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Singapore Parliament rejects Opposition’s motion on jobs under free trade pact with India

The Opposition Progress Singapore Party has repeatedly highlighted the CECA, signed on 2005, with India as an example of how Singaporeans have lost out to foreigners.

Covid-19 pandemic: New Zealand reports 1st death linked to Pfizer shot, Singapore most vaccinated

ThePrint brings you some important global stories on the coronavirus pandemic.

Pandemic exposed fissures in Singapore. They won’t close so easily

Discourse is becoming more sensitive to themes of equality and opportunities for the average citizen. Immigration is a particularly tender point.

In Singapore, backlash against foreign workers is becoming a hot political issue

Opposition politicians are stepping up scrutiny of jobs taken up by expats, as the perennial debate about Singapore’s reliance on foreign labor sharpens.

As Covid curbs return, Singapore should now focus on data that matters

Changing the way Singapore communicates Covid data to the public is one of the easiest ways to start down the path to a new normal.

Singapore defends employing workers from India & other countries as opposition seeks limits

Free trade agreements are a keystone for the economy and responsible for creating hundreds of thousands of jobs, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said in an address in parliament Tuesday.

Singapore wants to reopen, but isn’t willing to take even the necessary risks

Singapore looks and feels like a place that wants the outward signs of being open for business, but the reality on the ground shows a lack of conviction.

How to reopen without risk? That’s the big question for Singapore

Singapore has largely managed to stamp out infection & 36 people have died during the entire pandemic. Yet it hasn’t made clear its path to post-Covid era with a timeline or details.

Covid-19 pandemic: African nations dump vaccines over expiry date, Taiwan sees surge in cases

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

Kejriwal’s focus should be Delhi’s Covid crisis. India has MEA to handle foreign affairs

Delhi High Court has pulled up Arvind Kejriwal govt for its failure to manage the oxygen crisis in the national capital. But the CM is busy hampering India's foreign relations.

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Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.