador to China.
China’s new rule houses COVID suspects inside metal boxes
China has unveiled a series of strict measures to control Coronavirus cases spread. One of such laws is to house the suspected COVID patients inside metal boxes.
Grew up exposed to socio-cultural diversity of South Asia, says ISAS director Professor Iqbal Singh Sevea
Singaporean-Indian Professor Iqbal Singh Sevea took charge as the director of the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) at National University of Singapore (NUS) on January 1. Catch his exclusive interview with Connected to India.
Bhaskar’s Arts’ remake of ‘Butterfly Lovers’ is a timeless blend of Indian and Chinese cultures
Bhaskar’s Arts Academy’s latest dance production Butterly Lovers revisits a timeless cross-cultural classic.
Beijing continues to coerce and intimidate in South China Sea claims: US Vice-President Kamala Harris
Amidst her weeklong visit to Southeast Asia, US Vice President Kamala Harris today accused Beijing of coercion and intimidation to back unlawful claims in the South China Sea.
Two Indian origin journalists among Pulitzer Prize winners for 2021
Two Indian origin journalists are among the winners of the Pulitzer Prizes for the year 2021. Megha Rajagopalan, a journalist working for BuzzFeed News, and Neil Bedi from Tampa Bay Times have bagged these awards under the international reporting and local reporting categories respectively.
US pushes for new alliances with India, NATO in bid to compete with China
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has asked his Democratic colleagues to draft a legislative package to “outcompete” China, create new American jobs and invest in strategic partners and alliances like NATO and India.
WHO investigative team arrives in Wuhan from Singapore
A team of experts from the World Health Organisation (WHO) arrived in Wuhan today to start a probe into the origins of the coronavirus, even as China reported its first death from COVID-19 in eight months.
