On his arrival, PM Modi was accorded a ceremonial welcome. PM Modi thanked Crown Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah for welcoming him at the airport. PM Modi, also visited Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque in Bandar Seri Begawan, as a part of his historic visit to the nation.
Jaishankar asserted that it was time to move to the next level of India-Singapore ties in the wake of the changing realities of geopolitics. His remarks came ahead of PM Modi's visit to Singapore on Wednesday, ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Strategic Partnership between the two nations.
PM Modi will become the first Indian leader to embark on a bilateral visit to Brunei on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of India-Brunei ties. He will follow up with a visit to Singapore on September 4 to deepen trade and defence relations.
This will be the first bilateral visit of an Indian prime minister to Brunei, Secretary East said at a special media briefing. The visit will also mark 40 years of the establishment of diplomatic ties between India and Brunei, he said.
India and Brunei are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the establishment of their diplomatic relations. The visit comes after Modi embarked on a historic trip to Ukraine, becoming the first Indian PM to arrive in the country after diplomatic relations were established in 1992.
Describing the ministers-only meeting as "productive," Balakrishnan noted that it paves the way for an upcoming official visit to Singapore by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which is expected to happen soon.
The four ministers are in Singapore for the second India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable (ISMR), scheduled for Monday. They will discuss bilateral cooperation and share perspectives on mutual interests.
Upset that he was fired, an employee hacked into his former company’s computer systems and deleted 180 virtual servers, costing them about S$918,000. Now, the court has sentenced him two years of jail.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused China of helping Russia to disrupt an upcoming Swiss-organized peace conference on the war in Ukraine.
Preliminary findings released on Wednesday of an investigation into a Singapore Airlines flight hit by severe turbulence last week showed that a rapid change in gravitational force and a 54-metre altitude drop caused injuries.
The Singapore Airlines flight was cruising at an altitude of 37,000 feet. Just after 0800 GMT, the Boeing 777 suddenly and sharply pitched down to 31,000 feet over the span of some three minutes, the data shows.
On November 16, 2022, the boy was in the care of the woman when she repeatedly stabbed him in the head with a pen. The chargesheet against the accused showed that she was an Indian national and a permanent resident of Singapore.
Former pilot Marco Chan said the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ICZ) is feared by many pilots due to an abundance of thunderstorms in that area. The massive turbulence that struck the Singapore Airlines flight on Tuesday left one person dead and 30 others injured.
A London-bound Singapore Airlines flight was hit by a 'sudden extreme turbulence' on Tuesday, causing the death of a 73-year-old British man while 30 others were injured. The Boeing 777 flight from London’s Heathrow Airport to Singapore had 211 passengers and 18 crew members aboard.
An elderly British man died and more than two dozen passengers were injured when a Singapore Airlines flight from London was struck by severe turbulence and plunged 6,000 feet in the span of some a few minutes Tuesday over the Indian Ocean.
Singapore Airlines says a person has died aboard and others were injured when a London-Singapore flight encountered severe turbulence. The airline said the aircraft was a Boeing 777-300ER with a total of 211 passengers and 18 crew on board.
Fact Check: A viral video on social media claims it shows Swati Maliwal being assaulted inside the Chief Minister’s residence by Arvind Kejriwal’s personal assistant.
Singapore's health minister Ong Ye Kung said that over 25,900 cases were recorded between May 5 and May 11, more than 13,700 detected the previous week. He advised people to start wearing masks again and those at greater risk of disease to get vaccinated.
Wong is a US-trained economist and a former civil servant who is widely popular for his social media posts playing guitar to popular songs. He will succeed Lee Hsien Loong, who was PM for two decades, and is only the second leader to not be a member of the founding Lee Family.
The accused Krishnan abuse intensified at the start of 2019 after Mallika confessed to cheating while they were drinking alcohol. She admitted to having sexual relations with several men, including when he was in jail in 2018.
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