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World Economic Forum 2021 to be held in Singapore

December 10, 2020

• The World Economic Forum (WEF) has finalized to host its 2021 yearly meeting in Singapore, which earlier was planned to take place in Lucerne-Burgenstock, Switzerland from 13-16 May 2021.
• The decision to shift the yearly forum from Switzerland has been taken in view of the Covid-19 situation in Europe.

India-Singapore Maritime Exercise SIMBEX-20

November 24, 2020

• The 27th edition of India – Singapore Bilateral Maritime Exercise SIMBEX-20 has been conducted from 23 to 25 November 2020 in the Andaman Sea.
• Indian Navy (IN) is the host for the 2020 edition of SIMBEX.

Ravi Shankar Prasad releases an International version of the UMANG App

November 24, 2020

• Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad has released the UMANG mobile app International version in coordination with Ministry of External Affairs for select countries that consist of USA, UK, Canada, Australia, UAE, Netherlands, Singapore and New Zealand.

2nd Trilateral Maritime Exercise SITMEX-20 conducted in the Andaman Sea

November 22, 2020

• The 2nd edition of India, Singapore and Thailand Trilateral Maritime Exercise SITMEX-20 was carried out from in the Andaman Sea.
• The 2020 edition of the exercise is being hosted by the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN).

Global Smart City Index 2020

September 18, 2020

• The Institute for Management Development (IMD) and Singapore University for Technology and Design (SUTD) has jointly released the 2020 Smart City Index. 
• Indian City, Hyderabad was placed at the 85th Position, New Delhi was placed at 86th Rank, Mumbai was ranked at 93rd Place and Bengaluru was at 95th Position.
• The Index was topped by Singapore, followed by Helsinki and Zurich in the second and the third place respectively.

Economic Freedom Index 2020

September 11, 2020

• As per an annual report released on the Global Economic Freedom Index 2020 India has fallen 26 spots to rank at the 105th position. Hong Kong topped the index again, followed by Singapore at the second rank.

Apple is set to launch its first ‘floating’ store in Singapore

September 9, 2020

• Apple is set to launch its first ‘floating’ store in Singapore on 10^th September. The first-of-its-kind store has a sphere-shaped all-glass dome structure that is fully self-supported, and made up of 114 pieces of glass, held together by only 10 narrow vertical mullions for structural connection.

14th India-Singapore Defence Policy Dialogue

August 29, 2020

• India and Singapore conducted the fourteenth Defence Policy Dialogue via video conferencing. The conference was Co-chaired by Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar Permanent Secretary (Defence), and his Singaporean counterpart Mr Chan Heng Kee.

Kala Narayanasamy in Singapore awarded with President’s Award for COVID services

July 25, 2020

• Indian-origin nurse, Kala Narayanasamy along with four other nurses in Singapore has been awarded with the President’s Award for Nurses for serving on the frontline during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Each recipient was awarded a trophy, a certificate signed by President Halimah Yacob and SGD 10,000 (USD 7,228).

Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong wins elections

July 13, 2020

• Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has secured a “clear mandate” with his ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) winning 83 of the 93 contested parliamentary seats in the general election held amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Opposition gaining ground by winning a record 10 seats.