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Lalu Yadav returns to India after kidney transplant surgery in Singapore

Former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Yadav returned to the national capital on Saturday evening after undergoing a kidney transplant surgery in Singapore in December last year. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) President was unwell and under treatment in Singapore. He arrived in Delhi Saturday evening, where he was received by daughter Misa Bharti, who is a Rajya Sabha MP. He will be staying with Misa for some days in Delhi, party sources said. Earlier, his daughter Rohini Acharya, who donated a kidney to her father, had shared an emotional post on Twitter about Lalu Yadav's return to India. Announcing his return to India, Rohini asked everyone to take care of her father. "I am fulfilling my duty as a daughter. Papa has recovered and I am sending him amidst you. Please take care of Papa," she said. Lalu Yadav, 74, was suffering from acute kidney complications and was advised a kidney transplant. Rohini came forward as a donor. The transplant was done on December 5, last year. The forme

Singapore to lift remaining Covid-19 measures from February 13, says MOH

Singapore will lift few of its remaining Covid-19 measures from February 13 as the country's pandemic situation has remained stable in recent months, the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced on Thursday

Singapore to scrap Covid-19 border safety measures from Monday as cases dip

Singapore will scrap all COVID-19 border safety measures from next Monday when the country steps down its disease alert to its lowest level. This is due to the improving pandemic situation globally and the low impact of imported cases on Singapore's healthcare capacity said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Thursday. Singapore will also step down its disease alert to its lowest level since the COVID-19 pandemic started three years ago, with face masks no longer mandatory on local public transport as well as at some healthcare and residential care settings from Monday. Once the border measures are scrapped, all travellers, including those who are not vaccinated, will not have to show proof of a negative pre-departure test before entering Singapore. Unvaccinated visitors will also no longer have to purchase COVID-19 travel insurance. Still, Singapore is prepared to reintroduce restrictions under its Vaccinated Travel Framework if there are "international developments of concern", Chan

India committed to preserving, popularising all culture, traditions: HC

India is committed to preserving and popularising the culture and traditions of various parts of the country, the Indian envoy in Singapore has said, as he launched a two-day festival on Kashmir. Our diversity and composite culture is a matter of great pride and strength for us, Indian High Commissioner P Kumaran said at the launch of the two-day festival, A Slice of Paradise in Singapore: Celebrating Kashmir@75, at the sprawling chancery. The envoy highlighted a tapestry of art culture that has been passed down through generations, saying The unique culture, cuisine and folk tradition of Jammu and Kashmir have great resonance not just across India but globally as well. The Indian Government is committed to preserving and popularising the culture and traditions of various parts of India, he said. Describing the festival as a good opportunity for Kashmiri artists, musicians, cooks and craftsmen, the event coordinator Nadir Ali said, I want to take this show all over the world as we

Singapore chamber says pro-SME budget offers opportunities in India

Describing India's budget for the financial year 2023-24 as a pro-business and pro-SME friendly, the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) on Friday said it provides many collaborative opportunities in developing close business ties with the small and medium enterprises of both Singapore and India. SICCI chairman Neil Parekh said he was particularly encouraged by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's announcement of the target of Saptarishi' unleashing the potential, green growth, youth power and growth of the financial sector. My team at the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry intend to build on these announcements and work closely with our counterparts in India to grow the opportunities between the SMEs of both countries, Parekh said on the Budget 2023-24. Describing the budget as A pro-business and a pro-SME friendly Budget, Parekh said: As an immediate step, we will be contacting the leadership of ASSOCHAM (The Associated Chambers of Commerce an

Nepal plane crash: Singapore's Transport Ministry to analyse black boxes

Singapore's Transport Ministry will analyse black boxes recovered from the crash site of Yeti Airlines flight 691 at the request of the investigation authorities in Nepal, officials said. The flight smashed into a gorge on its final approach to the newly opened Pokhara International Airport on January 15, killing all 72 people on board. It was the country's worst air crash in 30 years. The Transport Ministry's (MOT) Transport Safety Investigation Bureau (TSIB) will help retrieve and read the data from the plane's flight recorders, said an MOT spokesperson in a statement on Thursday. The analysis will be carried out at TSIB's flight recorder readout facility, which was set up in 2007. All investigation-related information, including the progress of investigations and the findings, will be handled by the Nepalese investigation authority, The Straits Times reported, quoting the spokesperson. Flight recorders, or black boxes, capture information about a flight such as instrument warni

Singapore will strongly support India's G20 priorities: Trade minister Gan

Singapore will strongly support India's G20 priorities in today's uncertain global landscape against the backdrop of the strained multilateral system, Trade and Industry Minister Gan Kim Yong has said. India assumed the Presidency of the G20 for one year from December 1, 2022, to 30 November 2023. We are confident that under its G20 leadership, India will put forth an agenda that is inclusive, ambitious, action-oriented and decisive. Singapore will lend our strong support to India's G20 priorities, he said at the 74 Republic Day reception hosted by the Indian High Commissioner here on Wednesday. This year India is playing a key role in shaping the global agenda as it assumed the presidency of G20, Gan said, adding that he was glad that such reception was being resumed after the pandemic and reflecting on the progress made in bilateral operations. The G20 or Group of 20 is an intergovernmental forum of the world's major developed and developing economies. It comprises Argentina, ..

