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India eyes energy transition tie-ups with Singapore, Southeast Asia
India is exploring opportunities to accelerate the regional energy transition while ensuring energy security across Southeast Asia, starting with Singapore, where several alternative energy projects are already in progress, a senior Indian...
singapore PM Wong meets leaders of Brazil, South Africa and European Council at Asean Summit sidelines
KUALA LUMPUR – Prime Minister Lawrence Wong met the leaders of Brazil, South Africa and the European Council on the sidelines of the 47th Asean Summit in Kuala Lumpur on Oct 26. In a post on social media platform X, PM Wong said he was happy to...
The Doctor Who Left Singapore to Build Emergency Care on the Thai-Myanmar Border
In July and August 2025, a group of final-year undergraduates from Nanyang Technological University’s Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information reported from a town called Mae Sot at the Myanmar-Thailand border. Six decades of civil war...
Arrow Electronics Supports EMASS in Driving Ultra-Low-Power Edge AI Technology with ECS-DoT SoC
SINGAPORE - Media OutReach Newswire - 29 October 2025 - Arrow Electronics and EMASS - a global provider of technology solutions, and an edge-AI-focused-semiconductor developer, respectively - have announced a collaboration to accelerate the...
World Associated Press Singapore faces pressure to reveal carbon tax concessions to oil giants
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AP) — Carbon tax concessions granted to global oil giants may undermine incentives to shift to cleaner energy, environmentalists fear. So conservation groups in Singapore are seeking more transparency over what discounts the...
Humanoid robots in hotels: Keenon leads first general-purpose and special-purpose collaboration model
Keenon deploys its XMAN-R1 humanoid robot at Shangri-La Traders Hotel, Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, advancing a global benchmark for collaborative humanoid and special-purpose hotel robotics operations. Humanoid robots in hotels are accelerating...
US, South Korea to sign tech pact
President Donald Trump's administration is slated to sign a deal with South Korea aimed at bolstering cooperation in artificial intelligence, quantum computing and data speeds, according to a U.S. official -- part of a bid to maintain a...
BYD leads car sales in Singapore with over 7,000 registrations so far this year
BYD, the top-selling car brand in Singapore, registered 7,473 cars here in the first nine months of 2025, extending its lead over Toyota. The Chinese electric car brand trumped the Japanese carmaker’s registrations by 2,027 units between January...
India eyes renewable power exports to Singapore in push for regional green energy grid
"To start with, the link could have a capacity of about 2,000 MW," Prasad noted.India is exploring opportunities to accelerate the regional energy transition while ensuring energy security across Southeast Asia, starting with Singapore, where...
Singapore: ASEAN Strengthens Digital Integration and Innovation
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong expressed satisfaction with the progress achieved at the 26th ASEAN Economic Community Council (AECC) Meeting, ahead of the ASEAN Summit scheduled later this week. He noted...
IntelWave Launches Custom-Trained AI Chatbot for Singapore SMEs, Cutting CX Work by 4-6 Hours Daily
Secure, company-data-grounded AI assistant handles FAQs, bookings, and lead capture; early adopter Linkflow Capital reports ~40 hours saved per month and ~80% of routine responses automated. From FAQs to appointments and lead gen, IntelWave turns...
What Canada Can Do To Revive India Relationship
For Canada, important steps towards containing domestic elements that fuel pro-Khalistan sentiments can go a long way in signalling trust positively with regard to security and sovereignty, point out Harsh V Pant and Vivek Mishra. IMAGE: Prime...
FBR cell flags 'tax dodgers' living lavishly to HQ, RTOs for action
Aventador and Phantom headline the luxury vehicle list. Lahore-based travel influencer logs over 25 foreign trips. Influencer upgrades from Civic to a Land Cruiser V8. ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) Lifestyle Monitoring Cell has...
Business News | Ready Server Launches VPS Hosting Service to Empower Growth of Businesses in Singapore
PRNewswire Singapore, October 29: Ready Server, a server hosting service provider from Singapore, has introduced a new Virtual Private Server (VPS) service aimed at tackling the prohibitive costs and complexity often faced by growing enterprises....
Morning Bid: Fed, Big Tech and Trump pageantry rule the day
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee It’s a busy day for markets with a key policy decision from the Federal Reserve and a host of earnings in Europe and from Wall Street’s tech giants, with much riding on the latter...
Jane Fraser: «Globalization Isn’t Vanishing; It’s Changing»
During a speech at the recent APEC 2025 CEO Summit in South Korea, Citi chief executive Jane Fraser spoke about global trade and her confidence in continued collaboration between the US and Asia. Citi’s chief executive officer Jane Fraser...
Government as a markets creator
Yusuf Mansur Jordan faces a dual dilemma that is centered on the slowdown in real growth (between 2 per cent and 3 per cent) and the rise in public debt to levels exceeding GDP. This means that any growth below the interest rate on the debt is...
Inside HKIA’s Fast Travel deployment: how incremental improvements are enhancing passenger interaction and technology integration
Share on LinkedInLinkedIn Share on TwitterTwitter Share on FacebookFacebook Share on RedditReddit Share on FlipboardFlipboard Share on TumblrTumblr Share via EmailGmail Share on WhatsAppWhatsApp Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) is at the...
National University of Singapore launches new healthcare Master’s degree to address Asia's growing needs
The healthcare sector across Asia is transforming rapidly, creating demand for professionals with specialised knowledge. The National University of Singapore offers two Master’s programmes for healthcare professionals: the flagship Master of...