Singapore Current Affairs, GK & News
UP to export ‘Kala Namak Rice’ to Singapore
The state of Uttar Pradesh is all set to export a consignment of 20 tonnes of Kala Namak rice to Singapore. This move is a major boost to the farm exports from the state. Highlights Consignment of 20 tonnes will be sent to Singapore from Siddharth Nagar. Rice is being packaged in glass jars which ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs • International Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: Buddha ka Mahaprasad • Buddha Rice • Kala namak rice • One District One Product (ODOP) • rice export • Rice Production in India • Singapore
UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement
The United Kingdom and Vietnam recently signed an agreement on trade. The agreement is to eliminate 99% of tariffs within seven years. Highlights With the elimination of 99% of tariff, Vietnam is to benefit from tariff savings of 114 million pounds, that is 151 million USD on its exports and British will benefit 36 million ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: bilateral agreement • Brexit • European Union (EU) • Free trade agreements • free trade deal • Japan • Singapore • UK • UK-Vietnam • Vietnam
Global Smart City Index: Indian cities slip; Singapore tops
On September 17, 2020, the Institute for Management Development along with Singapore University released the Smart City index for the year 2020. The report says that the Indian cities declined in their technological updates. Key highlights According to the report Indian cities slipped in their rankings. Hyderabad was at 85th position. The city was at ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Air pollution • Bengaluru • COVID 19 pandemic • COVID-19 • Singapore • Smart city • smart city index
Global Economic Freedom Index, 2020
Recently, an annual report on The Economic Freedom of the World, 2020 has been released in India which was prepared by Canada’s Fraser Institute together with a New Delhi-based think tank Centre For Civil Society. Highlights of the report The report is based on the 2018 data. Hongkong and Singapore have topped the index, which ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: China • Economic freedom • Global Economic Freedom Index • global economic freedom index 2020 • hongkong • Singapore
Indian-Origin Nurse Conferred with President’s Award in Singapore
An Indian-origin nurse in Singapore, Kala Narayanasamy was chosen for the President’s Award for nurses given to the medical professionals for serving on the frontline during the COVID 19 pandemic. As per the details released by the Health Ministry of Singapore, Narayanasamy was one of the five nurses to be honoured with this award. Each ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Kala Narayanasamy • Nurse • President's Award • Singapore • Woodlands Health Campus • Yishun Community Hospital