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Thursday, September 4, 2025
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Topic: Singapore

Hindu temple chairman in Singapore fired for alleged financial irregularities

Singapore's Commissioner of Charities found that the century-old temple issued uncrossed cheques worth SGD 15 lakh.

GST is paying off, but budget hole fears stay

Monthly receipts have picked up after GST's chaotic rollout, but are still not strong enough to meet annual tax target.

Three kids, a flute and the Singapore-India feud

A minor domestic quarrel has turned into a major court battle over who gets to trade the benchmark Indian index.

Indian-origin Singapore woman faces jail for data leak in ‘biggest scam’ to hit US navy

'Contract specialist' Sharon Rachael Gursharan Kaur allegedly got $95,000 to sell information used to sway defence bids.

Offshore funds want relaxed rules, tax sops to trade in Gift City

They are seeking the same concessions given to foreign firms based in the upcoming financial hub, like exemption from transaction taxes. Brokerages representing offshore investors...

‘Top of the line, really good’: Trump describes his meeting with Kim Jong-un

After his meeting with Kim Jong-un, Donald Trump announced that they have agreed to 'sign' an unspecified document.

China’s Global Times takes a dig at daughter Trump as the world watches Kim-Trump summit

Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un have met in Singapore today. As big stakes of denuclearisation and economy are brought to the table, the world watches closely.

‘We will have a terrific relationship ahead’: Trump and Kim Jong-un shake hands

The two men walked towards each other and firmly gripped each other's hands in front of US and North Korean flags.

Trump takes over the law, and ‘Sampark for Samarthan’ is currently unavailable

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint. The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print or online, or...

How interpreters can make or break it for leaders like Narendra Modi

What’s in a name? That may be true when you’re smelling a rose, but mixing metaphors in foreign languages could land you in a diplomatic incident or two.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

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.