Shanmugam, Balakrishnan clarify police use of COVID-19 contact tracing data across Singapore

Sparking concerns of violations of privacy, the Singapore government admitted that contact-tracing data gathered ostensibly for COVID-19 mitigation purposes had been used in criminal investigations.

Multilateralism is key to overcoming COVID-19 challenges, Balakrishnan says at UN

Speaking at the General Debate of the 75th United Nations (UN) General Assembly on September 26, Singapore’s foreign affairs minister Vivian Balakrishnan stressed the importance of multilateralism in overcoming challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Outcomes of AI deployment need to be socially and politically acceptable: Balakrishnan

At the ninth edition of the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona, Minister in-charge of the Smart Nation Initiative Dr Vivian Balakrishnan shared Singapore’s national AI strategy.

India rejects RCEP, 15 other nations including Singapore move closer to signing deal

The 15 member nations are working out the final details of the pact without India with a few issues to be resolved early next year with the deal to be finalised later in 2020 in Vietnam.

India-Singapore bonhomie over a cup of coffee in New York

Foreign Ministers of India and Singapore, S Jaishankar and Vivian Balakrishnan enjoyed a coffee break amidst meetings on the sidelines of UNGA.

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