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  • Singapore snatches back ‘Best Airport’ crown from Qatar March 16, 2023 08:53 AM IST

    Singapore snatches back ‘Best Airport’ crown from Qatar

    The Asian hub edged Doha’s Hamad International Airport into second place, with Tokyo’s Haneda Airport bagging third, in the Skytrax World Airport Awards 2023. The US was conspicuous by its absence in the top 10.

  • Long way to go for India to benchmark itself with Singapore, Hong Kong: USISPF chief Mukesh Aghi March 15, 2023 10:37 AM IST

    Long way to go for India to benchmark itself with Singapore, Hong Kong: USISPF chief Mukesh Aghi

    Mukesh Aghi, the president of the US India Strategic and Partnership Forum (USISPF), said the India-US relationship is strong and is growing positively in every aspect.

  • Coinbase opens local bank transfers for Singapore users at no cost March 15, 2023 06:22 AM IST

    Coinbase opens local bank transfers for Singapore users at no cost

    Transfers, in Singapore dollars, are facilitated by a traditional bank, Standard Chartered, and carry no fee, the company said in a statement. Previously, users could only purchase crypto via a Visa or Mastercard debit or credit card, or transfer crypto in and out of their Coinbase account.

  • Singapore hikes permanent residence threshold for Ultra-Rich March 02, 2023 12:30 PM IST

    Singapore hikes permanent residence threshold for Ultra-Rich

    Applicants will need at least S$10 million ($7.4 million) in a business or S$25 million in an approved fund, the Singapore Economic Development Board said in a statement Thursday.

  • Binance to revive bid for Singapore crypto permit March 02, 2023 12:15 PM IST

    Binance to revive bid for Singapore crypto permit

    Binance did not immediately respond to a Reuters email seeking comment.

  • Super rich of Indian origin are top clients at new Singapore wealth firm March 02, 2023 07:55 AM IST

    Super rich of Indian origin are top clients at new Singapore wealth firm

    The firm was founded in October by former Bank of Singapore market head for Global South Asia and the Middle East Hemant Tucker, Maitri Asset Management’s ex-Chief Executive Officer Manish Tibrewal and three others.

  • MC Explainer | The expanding use cases of UPI March 02, 2023 06:02 PM IST

    MC Explainer | The expanding use cases of UPI

    Innovation within UPI vis-à-vis GST, interoperability with the central bank digital currency, income tax breaks and cashbacks for digital payments are some other proposals that could give UPI a big push.

  • Hong Kong, Singapore show diverging post-COVID economic paths February 23, 2023 10:41 AM IST

    Hong Kong, Singapore show diverging post-COVID economic paths

    Hong Kong mimicked the mainland’s isolationist zero-infection policy and lost business and talent to Singapore, its main competitor in the region​

  • MC Explains: Who stands to benefit from India's UPI and Singapore's PayNow linkage February 21, 2023 08:06 PM IST

    MC Explains: Who stands to benefit from India's UPI and Singapore's PayNow linkage

    The biggest gainers from this will be migrant workers, students, travelers, and businesses, especially the small and medium enterprises trading from Singapore.

  • MC Interview | Malaysia Airlines expects fares to remain strong for the next six months February 14, 2023 02:22 PM IST

    MC Interview | Malaysia Airlines expects fares to remain strong for the next six months

    The group plans to focus on three profit centres: airlines, aviation services, loyalty programme and travel services.

  • Long Weekend | 36 Hours in Singapore:  The Lion City that keeps reinventing February 12, 2023 10:16 PM IST

    Long Weekend | 36 Hours in Singapore: The Lion City that keeps reinventing

    From transit stops, to short business trips to the F1 weekend to relaxed holidays, whatever reason may take you to Singapore, the island nation has myriad experiences to offer to anyone and everyone.

