Singapore reported 1,940 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, bringing the total tally to 2,138,598. A total of 247 cases are currently warded in hospitals, with 12 of them in intensive care units, ...
Leader of Iceland’s ‘ministry of the future’ visits Singapore to boost links
Icelandic Minister for Higher Education, Science and Innovation Aslaug Arna Sigurbjornsdottir, 31, has visited Singapore to pick up lessons to help her lead her country’s economy into the future. Read ...
India, Singapore To Start Inter-Country Money Transfer System
India and Singapore have completed technical preparations to link their fast payment systems UPI and PayNow to enable fund transfers between the ...
Inox Green Energy IPO subscribed 46% on day 1 on Friday. Check GMP, key details
IPO got subscribed 46% on the first day of subscription on Friday and received bids for 3.05 crore shares against 6.67 crore shares on offer, according to the NSE data. The portion for Retail ...
Crowdfunding in Singapore raises RM10.11 million needed to buy drug to treat baby with rare genetic disorder
A five-month-old boy facing immobility or even death because of a rare genetic disorder may get a new lease on life after his parents successfully raised the S$3 million (RM10.11 million) needed to ...
Teen boys aged 14 and 17 among 96 suspected drug offenders arrested in Singapore islandwide drug operation
A 17-year-old boy was arrested in South Buona Vista Road on Monday, after officers from the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) found about 371g of cannabis and drug paraphernalia near him.
Singapore is Germany’s gateway to Southeast Asia, says German ambassador
Norbert Riedel, German ambassador to Singapore, says the German government and the European Union have a "clear commitment" to Asia-Pacific, and the "geopolitical center has shifted from the West to ...
S$1 spent = 1 yuu Point, up to 30x multiplier on everyday purchases till Jan. 2023 with yuu, a new loyalty programme in S’pore
The main difference between yuu and everything else out there at the moment is that yuu is a brand coalition loyalty programme. This means that it is an ecosystem for people to ea ...
UPI transfer service to start soon between India and Singapore, know details
The UPI service is scheduled to launch soon. The Reserve Bank of India and the Monetary Authority of Singapore are trying to make it possible. ( read original story ...)
In Singapore, teenagers aged 14 and 17 among 96 suspected drug offenders nabbed in islandwide raids
A total of 96 suspected drug offenders were arrested in islandwide raids by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), including teenagers aged 14 and 17 who ...
Singapore’s last giant joss stick makers call it a day
Though there are no competitors, customers are not willing to pay high prices for the joss sticks, which will be burnt eventually. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Technology advancements, decarbonisation drive could boost push for nuclear power in S’pore
SINGAPORE - The global agenda to decarbonise, coupled with recent technological advancements, has tipped Singapore towards nuclear power as an energy source, something that was deemed not feasible by ...
Top Stock Market Highlights of the Week: ST Engineering, StarHub, SATS and Meta Platforms
We delve into the latest earnings from two companies and also recent corporate developments at both ST Engineering and Meta Platforms. The post Top Stock Market Highlights of the Week: ST Engineering, ...
Crypto exchange FTX files for bankruptcy as wunderkind CEO exits
Crypto exchange FTX filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection on Friday and its founder Sam Bankman-Fried resigned as chief executive, after the biggest blowup in the crypto industry drew calls for tighter ...
Why fish in Singapore is more expensive, and the prospect of prices remaining high
Malaysia supplied a quarter of Singapore’s seafood last year. The programme Talking Point heads north to get the low-down on costs from a fishing fleet owner, a fish farmer and a spokesperson for ...
Singapore’s central bank partners New York Fed to explore wholesale CBDCs
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has partnered The New York Innovation Center of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, to study if wholesale central bank digital currencies (wCBDCs) can make ...