Singapore has decided to put in stricter measures in place to check the spread of COVID-19 following an increase in the number of locally transmitted cases and unlinked community cases.
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In Pics: Global relief efforts to help India wage its battle against COVID-19
As India battles a massive surge of the coronavirus pandemic that has ravaged the country, it has continuously received help from across the globe.
DBS announces COVID-19 relief efforts to help India worth INR 10 crore
DBS has tied up with the Singapore High Commission in India and the High Commission of India based in Singapore to import three cryogenic oxygen tanks with a capacity of 20,000 litres each.
Jewel Changi Airport, Terminals 1 and 3 closed to public as COVID testing continues
Changi Airport Group (CAG) announced that terminal two and Jewel will re-open premises 14 days later, on May 27.
Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong condemns racist attack on Indian-origin woman in Singapore
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong condemned the alleged racist attack on a local woman of Indian descent after reports emerged that she was kicked and abused for not wearing a mask, in a case that is being investigated by police.
German pharma firm BioNTech to build COVID-19 facility in Singapore by 2023: Reports
German vaccine developer BioNTech SE announced plans to build its Southeast Asia headquarters and first Asia-Pacific hub in Singapore, giving a boost to supply of its mRNA COVID vaccine.
GSF, a Singapore-based education foundation, sends 500 oxygen concentrators to India
Singapore-based Global Schools Foundation (GSF) has dispatched more than 500 oxygen concentrators to India, according to media reports.
Exclusive: TiE-tans raise a whopping SGD 2.5 million: Mega fundraiser yet to come
In a sterling COVID relief effort, The Indus Entrepreneurs’ (TiE) Singapore chapter has raised almost SGD 2.5 million (USD 1.8 million) ahead of the planned virtual fundraiser tomorrow. Reaching the figure in under three days time.
US V-P Kamala Harris to deliver message of solidarity with India in special address
United States’ Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver a message of solidarity with the people of India today, as the US partners with the country to save lives and hasten the end of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the State Department.
TiE Singapore ropes in big guns Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Kapoor to raise USD 1 mn in a virtual fundraiser
As a prime example of the growing global COVID relief efforts spearheaded by Indians abroad, the Singapore chapter of global entrepreneur and investor foundation The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) announced it has joined hands with nonprofit organisation GiveIndia to host ‘I Breathe For India’
