To boost its technological capabilities and regain the title of the best airline, national carrier Singapore Airlines has partnered with four Singapore-based organisations including A*STAR, NUS, EDB and CAAS.
“Singapore is the bridge between India and ASEAN, and our gateway to the broader East,” asserted HE Jawed Ashraf, High Commissioner of India, Singapore while welcoming delegates at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) which started in Singapore today.
Under the theme of ‘Ancient Route, New Journey: Diaspora in the Dynamic ASEAN-India Partnership’, The ASEAN-India Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) aims to highlight the ancient links between India and South East Asia and promote greater economic, cultural and diplomatic cooperation.
Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean will join India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for the two-day ASEAN-India Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) event to be held in the city next month on January 6-7.
The Indian diaspora in Singapore has notable representatives in politics, education, diplomacy and the law. They have made a mark as leaders in various fields at Pravasi Bharatiya Divas.
Chief Minister of the Indian State of Andhra Pradesh Chandrababu Naidu has decided to invite Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to lay foundation stones for the construction of the new state capital Amravati in the last week of January next year.
Local designers of Singapore can showcase their novel designs and talent as new brand Design Orchard is coming up soon. Minister for Trade and Industry (Industry) S Iswaran unveiled the name and logo at the groundbreaking ceremony today.
Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong has hoped that economic growth of the country is expected to be at the upper end of the 2 to 3 per cent range this year. He was addressing over 250 Singaporeans during a reception held in his honour at the Singaporean embassy in Washington on Sunday.
“The Malayalees are a small but significant part of the Singapore Indian community,” asserted Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong while speaking on the occasion of 100th anniversary of the Singapore Malayalee Association.
Chief Minister (CM) of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis will be leading a delegation comprising senior officials of the state government to the island nation for a visit tomorrow.
