Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Singapore starting on September 4 is expected to give “a big thrust” to Singapore-India cooperation in the semiconductor industry. The Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Secretary East Jaideep Mazumdar said this at a media briefing on September 2. “Singapore is very well plugged into the global […]
Cars will go where planes only fly. People will be able to drive all the way from the bustling eastern Indian city of Kolkata to Bangkok. Tourists and businessmen may still prefer the quick two-and-a-half-hour direct flight between the two cities. But intrepid travellers In quest of adventure may opt for the 2,800 km road […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a public health emergency of international concern following an upsurge of mpox, also called monkeypox, in Africa. More than 17,000 cases have been reported and over 500 lives lost in 13 African countries since the beginning of the year — and now one case has been reported in […]
US Vice President and presidential candidate Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance at the Democratic National Convention on Monday (August 19) night, coming onstage to roaring applause and a rousing Beyoncé song. But why just the song and not the singer? The buzz had been building for days for a Beyonce moment at the convention […]
Google started in the garage of her Silicon Valley home. Susan Wojcicki developed Google’s advertising business, transformed YouTube into an internet giant, helped bloggers and content creators monetize their work, and earned a fortune. She was estimated to be worth $765 million in 2022. Yet the 56-year-old, who died on August 9 after a two-year […]
Bangladesh’s interim administration has its work cut out. The Nobel Prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus (second from left in photo), who was appointed chief adviser to the government, hailed the fall of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina as the “second liberation” of Bangladesh. But the country continues to be plagued by the same violence that led […]
She came, she swam, she eclipsed all. The 27-year-old American swimmer Katie Ledecky will be…
US Vice President Kamala Harris is more sympathetic to Palestinians than President Joe Biden. She backs Ukraine like him and is likely to follow his China policy but is speaking out against the war in Gaza. She pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday (July 25) to come to a Gaza ceasefire deal that […]
US President Joe Biden spoke candidly and feelingly on Wednesday (July 24) night in his first address to the nation after bowing out of the White House race. He said he deserved a second term but was passing the torch to a new generation to unite the country, acknowledging the divisions in his own party […]
