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Lawrence Wong says SG didn’t close border with India due to need for migrant workers, but traveller stats shows otherwise

At a press briefing on Tuesday (4 May), Minister Lawrence Wong told…

Temasek invests US$120m in Indian startup which wants to make India teaching capital of world

Last week (26 Apr), news emerged that Singapore’s Temasek Holdings has invested…

ICA puts officer to work in front line processing arrival clearance despite he can’t be vaccinated

On Sunday (2 May), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said that one…

DBS in “advanced” talk with Citibank to acquire Citi’s consumer banking business in India

It was reported in the Indian media on Sun (25 Apr) that…

17 out of 25 imported cases linked to India on 2 May; no pre-departure test needed for SC/PR

In the last one week (26 April – 2 May), Singapore recorded…

Singapore ranks 4th out of 28 in world with most number of B1617 Indian variant cases

According to the latest information on GISAID website today (3 May), the…

India under-reporting COVID-19 new cases and deaths as it hits record daily case increase

CNN reported this week (28 Apr) that India has been under counting…

HK bans flights from Nepal to stop possible import of COVID while SG continues to admit travellers using Nepal as transit

Hong Kong announced yesterday (29 Apr) that it will ban all passenger…

ICA officer infects 7 family members with COVID-19; No pre-departure test needed for SC/PR

The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced today (29 Apr) that 7 family…

Western Australia Premier: Accuracy of India’s COVID-19 testing methods cannot be trusted

On Tue (27 Apr), Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan angrily hit out…