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• India is exciting, but not without hassles
  A growth rate of 7-8 per cent is sustainable for India and very good in Asian
  terms. But investing in India is also very challenging........ [ Details ]
• Embassy Plans First Indian Property Trust Offering in Singapore
  July 4 (Bloomberg)
  Embassy Group, an Indian developer whose buildings house
  the offices of Hewlett-Packard Co. and AT&T Inc........ [ Details ]
• With deals galore in subcontinent, 3i Group to expand investment
  Published: June 19, 2006
  SINGAPORE 3i Group, Europe's biggest publicly traded buyout
  $182 million jackup drilling rig from Singapore`s Keppel FELS Ltd,....... [ Details ]
• Tech Mahindra plans IPO
  THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006 01:10:12 AM
  Tech Mahindra, the software unit of Mahindra & Mahindra
  plans to sell at least $100 million in shares through an initial public....... [ Details ]
• Flextronics bets big on manufacturing
  WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006 03:05:33 PM
  BANGALORE: India's emerging success as a big market for consumer
  electronics and hardware products, has spurred the $15.9-billion,....... [ Details ]
• KepLand forms joint venture to develop condos in India's Kolkata
  Posted: 29 June 2006 2131 hrs
  SINGAPORE: Keppel Land is expanding its presence in India
  The Singapore property developer has formed a joint venture....... [ Details ]
• CC Wong guides Singapore's first MSCI India listing
  Clifford Chance Wong, the firm's Singapore partnership, set a new
  standard there last month when it advised on the world's first....... [ Details ]
• Indian firm orders jackup drilling rig
  Jun 15, 2006, 14:45 GMT
  India`s Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd. has ordered a
  $182 million jackup drilling rig from Singapore`s Keppel FELS Ltd,....... [ Details ]
• India has huge potential, and companies are lining up
  New Delhi, June 12, 2006, www.hindistantimes.com
  International sports marketing and management companies are
  making a beeline for India. Neo International Sports Academy (NISA),....... [ Details ]
• Singapore Pacific Healthcare eyes Mumbai Reuters
  Thursday, June 08, 2006 12:01 IST, http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1034170
  SINGAPORE: Singapore's Pacific Healthcare Holdings Ltd, a specialist healthcare
  provider, said on Thursday that it would open a hospital in Shanghai....... [ Details ]
• Indian Inc flocks SGX
  The Financial Express, Posted online: Tuesday, June 06, 2006, 0000 hours IST
  MUMBAI, JUNE 5: With the Singapore government planning to relax a few listing
  requirements for the Singapore Exchange (SGX)...... [ Details ]
• Indian visitor Rahul Gandhi calls on MM Lee
  Posted: 05 June 2006 2047 hrs
  Rahul Gandhi, a member of India's Lower House of Parliament, has
  called on Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew........ [ Details ]
• Punj Lloyd buys 88% in Sembcorp arm
  Our Economy Bureau, New Delhi June 03, 2006, www.business-standard.com
  Engineering and construction major Punj Lloyd Ltd has acquired
  88 per cent stake in Singapore-based SembCorp........ [ Details ]
• India's Dexcel plans Singapore holding company
  EE Times, June 02 2006, 9:55 AM EDT)
  BANGALORE, INDIA: Dexcel, a design services firm based here, will form a holding
  company in Singapore and convert itself into a subsidiary of the new company.,..... [ Details ]
• Bank of India rolls out CBS
  NT Bureau, Chennai, June 2: http://newstodaynet.com/02jun/bu4.htm
  Bank of India (BOI) has adopted a Core Banking Solution software,
  Misys Midas Plus, for its 16 overseas branches,....... [ Details ]
• RBI puts fresh riders on Singapore banks
  The Financial Express, Posted online: Friday, June 02, 2006, 0000 hours IST
  NEW DELHI, JUNE 01: Three Singapore banks, DBS Holdings, Overseas Chinese Banking
  Corporation and United Overseas Bank, entitled,....... [ Details ]
• India, Singapore to share intelligence in terror fight
  www.thehindu.com, Wednesday, May 31, 2006: 1715 Hrs
  MAY 31: Singapore, May 31 (PTI): Entering a new phase of cooperation,
  India and Singapore today agreed to share key intelligence inputs to deal...... [ Details ]
• Ascendas to develop space at Mahindra IT Park
  Staff Correspondent , www.hindu.com, Wednesday, May 31, 2006
  MAY 31: Ascendas India, a provider of business space solutions and a
  wholly owned subsidiary.,..... [ Details ]
• Indo-Singapore trade growing at 41% annually
  Our Bureau / Mumbai , May 29, 2006
  MAY 29: The growth of Singapore-India bilateral trade has outpaced the growth
  of Singapore-China bilateral trade.,..... [ Details ]
• Singapore Airport, Air-India win B'lore deal
  Thursday, May 18, 2006
  MAY 17: Singapore Airport Terminal Services Ltd., the ground-handling
  unit of Singapore Airlines Ltd., and Air India Ltd.,..... [ Details ]
• SATS bags contract to handle cargo operations at Bangalore new airport
  By Loh Kim Chin, Channel News Asia 16 May 2006
  SINGAPORE: Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS) has clinched a deal to
  run cargo operations at a new airport in Bangalore, India. ,..... [ Details ]
• Singapore takes a leaf out
  TIMES NEWS NETWORK SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2006
  The city-state is aggressively marketing its institutions in India
  through educational fairs,..... [ Details ]
• IIM pips B-schools to storm Singapore: Raja Bose
  Times News Networks Sunday, May 14, 2006
  SINGAPORE: The crouching tiger took the big leap on Saturday afternoon
  as Indian education came of age with a roar,..... [ Details ]
• UTI Intl set to launch overseas infra fund
  May 08, 2006 Business Standard
  HYDERABAD, MAY 5 : The state-owned Bank of India (BoI) has sought permission from the Reserve Bank of India,..... [ Details ]
• BoI awaits RBI nod for Tier-II funds
  May 06, 2006
  HYDERABAD, MAY 5 : The state-owned Bank of India (BoI) has sought permission from the Reserve Bank of India,..... [ Details ]
• Singapore: India–Singapore trade rises over 110%
  April 11, 2006
  High Commission of India in Singapore in association with partners in India and Singapore will,..... [ Details ]
• Celebrating India Week launched in Singapore
  SINGAPORE, April 10
  A Celebrating India Week organized by the Indian High Commission in Singapore,..... [ Details ]
• Temasek plays the border beats
  Thursday, April 13, 2006 22:50 IST
  Temasek, the Singapore-based foreign institutional investor (FII), among the early,..... [ Details ]
• CII to take delegation to Singapore for 'India Week
  zeenews.com, 9.4.2006
  Industry chamber CII will take a seven-member delegation comprising of corporate,..... [ Details ]
• Singapore shores beckon Calcuttans.
