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Lorraine Kelly breaks down in tears as she tells daughter Rosie who lives in Singapore to stay safe

Lorraine Kelly fought back tears as she told her 24-year-old daughter who lives in Singapore to 'stay safe' during a live video call on Tuesday morning.




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Lorraine Kelly thanks viewers after crying over daughter Rosie in Singapore

Lorraine Kelly, 60, thanked viewers for their messages of support and kind words following the show, admitting everyone is 'missing people' in these difficult times.




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Singapore's 'Instagram queen' Jamie Chua answers her most-asked questions in a YouTube video

Singapore's unofficial 'Instagram Queen' showed fans the $235 rose oil she uses on her skin and her most prized possession, a diamond encrusted crocodile skin handbag worth $330,883.




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Penguins are given a chance to explore Singapore zoo after lack of human contact left them bored 

Penguins at Singapore zoo are making the most of the country's partial virus lockdown, being given free run of the empty complex and revelling in the chance to do some exploring.




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Napoli 1-1 SPAL: Lowly SPAL stop Serie A hopefuls from closing gap on Juventus and Inter Milan

Napoli knew they could make up ground on second-placed Inter Milan, who drew 2-2 at home to Parma, and Juventus, who were held to a 1-1 draw at Lecce, but finished their afternoon crestfallen.




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Singapore threatens coronavirus patients with jail if they don't tell officials where they have been

In a desperate attempt to contain a crisis, the Asian nation is 'working around the clock' to trace potential carriers of the killer infection.




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Prince George sports £5.99 H&M top and Gap shorts while Charlotte dons £140 floral frock at polo

The Cambridge children all attended Billingbear Polo Club in Wokingham yesterday with their mother Kate to cheer on dad William. The trio all looked smart in their summer gear.




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Singapore, Osaka and Hong Kong are the most expensive cities in 2020, and Damascus is cheapest 

Researchers from The Economist Intelligence Unit looked at the prices of 160 items in 133 cities around the globe including the cost of food, clothing, transport and utility bills.




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Martini and the recipe for an age-gap friendship: Isabel Vincent's charming tale of platonic love

Isabel Vincent, 55, an investigative journalist for the New York Post, recalls her fond friendship with a 92-year-old man who used to cook her delicious meals in her memoir, Dinner with Edward.




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British Soap Awards 2013: Jennifer Metcalfe leaves her modesty at the door as she goes braless in gaping blazer

Hollyoaks actress left little to the imagination in her daring tuxedo look as she arrived at the Manchester bash.




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Star Wars' first same-sex kiss is censored in Singapore

The brief sign of same-sex romance in The Rise of Skywalker is a first for the franchise, but is omitted in Singapore where the law prohibits sex between men and is 'silent' on sex between women.




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Nearly 4,800 Indians are coronavirus positive in Singapore with mild conditions

By Gurdip Singh Singapore, May 4 () Nearly 4,800 Indian nationals, most of whom are living in dormitories for foreign workers, have been tested positive with the novel coronavirus in Singapore till the end of April, the Indian High Commissioner here said on Monday.The total number of coronavirus cases in Singapore are 18,205 with 18 deaths, according to the figures released by Singapore Health Ministry on Sunday."Almost all of the infection among Indian workers is mild and their conditions are improving," Jawed Ashraf, Indian High Commissioner to Singapore, told .Over 3,500 Indian nationals, including students, have also registered with the High Commission to return home or to seek assistance for accommodation and food due to their unexpectedly long stay here, he said.Over 90 per cent of the




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Motorola's new $1,000 Edge Plus phone comes with a headphone jack, 5G connectivity, and a 108-megapixel camera — you can get it on May 14




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Alex Mitchell is the scrum half earmarked by Eddie Jones to fill England's gaping void

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Picked as a Six Nations 'apprentice' in January, complete with the customary asterisk to mark his status, Alex Mitchell is Eddie Jones' latest England project.




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Gina Rodriguez guest-hosts on Today Show to talk pay gap

Gina Rodriguez appeared in New York on Monday morning to join The Today Show as guest host and discuss gender pay gap with Today Show personalities Al Roker and Shienelle Jones




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Leonardo DiCaprio's, 44, girlfriend, 22, says Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall had age gap

The 22-year-old IMG represented model took to her Instagram Story on Friday morning to share three self-taken videos to react to the 'mean' posts.