  • EY engineer takes mother to Singapore on her first foreign trip: 'Second woman from her village' February 09, 2023 08:19 AM IST

    EY engineer takes mother to Singapore on her first foreign trip: 'Second woman from her village'

    The EY executive said that his mother had spent her entire life in the village and had never even seen an airplane closely before the trip.

  • Singapore chamber says pro-SME budget offers opportunities in India February 03, 2023 09:54 AM IST

    Singapore chamber says pro-SME budget offers opportunities in India

    Budget 2023: 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.

  • Man sues woman for $3 million because she wanted to be ‘just friends’ February 01, 2023 05:27 PM IST

    Man sues woman for $3 million because she wanted to be ‘just friends’

    Furious at being ‘friend-zoned’, a man in Singapore has sued his love interest for not reciprocating his feelings.

  • India among top 5 passenger markets for Singapore's Changi Airport January 31, 2023 01:19 PM IST

    India among top 5 passenger markets for Singapore's Changi Airport

    Australia topped the airport's passenger market, followed by Malaysia, Indonesia, India and Thailand, a press release by the Changi Airport Group (CAG) on Tuesday said.

  • Nepal plane crash: Singapore to analyse black boxes January 27, 2023 07:50 AM IST

    Nepal plane crash: Singapore to analyse black boxes

    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.

  • Singapore will strongly support India's G20 priorities, says trade minister Gan Kim Yong January 26, 2023 10:52 AM IST

    Singapore will strongly support India's G20 priorities, says trade minister Gan Kim Yong

    India assumed the Presidency of the G20 for one year from December 1, 2022, to 30 November 2023.

  • Now, Amritsar-Singapore flight takes off without taking more than 30 passengers January 19, 2023 01:01 PM IST

    Now, Amritsar-Singapore flight takes off without taking more than 30 passengers

    The Scoot airline flight was originally scheduled to take off at 7:55 pm on Wednesday. It, however, flew out of the airport at 4 pm, they said, adding all the passengers were communicated about the change departure time well in advance through email by their booking agents.

  • Vistara Mumbai flight returns to Singapore due to engine snag January 18, 2023 05:56 PM IST

    Vistara Mumbai flight returns to Singapore due to engine snag

    "As a precautionary step, the pilots decided to turn back and landed the aircraft safely at Changi Airport," The Straits Times newspaper quoted a Vistara spokesman as saying.

  • Singapore exploring collaboration opportunities with India on digital public infrastructure: Official January 17, 2023 01:13 PM IST

    Singapore exploring collaboration opportunities with India on digital public infrastructure: Official

    India's Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal had earlier said ONDC can transform the e-commerce sector in India and abroad like the Unified Payments Interface (UPI).

  • Check where India ranks for Singapore tourism sector in 2022 January 17, 2023 12:09 PM IST

    Check where India ranks for Singapore tourism sector in 2022

    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.

  • Twitter staff in Singapore told to clear desks, work from home: report January 12, 2023 12:21 PM IST

    Twitter staff in Singapore told to clear desks, work from home: report

    Elon Musk had earlier scrapped a work-from-home policy for Twitter employees and imposed long hours, asking workers to return to offices immediately.

  • UPI, Singapore's PayNow integration soon: official at G20 meet January 09, 2023 04:40 PM IST

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

    There will be interoperability of the two digital payment networks, allowing seamless remittances between the two countries at a highly competitive rate.

  • Tesla offers discount in Singapore on EVs in inventory January 09, 2023 12:41 PM IST

    Tesla offers discount in Singapore on EVs in inventory

    Tesla is offering a discount of $5,000 for electric vehicle purchasers who trade in an existing internal combustion vehicle and another $5,000 credit against the cost of the certificate to operate a car in Singapore.

  • Odisha to operate flight services to Dubai, Singapore, Bangkok December 28, 2022 09:06 AM IST

    Odisha to operate flight services to Dubai, Singapore, Bangkok

    The cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday also approved a proposal to give land to BSNL for mobile towers to provide 4G connectivity to 1,792 villages.