President Halimah Yacob dissolves Parliament, 2020 Singapore General Election will be held on 10th July

In the midst of a global pandemic, the Elections Department of Singapore had announced on 23rd June 2020 that the 2020 General Election will be held on the 10th of July 2020. This announcement came after President of Singapore, Halimah Yacob had dissolved the ongoing 13th Parliament of Singapore earlier on the same day. The ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020

Category: International Current Affairs

Topics: COVID-19 • Halimah Yacob • Lee Hsien Loong • President of Singapore • Prime Minister of Singapore • Singapore

India, Singapore sign three agreements

India and Singapore have signed three agreements (MoUs) in the fields of skill development and IPR to boost bilateral relations between them. These agreements were signed in New Delhi during Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s official state visit to India. Signed MoUs are MoU in the field of Industrial Property Cooperation: It was signed ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016

Topics: CECA • India-Singapore • IPR • Lee Hsien Loong • Narendra Modi • Skill Development • Terrorism • Trade

General Elections in Singapore 2015

On 11 September, General Elections were held on Singapore for election of members of parliament (Parlimen Singapura). This was first time when all seats in Singapore were contested. The People’s Action Party (PAP) emerged winner with a win over 82 seats. It is interesting to note that every five years, there is an election in ..

Topics: Lee Hsien Loong • Lee Kuan Yew • Singapore • Singaporean general election

2015 Singapore General Elections: PAP returns to power

In recently concluded 2015 Singapore General Elections, People’s Action Party (PAP) led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has emerged victorious. PAP returned to power after scoring a landslide victory by winning an absolute majority of 83 seats in the 89 member Parliament. The opposition Workers’ Party won 6 seats. In this general election, PAP ..

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2015

Topics: Current Affairs 2016 • Elections • Lee Hsien Loong • Singapore

India and Singapore extend military training pact

India and Singapore inked 3 major pacts including one on continuing the military training that Indian armed forces extend to their Singaporean counterparts. These agreements coincide with the state visit of Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong to India. India is already imparting training to the Singaporean air force personnel at the Kalaikunda air base in ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2012

Topics: Administrative territorial entities • Countries • Lee Hsien Loong • Singapore • Tertiary education • Vocational education • World