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Singapore population hits record 6.21 million, driven by rise in foreign residentsSingapore's population grew by 1.6% in June, reaching a new high of 6.21 million individuals. The increase was primarily fueled by a 3.7% r...
Indian Bank to enter life insurance business, soon to seek board nodIndian Bank plans to enter life insurance and asset management sectors soon. The bank is seeking board approval for these proposed new vent...
GFF 2026: FM Sitharaman on India’s tech leap, demographic dividend, AI risks and road to global scaleGlobal Fintech Fest: Sitharaman said that India was experiencing its demographic dividend in real time, with the country’s young population...
Nearly 20 percent rise in Indian patients at Singapore cancer centre in 2025A Singapore cancer centre reported a nearly twenty percent rise in Indian patients during 2025. Many patients sought treatment at advanced ...
Asian countries boost international student recruitment as US, UK, Canada, Australia tighten rulesAsian nations are increasing international student recruitment as Western countries tighten rules. China, Japan, and South Korea are expand...
World's second-richest country is offering Rs 50 lakh to every parent: Here's who is eligible and whySingapore is rolling out a new child-support package worth up to S$70,000 (around Rs 50 lakh) for eligible Singaporean children, with suppo...
Singapore wants to pay parents over $55,000 per child to boost birth rateSingapore will provide nearly S$70,000 (US$55,153) in direct support for every citizen child up to age 17 as it tackles a record-low fertil...
China goes rural with data centres in quest to power AIIn China's hilly Guizhou province, a cluster of European-style buildings complete with clock tower and multi-arched bridge emits a low, per...
Hyderabad-born MIT astronomer Rohan Naidu, who dropped out of engineering at 18 & loves Test cricket, is behind the 'Black Hole Star' discoveryBlack Hole Star: A Hyderabad-born astronomer and fellow scientists have identified a possible ‘black hole star’ using the James Webb Space ...
After making inroads into healthcare, private equity players are targeting India's schoolsAs private equity firms turn their attention to India's school education sector, they are adopting innovative investment strategies. By foc...
Singapore adds India's Manipal Academy to medical colleges for taking in doctorsSingapore will now recognize medical degrees from eight additional overseas universities. This move aims to meet the increasing need for do...
US tech firm Salesforce to invest $1 billion in SingaporeUS cloud software giant Salesforce said Wednesday it planned to invest $1.0 billion in Singapore over the next five years to boost the use ...
Singapore's total population touch new high at 5.92 million: GovernmentSingapore's population has reached a record high of 5.92 million as of June 2023, growing by 5% from the previous year, according to a repo...
Singapore flags ‘structural decline’ without migrant workers“If we are not able to bring in immigrants to top up the population then we are in structural decline, and eventually the population will d...
Singapore faces challenge of finding foreign nurses to take care of aging population"They (nurses and healthcare staff) number 58,000 now and the Ministry of Health estimates that this will need to grow to 82,000 by 2030," ...
Singapore registers its slowest population growth in a decadeThe government plans to continue taking in between 15,000 to 25,000 new citizens every year to prevent the citizen population from shrinkin...
Singapore's population growth slowest in 10 years: ReportSingapore's population grew at its slowest pace in decade at 1.3 per cent from June 2013 to June 2014 due to drop in inflow of foreign work...
- Singapore needs more foreign workforce: Government
The paper pointed out that Singapore's total fertility rate (TFR) has fallen below the replacement level of 2.1 in the past 30 years.
Singapore: demand for foreign workers to increaseDemand for construction workers was expected to remain strong over the next two to three years, estimated at 280,000, up from 250,000 in 20...
- 'Singapore needs 30,000 immigrants a year for economic growth'
Singapore needs to take in 30,000 immigrants a year to support its economic growth and offset the impact of the slowdown caused by the agei...