Singapore current affairs

DBS partners with Maptrasco to complete the first eBL transaction

DBS partners with Maptrasco to complete the first eBL transaction: DBS, in partnership with commodities trader Maptrasco, announced the completion of the first “live” transaction of electronic Bills of Lading (eBL) for shipments between Singapore and India. Daily Current Affairs Quiz: August 2023 With this first shipment, businesses across Singapore and India can participate in the TradeTrust network via […]

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Seah Kian Peng becomes the new Speaker of the Singapore Parliament

Seah Kian Peng becomes the new Speaker of the Singapore Parliament: On August 2nd, 2023, Seah Kian Peng was sworn in as the New Speaker of Parliament following the recent resignation of Tan Chuan-Jin(former Singaporean Speaker) who was accused of some wrongdoing Assessment. Mr Seah becomes the country’s 11th Speaker in the wake of his predecessor Tan Chuan-Jin stepping down

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Singapore’s passport becomes the most powerful in the world

Singapore’s passport becomes the most powerful in the world: According to the Henley Passport Index 2023, published by Henley & Partners, Singapore becomes the world’s most powerful passport with visa-free access to 192 travel destinations out of 227 around the world. Daily Current Affairs Quiz: July 2023 While India ranked 80th with visa-free entry to 57

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Singapore Passport Tops Henley Passport Index 2023 as World’s Most Powerful

Singapore Passport Tops Henley Passport Index 2023 as World’s Most Powerful: Singapore now has the world’s most powerful passport, according to the Henley Passport Index, enabling visa-free entry to 192 of 227 worldwide travel destinations. Three European countries, namely Germany, Italy, and Spain, have moved up one rank to share the second position, with visa-free

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Singapore declared Padang as 75th national monument of the country

Singapore has declared its 200-year-old iconic green open space Padang as its 75th national monument as the country celebrates its 57th National Day (9th August). From this site, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose had given his ‘Delhi Chalo’ slogan in 1943. From now, the Padang has been preserved and accorded the highest level of protection in Singapore under the Preservation of Monuments Act.

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Singapore’s T Raja Kumar appointed as next President of FATF

Singapore’s T Raja Kumar has been appointed as the president of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global money laundering and terrorism financing watchdog. He will assume office with effect from July 01, 2022. for a fixed period of two-year term. Mr. Kumar will replace Dr. Marcus Pleyer of Germany. T. Raja Kumar is the current Head

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Mirabai Chanu wins gold at Singapore Weightlifting International to qualify for Commonwealth Games

Star Indian lifter Mirabai Chanu qualified for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the 55kg weight category on Friday by clinching the gold in the Singapore Weightlifting International here. Competing in the 55kg weight class for the first time, Chanu lifted 191kg (86kg+105kg) to stand on top of the podium in an uncompetitive field. With this

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India and Singapore to link their Fast Payment Systems – Unified Payments Interface and PayNow

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Tuesday announced a project to link their respective fast payment systems — Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and PayNow — to facilitate instant, low-cost, cross-border fund transfer. The linkage will enable users of each of the two fast payment systems to make

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Singapore Tops Asia In Dell Global Women Entrepreneur Cities Index 2019

Singapore Tops Asia In Dell Global Women Entrepreneur Cities Index 2019. It is at 21st is number one amongst Asian cities. North America has the greatest number of cities in the year’s top 10, with a total of seven, followed by Europe, which had three. Cities in Latin America and the Middle East didn’t make

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