The polls will be a referendum on PM Lee Hsien Loong’s handling of the Covid crisis. A big spike in cases might require fresh restrictions that will hurt the economy.
Daily waste collected from domestic, trade premises like apartments and shophouses was 3% higher over the eight-week circuit breaker period compared with March.
Singapore reported an average of 165 cases a day in the week through 13 June, a record which authorities said may herald the largest dengue outbreak in its history.
Addressing the issue of a social crisis brought on by the disease, Singapore wants to ensure people can progress through jobs, education and skills training.
While Singapore and Hong Kong are easing restrictions to help seafarers get home, most crews remain stranded, increasing risk of mental and physical fatigue.
The move comes as Covid cases in Singapore's heavily-impacted foreign worker dormitories have dropped and community infection rates have remained stable.
On 18 February 1956, 'Rajkumari' Amrit Kaur, India's first health minister, moved the Bill in Lok Sabha for the establishment of AIIMS in Delhi. She wanted it to have the powers and functions of a university because it will 'probably make revolutionary changes in curriculum as well as in modes of teaching'.
Move to bring down differences in commodity prices with neighbouring states, says government. Oppn, dealers blame it on welfare, Congress's guarantees.
Occasional lovers’ tiffs have marked history of RSS-BJP relations. To think that Nagpur will bring about any change in leadership is a misreading of both its intent and its power.
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