PhonePe investors had to pay Rs 8,000 cr taxes to shift base to India: CEO

Sameer Nigam says move worked due to presence of long-term investors such as Walmart, Tencent and several balance sheet investors who can take a multi-decade view

Black box of crashed Nepal aircraft to be sent to Singapore for examination

Nepal will send to Singapore for examination the black box of Yeti Airlines that crashed in Pokhara, killing all 72 people, including five Indians, on board, a senior official said on Wednesday. Buddhi Sagar Lamichhane, who is a joint secretary at Nepal's Tourism Ministry and also a member of the probe committee of the air crash, said that three members of the investigation panel would be flying soon to hand over the black box to Singapore's Transport Safety Investigation Bureau. "Our team is heading towards Singapore in a couple of days carrying the black box," Lamichhane said, amid reports that the team would leave on Friday. Nepal decided to take the black box to Singapore as the two countries have a memorandum of understanding to assist in the field of aviation. The examination of the black box in Singapore is free of cost, Lamichhane was quoted as saying by The Kathmandu Post newspaper. The black box contains two types of recording devices - a flight data recorder (FDR) and a

Singapore tourism expects to bounce back to pre-Covid level by 2024

When the final numbers are in, tourism receipts (TR) are expected to reach between SGD 13.8 to 14.3 billion which is 50 to 52 per cent of the pre-pandemic level achieved in 2019

Singapore's Zilingo to enter liquidation after crisis at fashion start-up

Zilingo had been one of the highest-profile startups to emerge from Singapore

Singapore doesn't authorise transfer of arms to Myanmar: Foreign Ministry

Singapore does not authorise transfer of arms or "items with potential military application" to Myanmar, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said

India ranked second-largest market for Singapore tourism sector in 2022

India has been ranked the second-largest tourist market for Singapore in 2022 behind Indonesia, with 686,000 Indian arrivals, according to data provided by the country's tourism authority here on Tuesday. Tourists from Indonesia, India and Australia were among the top spenders in the first nine months of 2022 with a spending of 8.96 billion Singapore dollars (SGD), Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said. India was the second-largest tourist market for Singapore in 2022 with 686,000 Indian visitors. Indonesia was the largest tourist market with 1.1 million arrivals from the country. Malaysia with 591,000 tourists was in third place. Singapore's tourism receipts are estimated to reach SGD 13.8 billion to SGD 14.3 billion for 2022 - about 50 to 52 per cent of 2019 levels, said the STB. Final figures for tourism receipts will be available in the second quarter of 2023. The STB said the number of tourist visitors to Singapore reached 6.3 million in 2022, exceeding its forecast of between

After Singapore, Twitter likely to vacate India offices in Mumbai, Delhi

The process for vacating offices was initiated in December last year, according to reports citing sources

Flipkart Internet gets $90 million cash infusion from Singapore parent

The cash infusion is expected to help Flipkart in competing with US-based Amazon for leadership in the Indian e-marketplace

UPI, Singapore's PayNow integration anytime soon: Official at G20 meet

The Monetary Authority of Singapore on Monday said integration of India's Unified Payment Interface (UPI) and equivalent network in Singapore, known as PayNow, will begin anytime soon, which in turn will reduce the remittance cost by 10 per cent. There will be interoperability of the two digital payment networks, allowing seamless remittances between the two countries at a highly competitive rate. "Integration of UPI and Singapore's PayNow with India is ready and waiting for launch," Singapore central bank's chief fintech officer Sopnendu Mohanty said at the G20 meeting on financial inclusion at Kolkata. "As of now, remittance to India is at least 1 billion Singapore Dollars and India to Singapore will be 200-300 million Singapore Dollars," Mohanty said. Pramod Verma, chief architect of Aadhaar & India Stack said similar interoperability will also happen with Dubai and a few other countries soon. He said this integration will also help Indian tourists pay in Singapore using ...

Madras HC upholds Singapore arbitration award against Shriram Group firm

Court permits enforcement of award of about Rs 195 crore plus interest

Singapore's retail sales grew 6.2% year-on-year in November 2022

DOS of Singapore announced that the country's retail sales grew by 6.2 per cent year on year in November 2022, following the about 10.3 per cent year-on-year increase recorded in the previous month

Paid most of $1 bn tax for PhonePe shifting base to India, confirms Walmart

The company said last month it had completed the separation of PhonePe from Flipkart, adding that it would remain a majority stakeholder in both the companies

Singapore's GDP growth slows down to 3.8% in 2022 compared to 7.6% in 2021

In a breakdown, Singapore's manufacturing sector shrank by 3% year on year in the fourth quarter of 2022 and expanded by 2.6% in the whole year