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Singapore Election: PM Lee Hsein Loong wins again
The Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong has won the election and will continue as PM for another term. Highlights The ruling People’s Action Party of Singapore has won 83 of 93 contested parliamentary seats in general election. The People’s Action ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
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 ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Hetero’s injectable ‘Covifor’ gets DCGI approval for COVID-19 Treatment
For the treatment of COVID-19 positive cases, on 21st June 2020, Hyderabad based pharmaceutical company -Hetero Drugs has received approval from the Drug Controller General of India (a department under- CDSCO: Central Drugs Standard Control Organization) for manufacturing and marketing ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
NITI Aayog: “Arogya Setu” – Fastest App to reach 50 million downloads
On April 15, 2020 NITI Aayog announced that Arogya Setu became the first mobile application in the world to reach more than 50 million downloads in short span of time. Highlights The application was developed by a committee set up ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Singapore tops the Index of Economic Freedom
America-based Heritage Foundation released its Index of Economic Freedom last week. Singapore emerged as the top nation in the index and overtook Hong Kong as the world’s most independent and free economy. Singapore achieved this feat for the first time ..
World Cities Summit 2020 to be held in Singapore
‘World Cities Summit’ is a global biennial conference hosted by Singapore. This year, World Cities Summit (WCS) 2020 is scheduled to be held from July 5 to 9. The theme of this year’s summit as announced by the Singapore government ..
Coordination Committee of WIPO nominates Daren Tang for Director General post
The Coordination Committee of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has recently nominated Daren Tang from Singapore for the post of Director General. The WIPO General Assembly will confirm the Coordination Committee’s nomination. Tang is currently serving as the Chief ..
Singapore develops antibody test to identify COVID-19
The Singapore Ministry of Health announced that an antibody test has been developed by the country’s medical school and it has successfully identified two people, who were infected by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The currently used molecular test detects the viral ..
India improves to 72nd in Global Talent Competitiveness Index
In the recently released 2020 Global Talent Competitiveness Index, India has scaled up to eight places from the previous edition ranking to the 72nd rank. The list was topped by Switzerland, which emerged as the most talent-competitive nation of the ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
FDI Limit of Bharti Airtel now up to 100 Percent: DoT
Delhi based global telecommunication service provider, Bharti Airtel recently got approval from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to increase the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit up to 100% of the paid-up capital from the earlier limit of 49%. The company ..