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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday met Singapore's finance and health ministers and exchanged views with them on the growth prospects of bilateral ties and health security cooperation ... ( read original story ...)

Commercial flights between Singapore and India could be resuming in the coming days after nearly two years of suspensions. The news comes as India will soon become a part of Singapore’s Vaccinated ... ( read original story ...)

As Singapore eases travel restrictions and launches more vaccinated travel lanes, we find out that while some are happy, others see a disconnect with tough local Covid-19 measures. ( read original story ...)

A 36-year-old man accused of posing as a gynaecologist and asking a woman to send him photos of her genitals was handed nine new charges on Friday (Nov 19).  The prosecution, which revealed that 29 ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore officials still need “a few more days” before they can decide whether to relax strict virus curbs that have lasted for nearly two months, Singapore’s trade minister said Friday in a virtual ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore may soon allow quarantine-free crossing at its land border with Malaysia, one of the world’s busiest border crossings, the city-state’s trade minister said. ( read original story ...)

Some journalists have noted that you have, however, cleverly put two of your potential successors onto the Covid taskforce to see how they do. It looks a little like Squid Game,” said Bloomberg editor ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is hosting top executives of big global companies this week at a host of conferences, marking its gradual return to normalcy and underscoring the contrast with long-time rival Hong Kong, ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: A Singapore start-up has launched a platform to book minibuses to ferry migrant workers, hoping to provide an alternative to lorries – which many firms here still use to transport workers. ( read original story ...)

The 620th to 625th fatalities here were aged between 57 and 84. All had various underlying medical conditions. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 2,038 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Thursday (Nov 18), as six more people died from complications due to the coronavirus. The fatalities were aged between 57 and 84. ( read original story ...)

It will be hard for the United States and China to coexist in a world where the rivalry between the two powers is defined by morals, the prime minister of Singapore said on Wednesday. Singapore's ... ( read original story ...)

Sources say that talks for resumption of commercial flights between Singapore and India are moving in the right direction and there can be a decision soon, as reported by news agency ANI. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Australia returned about 500,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Singapore on Thursday (Nov 18) as part of a "sharing arrangement" agreed on in August. Under the agreement, ... ( read original story ...)

The Prime Minister said that the Singapore population will be ‘frustrated (and) disappointed’ if the country opens up only to tighten measures again when cases flare up, and there may also be a ‘human ... ( read original story ...)

Tourism operators in Singapore are ready to welcome Malaysian travellers again under the recently announced designated Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) with enhanced standards, says the Singapore Tourism ... ( read original story ...)