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Leonardo DiCaprio's girlfriend Camila Morrone admits she was forced to defend their 23-year age-gap

Taking to Instagram in June, the 22-year old actress shared a black and white image of Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart following an adverse response to her dating DiCaprio, 45.




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Camila Morrone comments on the 23 year age gap with Leonardo DiCaprio

The 22-year-old actress spoke with The Los Angeles Times , where she was asked about her relationship with the 45-year-old DiCaprio, who have been dating since late 2017.




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Keira Knightley admits she was unaware of Hollywood's gender pay gap

Keira Knightley confesses she was unaware of the Hollywood gender pay gap while discussing her experience of fame and the industry in the November issue of ELLE magazine.




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Love Actually fans stunned by the tiny real life age gap between Juliet and Sam 

Fans of the film have taken to Twitter in shock after realising how close in age Keira Knightley, who played Juliet, and Thomas Brodie-Sangster, who played Sam, were when it was filmed.




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Love Actually fans in shock as viral tweet resurfaces revealing the TINY age gap between stars

Love Actually fans can't believe Keira Knightley and Thomas Brodie-Sangster have only five years between them in age.




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Brazil 1-1 Nigeria: Stalemate in Singapore after strikes from Joe Aribo and Casemiro

Neymar went off injured 12 minutes into Brazil's 1-1 draw with Nigeria in a friendly in Singapore on Sunday.




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Dani Evans breaks silence on resurfaced clip of Tyra Banks telling her to have her teeth gap closed

Dani Evans has broken her silence on a resurfaced clip of Tyra Banks scolding her to have the gap in her teeth closed on a 2006 episode of America's Next Top Model.




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Drunk Polish passenger, 39, admits threatening air hostess on British Airways flight from Singapore

Daniel Ksiazek, 39, yelled 'c***' and 'f***ing a**hole' at British Airways cabin staff on the Heathrow-bound plane from Singapore on October 12 last year.




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Al Pacino, 79, split from girlfriend Meital Dohan, 40, 'over age gap'

Israeli actress Meital Dohan, 40, has claimed she split from Al Pacino, 79, due to their insurmountable 39-year age gap.




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Singapore Airlines, Jet2.com, Qatar, EVA and Emirates all pick up TripAdvisor best airline awards

Jet2.com takes home five prizes in total, with other winners including Qatar Airways and Emirates. Virgin Atlantic takes home two prizes - and EVA Air finishes very highly in the global ranking.




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'I don't want to fall victim to gender pension gap': Money Diaries speaks to a 33-year-old on £36k

In our latest Money Diaries, we speak to a 33 year-old woman from the South West, who is a teacher with significant savings - but still wants to be more financially prepared for the future.




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Ben Barnes reveals his role in Gold Digger made him 'less judgemental' of age gap romances

Speaking to People on Monday, the Punisher star, 38, spoke candidly about the age gap between his character Benjamin Grenne and Julia Day (played by Julia Ormond) in the drama.




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Australian billionaires have been 'groomed' by China to be 'megaphones' of Communist Party policy

Mining magnate Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest and media mogul Kerry Stokes drew widespread outrage for calling on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to dump an inquiry into the origin of coronavirus.




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Philip Hammond announces billions to tackle 'shocking' productivity gap

Philip Hammond said Britain’s ‘productivity gap’ was ‘well known, but shocking nonetheless’. He told the House of Commons that the UK ‘lags behind’ the US and Germany by 30 per cent.




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Katharine McPhee, 35, jokes about age gap with husband, 70

The 35-year-old singer joked about the age gap between she and her 70-year-old Canadian musician husband in some recent Twitter banter.




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EU: disagreement on who'll pay budget gap from UK departure

The UK's departure has left the bloc with a €75billion (£63billion) hole in its finances and the budget battle has exposed bitter divisions between EU members.




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Boston Dynamics' 'Spot' robotic dog deployed in Singapore to remind people to keep a safe distance

Spot will traverse a 4-mile swath of Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park during off-peak hours while playing a recorded message that reminds park-goers 'observe safe distancing measures.'




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Singapore

High Commission of India, Singapore
India House, 31 Grange Road,
Singapore-239702.
Tanglin P.O. Box No.92,
Singapore-912304.

