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Singapore rich kids end up with penthouses as parents skirt tax

Property agents have seen an up-tick in apartments being bought by wealthy families for their children ever since property cooling measures came into effect.

When a Singaporean critic of Marxist socialism took Indira Gandhi to court

The day after Indira Gandhi nationalised banks, R.C. Cooper air dashed to New Delhi to challenge the ordinance.

Warning shot to world economy as Singapore slumps, China exports drop

China trade figures showed exports fell 1.3% in June, while Singapore faced the biggest decline in GDP since 2012.

Invest in India. Amazing changes taking place there, says veteran investor Mark Mobius

Mobius says there's a terrific recovery taking place in developing economies and he's particularly interested in India.

India shouldn’t allow the RCEP free trade deal to fail

The gulf between India and the other 15 countries in the RCEP remains deep, and it isn’t clear how or if it can be bridged.

China on mind, India-US-Australia-Japan Quad to meet in Singapore today

This will be the third meeting of the group since its revival last year as a counterweight to China’s growing economic and military might.

PM Modi & US Vice-President Mike Pence discuss defence, trade operation in Indo-Pacific

The two leaders held talks on a wide range of bilateral issues including ways to counter terrorism.

Singapore visit to strengthen ties with ASEAN members, says PM Modi

Narendra Modi will visit Singapore Wednesday and Thursday to participate in the ASEAN-India and East Asia summits.

These are the best countries to live and work in — and to boost your salary

Singapore topped the ranking as best place to live and work for a fourth straight year, beating New Zealand, Germany and Canada.

The airport of the future is here. And it doesn’t need humans

Singapore's Changi has built an entire terminal to test airport bots of the future. London & Tokyo are also exploring automation.

On Camera

Kolkata’s silencing of Javed Akhtar exposes India’s secular vacuum

Even those parties that wear the label of secular and progressive often bow to the pressures of fundamentalist groups within the Muslim community.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Trump to sign executive order to rebrand Pentagon, reviving historic ‘Department of War’ name

New Delhi: US President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order Friday renaming the Department of Defence the ‘Department of War’, in...

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.