87,055 Indians returned from Singapore as part of Vande Bharat flights since last yearAmong the reasons the Indians had to return home were job loss, family compulsion and death in family due to COVID -19 pandemic that has im...
24 May, 2021, 08.16 AM IST
COVID-19: Delhi govt says third wave from Singapore or other nation, HC says India has own variantsOn Tuesday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had called for cancelling all air services with Singapore with immediate effect, saying a ...
19 May, 2021, 05.40 PM IST
COVID-19 strain in Singapore 'different', claims Delhi health minister"There are many strains of coronavirus in India at present... Their presence is ascertained through genome sequencing. It is a different st...
19 May, 2021, 03.58 PM IST
Arvind Kejriwal appeals Centre to cancel flights from Singapore, warns new virus strain ‘very dangerous' for kidsThis new strain of virus could invade India in the form of a third wave, Arvind Kejriwal said in a tweet.
19 May, 2021, 02.06 PM IST
New COVID strain in Singapore: Hardeep Singh Puri says govt keeping eye on situation"Kejriwal ji, all international flights have been stopped since March 2020. We have no air bubble with Singapore either," Puri said on Twit...
18 May, 2021, 09.28 PM IST
Singapore to shut schools from Wednesday in coronavirus fightThe fresh curbs come after Singapore confirmed 38 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the highest daily number in months.
17 May, 2021, 08.24 AM IST
Rajnath Singh talks to Singapore defence minister about reinforcing capacities to fight COVID-19 pandemicIndia is struggling with the infection's second wave as hospitals in several states are reeling under a shortage of medical oxygen and beds...
29 Apr, 2021, 01.43 PM IST
India trying to get as many cryogenic oxygen containers as possible: Envoy in SingaporeIndia, in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic, is trying to get as many cryogenic oxygen containers as possible globally, the countr...
25 Apr, 2021, 04.04 PM IST
All travellers to Singapore to undergo mandatory COVID test on arrivalCurrently, travellers who are not Singaporeans or permanent residents and who have a recent travel history to high-risk countries or region...
18 Jan, 2021, 07.27 AM IST
Singapore starts coronavirus vaccination for healthcare workersSingapore became the first Asian country to start vaccinating healthcare workers against Covid-19 with Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Wednesday...
30 Dec, 2020, 10.02 AM IST
Travel-starved 'passengers' dine on parked Singapore Airlines jetHundreds of travel-starved diners ate lunch and watched seat-back films aboard two parked Singapore Airlines jets turned into pop-up restau...
24 Oct, 2020, 09.08 PM IST
Here's why Singapore's coronavirus death rate is the lowest in the worldWhile the parameters of the disease continue to be studied as the pandemic progresses, current global trends suggest its impact has been le...
18 Sep, 2020, 09.25 AM IST
Singapore readies 'floating hotels' for workers as coronavirus spreadsAuthorities are moving some of the healthy residents of those facilities to other sites including military camps, an exhibition centre, vac...
13 Apr, 2020, 01.20 PM IST
About 250 Indians infected by coronavirus in Singapore: Indian High CommissionIndian High Commissioner Jawed Ashraf told PTI that almost all of the Indians who have the disease are mostly stable or improving. He said ...
10 Apr, 2020, 04.28 PM IST
Vistara to cancel 54 international flights next month as COVID-19 weakens demandFull service carrier Vistara will cancel 54 international flights next month, including on routes connecting Delhi with Bangkok and Singapo...
26 Feb, 2020, 05.18 PM IST
Singapore downgrades GDP forecast to 0.5% due to coronavirus outbreakSingapore has downgraded its gross domestic product (GDP) forecast for 2020 to around 0.5 per cent, the mid-point of a new estimated range ...
17 Feb, 2020, 12.28 PM IST
17 people from Delhi who returned from abroad before coronavirus screening showed symptoms, hospitalisedSeventeen people, out of a large number of passengers who had arrived in Delhi from China and other coronavirus-affected countries before t...
17 Feb, 2020, 09.14 AM IST