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Singapore Approves 16 Insects Including Silkworms And Grasshoppers For Human Consumption

July 8, 2024 admin

Restaurants hope sales from insect-based dishes will increase their revenues The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) on Monday approved 16 species of insects including various species of crickets, mealworms, grasshoppers, locusts and silkworms for human consumption. The announcement has delighted industry players who have been gearing up for this long-awaited moment. ”With immediate effect, SFA will allow…

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Indian-Origin Woman, Charged In Singapore, Allowed To Visit Kerala

July 1, 2024 admin

Singapore strictly regulates protests and public demonstrations, Singapore: A court in SIngapore on Monday allowed an Indian-origin Singaporean woman, who was charged with organising a pro-Palestine procession without a permit, to leave the country to visit her grandparents in Kerala. Annamalai Kokila Parvathi, 35, had organised the procession in February with two others to show…

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Singapore’s Indian-Origin Opposition Leader Retains Key Post In His Workers’ Party

July 1, 2024 admin

Pritam Singh, who has pleaded not guilty to the charges, is set to go on trial in October. Singapore: Singapore’s Indian-origin Leader of Opposition Pritam Singh has been re-elected secretary-general of the Workers’ Party (WP), ahead of the city-state’s next general election. A total of 14 members, led by re-elected chairwoman Sylvia Lim, were voted…

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Man Suffers Heart Attack After Winning Rs 33 Crore Jackpot At Singapore Casino

June 27, 2024 admin

The Marina Bay Sands Casino is owned and operated by Las Vegas Sands. Panic ensued at a casino in Singapore after a man suffered a heart attack while celebrating his 3.2 million pound (Rs 33,76,45,600) jackpot. According to news.com.au, the incident happened at the Marina Bay Sands Casino in Singapore on June 22. The unnamed man, a…

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HR Employee In Singapore Jailed For Giving Herself $148,000 In Unauthorised Pay Raise

June 25, 2024 admin

HR Employee In Singapore Jailed For Giving Herself 8,000 In Unauthorised Pay Raise

The employee pleaded guilty on June 3 this year. (Representative pic) A human resource employee in Singapore has been jailed for 18 months for making bogus pay claims for herself involving $148,000. According to the South China Morning Post (SCMP), Tan Lee Nah, 53, was in charge of the payroll system at D’Perception Singapore, an…

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Singapore Airline passengers endured 62 seconds of extreme turbulence on May 21 London-Singapore flight

May 25, 2024 admin

The Singapore Airlines (SIA) Flight SQ321 that was rocked by severe turbulence on May 21 climbed and descended rapidly twice in 62 seconds, stunning the passengers with one dying of heart attack, as the aircraft flew over the Irrawaddy Delta region of Myanmar, it emerged on May 25. One passenger — 73-year-old Briton Geoffrey Kitchen…

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Man In Singapore “Treated Daughter Like Pet”, Confined Her To Tiny Market Stall For A Year

May 21, 2024 admin

The police are investigating the father for alleged child abuse. (Representative pic) A 63-year-old man in Singapore is under investigation for allegedly confining his 15-year-old daughter to a tiny market stall for nearly a year. According to the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the man, surnamed Tan, had been selling vegetables at a market on…

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Indian Couple Receives Rs 2 Lakh For ”Mental Agony” After Their Business Class Seats Didn’t Recline

April 30, 2024 admin

Business class seats are meant to be able to recline automatically using electronic buttons. Singapore Airlines has been ordered to pay more than 2,040 pounds (INR 213,585) to an Indian couple who said their business-class seats malfunctioned, New York Post reported. Ravi Gupta, a police chief from Telangana, was flying with his wife on a flight…

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Ban on MDH, Everest masala | India seeks details from food regulators of Singapore, Hong Kong

April 23, 2024 admin

Boxes of Everest fish curry masala are stacked on the shelf of a shop at a market in Srinagar | Photo Credit: Reuters India, the world’s largest producer, consumer and exporter of spices, has sought details from food safety regulators of Singapore and Hong Kong, which has banned certain spices of Indian brands MDH and…

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Singapore’s Indian-Origin Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan Receives Extortion Letter With Fake Obscene Pics

April 20, 2024 admin

Vivian Balakrishnan said that police reports have been filed (File photo) Singapore: Singapore’s Indian-origin Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan and several members of Parliament have received extortion letters containing fake photos of themselves in obscene situations. Balakrishnan said in a Facebook post that several other MPs and himself received letters containing a “fake distasteful image accompanied…

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