Telephone: 00-65-67376777, 62382538 (Outside office hours)
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Website: www.hcisingapore.com

High Commissioner
Dr. T.C.A. Raghavan
Deputy High Commissioner
T. Namgyal
Deputy High Commissioner (Designate)
Rudra Gaurav




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Prime Minister meets Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore on the margins of G20 Summit 2019 in Osaka





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External Affairs Minister addresses the inaugural session of India Singapore : The Next Phase of Strategic Partnership





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External Affairs Minister meets Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore at 6th Joint Ministerial Commission in Singapore





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External Affairs Minister meets Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore in Singapore





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Minister of State for External Affairs meets Mohamad Osman, Sr. Minister of State for Defence and External Affairs of Singapore on the sidelines of IORA in Abu Dhabi





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External Affairs Minister meets Dr. Ng Eng Hen, Defence Minister of Singapore on the sidelines of Munich Security Conference 2020





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Singapore sees drop in new coronavirus cases

Singapore on Saturday saw a drop in its daily tally of new coronavirus cases as the city-state reported 753 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country's total to 22,460, majority of them foreign nationals, including Indians, living in dormitories. On Friday, Singapore reported 768 new cases of coronavirus. The Health Ministry said the vast majority of the 753 new cases reported on Saturday are work permit holders (foreigners) residing in worker dormitories. Nine cases are Singapore citizens or permanent residents (foreigners). As of Friday, 19,232 of the 323,000 foreign workers living in dormitories, or nearly six per cent, have tested positive for COVID-19, reported The Straits Times. Singapore had placed 18,402 coronavirus patients in isolation while 1,245 are hospitalised by Friday, according to a data from the Health Ministry. The Ministry said 1,245 cases were still in hospital while 20 people have died of the disease. Singapore currently has the highest number of coronavirus cases ..




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COVID-19: Indian-origin woman faces charges for refusing to wear face mask in Singapore

A 40-year-old Indian-origin woman in Singapore was charged with five counts, including use of criminal force, in a court here on Saturday for refusing to wear a face mask for protection against COVID-19 and assaulting a police officer who tried to ascertain her identity. Kasturi Govindasamy Retnamswamy was arrested after the incident that happened at a shopping mall on May 7 and was captured on video. Retnamswamy, who is a Singaporean, was remanded at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) for psychiatric evaluation after the incident, reported The Straits Times. She was taken to a court on Saturday and faced five charges, including use of abusive words and criminal force against a public servant. The next hearing is scheduled for May 22 after her remand in the IMH. According to the police statement on Friday, the woman insulted the mall staff and hurled abuses at a security officer who was trying to get her to put on her mask correctly. The widely-shared video of the incident shows a ..




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Srirangapatna: Through prisoners' eyes


Poornima Dasharathi travels back in time to bring alive the adventures, sights and sounds in the erstwhile kingdom of Mysore under Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan, as recounted in the memoirs of two English prisoners of war.




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Nagapattinam inching closer to normalcy


"We were pushed out of the queues for food, relief material, an even drinking water", says Bama Rajazhagan, a dalit. But not all is gloomy in Nagapattinam; district machinery, voluntary organisations, and the army are lending support to rebuilding. Krithika Ramalingam reports.




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CAG finds gaps in Arunachal education


While the infusion of SSA funds has helped the State make considerable progress on many counts, there is still much to be done, to ensure all the necessary inputs flow to the schools. Himanshu Upadhyaya reports.




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The gender gap in pedalling


More and more people are considering cycling as an option for their daily commutes to work. Women's participation in this change, however, is still low, and a lot of barriers need to be overcome, writes Sathya Sankaran.




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Plugging the skills gap


There is a great shortage of people with employable skills. But vocational training is neither popular nor seen to be offering good job options. The challenge is to overcome this perception, writes Megha Aggarwal.




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The gap between where we are and where we want to be


The Skill India Mission aims to provide skills training to around 402 million people by the year 2022. In the first of a two-part series, Shambhu Ghatak upholds estimates of skilled workforce from various reports to highlight the yawning gap that needs to be bridged.




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Growing credibility gap


It is widely accepted that agricultural subsidies in developed nations are distorting global agriculture trade. And yet, Purdue University and the World Bank are cleverly using economic models and simulated 'welfare gains' to push for market access in developing nations. Therein lies a danger, says Devinder Sharma.




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SC judgment: The gaps in logic


Going beyond value judgments, T R Raghunandan presents an objective explanation of why the Supreme Court judgment upholding the constitutionality of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code lacks sound reasoning and could have been much better crafted.