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Coronavirus has made our cities less appealing. But moving out is easier said than done

Megacities in Asia won't disappear. However, the virus has shown the dangers of concentrating too much human capital in one physical location.

The way people work in Singapore won’t be the same again

Office and building designs will need to be modified to improve ventilation and air filtering given the higher risk of transmission, National Development Minister Lawrence Wong said.

Singapore has found a way to make air-conditioners greener

Central cooling systems are the most energy-efficient way of cooling several city blocks at once. Singapore has the largest such system in the world.

Singapore to issue portable Covid contact tracing devices in June

Addressing privacy concerns, Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan assured citizens that the devices would not be used for location tracking.

Singapore’s future won’t look like the one before coronavirus

PM Lee Hsien Loong warned that countries will have less stake in each other’s well being and fight more over how the pie is shared, making it a less prosperous world.

Singapore PM says China can’t take America’s security role in Southeast Asia

Despite its increasing military strength, China would be unable to take over the United States’ security role, Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong says.

Singapore will have far fewer new jobs this year than those being lost, warns top official

Senior minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam cautioned that a jobless rate of 10% or more will likely be the new normal for both the government and people.

Singapore’s GDP could shrink 7% this year, worst contraction since independence

As one of the world’s most open economies, Singapore has been severely hit by the slump in global trade and travel amid the coronavirus outbreak.

How Singapore plans to survive world’s impending food crisis

Despite producing little of its own, Singaporeans arguably have better access than anyone else to affordable, abundant and high quality produce.

Asia’s cautious reopenings mean economic recovery will be slow and uneven

After an era that saw a boost in tourism and freer capital markets, an Asia disconnected from the world would be a major step back.

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India can’t fight Trump tariffs with emotion. Smart talks, sector relief, reforms are key

India must reduce its overdependence on the US by cultivating alternative markets—concluding the EU FTA, advancing the UK deal, and exploring entry into the CPTPP, the open, rules-based bloc of Japan, Korea, and Australia.

Amid Trump’s tariff bombs, India’s business with America surged while imports from Russia dipped 10%

As India-Russia trade decreases, India's April-July exports to the US this year increased by 21% compared to last year & imports from the US grew by 12%.

China pushes for separation of border issue from larger bilateral ties at 24th round of talks with India

New Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Tuesday pushed for a “dual-track” progress for ties with India, separating economic ties from the boundary question,...

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?