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World coronavirus dispatch: Now, UK shadows Italy as worst hit in Europe

From companies looking to Southeast Asia for manufacturing, to doctors needing ways to share data - read these and more in today's world dispatch

Singapore to ease some coronavirus restrictions over next few weeks

Selected activities such as home-based businesses, laundry services and barbers will be allowed to operate from May 12.

World coronavirus dispatch: Will Covid-19 end up becoming a seasonal flu?

From more and more companies scrapping their financial outlooks, to the success of Australia, New Zealand and Germany in stopping the spread of the virus - read these and more in today's digest

Covid-19: Singapore's legandary oil trader in debt trap as oil price plunge

On April 17, Hin Leong Trading filed an application to the Singapore High Court for a debt moratorium (bankruptcy protection) as it seeks to restructure debts of almost $4 billion

Singapore ramps up rooftop farming plans as Covid-19 upends supply chains

The densely populated city-state produces only about 10% of its food needs but has plans to increase that as climate change and population growth threaten global food supplies

With $100-bn, Singapore is planning for the worst of climate change

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has called climate change a matter of 'life and death,' an existential threat to the country as important as national defense

Coronavirus outbreak: Shopping coupons to meal, freebies to woo tourists

Tourism in East and Southeast Asia has suffered a jolt following the spread of the virus

Coronavirus outbreak delays job offers in Asia's biggest financial hubs

Recruiting has become less of a priority as firms including DBS Group Holdings Ltd. have highlighted the revenue impact of worsening business conditions.

Hunt on for 'patient zero' who spread coronavirus globally from Singapore

Experts say finding this so-called 'patient zero' is critical for tracing all those potentially exposed to infection and containing the outbreak, but as time passes, the harder it becomes

Authority an illusion, India needs better Opposition, says Abhijit Banerjee

He advocated that the people living in abysmal poverty should be encouraged by giving them assets and freebies.

Singapore overhauls fund regime to bolster industry, attract offshore funds

Country likely to edge out Mauritius as a favoured destination for offshore funds

Singapore tourist arrivals reach new highs in Q3, 22% visitors from China

About five million travellers came to the island between July and September

Facebook corrects user's post after Singapore invokes fake news law

The correction notice was embedded at the bottom of the original post without any alterations to the text, but it could not be seen by other users inside and outside the country

India, Singapore agree to conduct trilateral maritime exercise annually

India and Singapore have a robust defence cooperation

Hope that issues with India are resolved so it can join RCEP: Singapore Min

India remains concerned that the China-dominated RCEP would be disadvantageous to its farmers and MSMEs.

Experts suggest Singapore GST model to ensure ease of compliance in India

Citing the Singapore model, experts have suggested the introduction of new user-friendly measures to ensure ease of Goods and Services Tax (GST) compliance in India. The grievance redressal mechanism under the Singapore GST is very refined unlike Indian GST where the help lines are mostly of no help and advance ruling authorities are heavily revenue biased, failing to achieve the purpose with which they were formed, said Sandeep Chilana, managing partner, Chilana & Chilana law offices. Ease of compliance is the foremost thing India needs to learn and adopt from implementation of value added tax or Goods and Services Tax in developed jurisdictions, including Singapore, he said. While India is shortly moving to a single form regime, the information required to be filed is still extensive. The other important aspect is clarity in law. Despite two years having passed, there are still many grey areas such as inter-office services which require immediate attention, Chilana ...

GoAir to expand flight network, connect Singapore with Bengaluru, Kolkata

Singapore will be the airline's eighth overseas destinations, while Aizwal the 25 domestic one, GoAir said in a release.

Soon flying taxis to arrive in Singapore to test cleaner, quieter sky ride

Citi expects designers to keep tweaking the technology and working with regulators so they can start to offer regular air taxi services from 2025

Singapore eyes million visitor arrival from India for fourth year in a row

Singapore is looking at continuing the four year trend of having over a million visitor arrivals from India in the current year as it undertakes a number of measures to hard sell the country as a preferred destination. India is currently the third largest source market for visitor arrivals to Singapore, a senior tourism board official said. "It has been a soft year for Indian arrivals to Singapore. But the Singapore Tourism Board is working with airlines, travel agents and trade partners to finish the year on more than one million visitor arrivals again in 2019," Singapore Tourism Board's India, Middle East & South Asia Regional Director G B Srithar told PTI. In 2018, for the fourth year in a row, India contributed more than a million visitor arrivals to Singapore, he added. "India is also the number one source market for cruise tourism for Singapore. 1.6 lakh cruise travellers from India visited Singapore in 2018," Srithar said. When asked about the factors which make Singapore a

Why are 65-year-olds learning how to program software in aging Singapore?

In Singapore, where productivity is falling as the labor force gets older, workers are being encouraged to adopt new skills for a digital world