SINGAPORE – Mrs Karthiga Vinayagam has never forgotten the fragrance that wafted from her relatives’ suitcases whenever they returned from Singapore to visit her family in Tamil Nadu, India. As a child, she was always fascinated by their visits. Please subscribe or log in to continue reading the full article. Get unlimited access to all […]
SINGAPORE – As a child, Ms Aye Aye Mon always took on the role of a nurse whenever she played with her friends. On top of caring for her grandmother, she would visit her elderly neighbours and help feed and shower them. Please subscribe or log in to continue reading the full article. Get unlimited […]
NEW DELHI (REUTERS) – India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, has proposed legislation that aims to discourage couples from having more than two children, becoming the second state ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party to make such a proposal. If Uttar Pradesh were a country, its 240 million people would make it the world’s […]
DHAKA (AFP) – Bangladesh has sealed deals for 17.5 million more coronavirus vaccine doses, its health minister said on Saturday (July 10), as the country battles record deaths and its caseload passed one million. The country of 169 million people has imposed its harshest lockdown as it seeks to curb a major surge in cases and record […]
COLOMBO (XINHUA) – The Sri Lankan government has said that 176 turtles, four whales, and 20 dolphins had died and washed ashore on Sri Lankan beaches up to Wednesday (July 7) as a result of the burning of the X-Press Pearl container ship in May, local media reported on Saturday. Sri Lanka’s Ports and Shipping […]
COLOMBO (XINHUA) – The Sri Lankan government has said that 176 turtles, four whales, and 20 dolphins had died and washed ashore on Sri Lankan beaches up to Wednesday (July 7) as a result of the burning of the X-Press Pearl container ship in May, local media reported on Saturday. Sri Lanka’s Ports and Shipping […]
SINGAPORE – Estonia’s President Kersti Kaljulaid will make her first visit to Singapore from July 11 to 13, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday (July 10). Elected in 2016, Ms Kaljulaid is the first female – and youngest-ever – president of the tech-savvy Baltic state. During her visit, she will participate in an invitation-only summit at […]
PATTAPUR, India — In a small, colorfully painted house on India’s eastern coast, G. Sonali Reddy cooks meals and feeds her younger siblings by day and rocks them to sleep at night, hoping to assuage their fears, just as her mother would. Sonali, still a child at 14, is her family’s caretaker. Several years ago, […]
SINGAPORE – One in 10 recovered Covid-19 patients had persistent symptoms six months after their initial infection, a study led by the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) has found. In this condition known as “long Covid”, they continued to experience symptoms, most commonly a lingering cough and shortness of breath, long after recovering from […]
SINGAPORE – One in 10 recovered Covid-19 patients had persistent symptoms six months after their initial infection, a study led by the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) has found. In this condition known as “long Covid”, they continued to experience symptoms, most commonly a lingering cough and shortness of breath, long after recovering from […]