  The Telegraph, Friday, 31 March 2006
  With people from the city streaming to the island state like never before,..... [ Details ]
• Singapore’s PSA buys 21% in ONGC-SCI joint venture
  Financial Express MUMBAI, MARCH 8
  An arm of Singapore’s PSA International Ltd has bought a 21% stake in..... [ Details ]
• Singapore firm to give Ranchi a makeover
  The Times of India Wednesday, March 08, 2006
  RANCHI: A Singapore-based consulting firm is being appointed to improve civic..... [ Details ]
• Temasek buys 9.9% stake in Tata Tele
  Mumbai March 09, 2006
  Tata Teleservices Ltd (TTSL), the telephone services arm..... [ Details ]
• Singapore firm seen in Vizag realty deal
  Business Standard Mumbai March 08, 2006
  A Singapore-based infrastructure development company is all set..... [ Details ]
• Tata Steel signs $500 m ECBs
  Financial Express Wednesday, March 08, 2006
  Tata Steel Ltd has signed an external commercial borrowing..... [ Details ]
• XLRI to start Singapore classes in June
  The Times of India March 07, 2006
  The Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur, will set up a campus in Singapore..... [ Details ]
• Singapore likely to recognise Indian medical schools
  The The Financial Express March 08, 2006
  Singapore likely to recognise Indian medical schools..... [ Details ]
• Withdrawal from India airport bid a disappointment: SM Goh
  The Business Times January-17 -2006
  Withdrawal from India airport bid a disappointment: SM Goh..... [ Details ]
• India plays key role in regional integration: SM Goh
  The Business Times January-22 -2006
  India plays key role in regional integration: SM Goh..... [ Details ]
• SM Goh to help scout for investors in Indian SEZs
  The Business Times January-22 -2006
  SM Goh to help scout for investors in Indian SEZs..... [ Details ]
• SM Goh: S'pore investments in India will go up
  The Business Times January-17 -2006
  SM Goh: S'pore investments in India will go up..... [ Details ]
• Adfactors Public Relations launch operations in Singapore
  Singapore , December 2005
  Adfactors Public Relations, India,s largest corporate and investor communications consulting firm..... [ Details ]
• UOB to kickstart India operations
  www.business-standard.com
  Anindita Dey / Mumbai October 12, 2005
  Close on the heels of the meeting of Monetary Authority of Singapore with the Reserve Bank of India, United Overseas Bank (UOB) has decided to come to India .... [ Details ]
• Tata Consultancy, Infosys Profits Climb on Overseas Orders
  www.bloomberg.com
  Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., India's biggest software company, and No. 2 Infosys Technologies Ltd. said second-quarter profit climbed as they won more orders from overseas clients such as ABN Amro Holding NV..... [ Details ]
• Uniproducts India to form JV with Juken Technology, Singapore
  Vicky Karantzavelou - Friday, October 07, 2005
  Source: IRIS (08 October 2005)
  Uniproducts (Q, N,C,F)* (India) Ltd`s board has approved the draft Shareholder's agreement with the Juken Technology Ltd .... [ Details ]
• Singapore Airlines to fly to Hyderabad from Singapore
  www.traveldailynews.com Friday, October 07, 2005
  From 30 October 2005, Singapore Airlines customers can enjoy direct services from Singapore to India`s fifth largest metropolis and capital of the state of Andhra Pradesh....[ Details ]
• Singapore markets education services in India By Channel NewsAsia's India Correspondent Vaibhav Varma
  Time is GMT + 8 hours
  Posted: 07 October 2005 1814 hrs
  SINGAPORE: Singapore is marketing its education services in India in a big way, eyeing the large number of Indian students eager to study abroad. ... [ Details ]
• Associated Press
  Flextronics to Build India Industrial Park
  www.forbes.com 10.07.2005, 01:53 AM
  Singapore-based Flextronics International Ltd., a leading electronics makers, plans to set up an industrial park in southern India with an investment of about $100 million .... [ Details ]
• Singapore-Indian economic ties expanded in recent years
  Source: Xinhua
  People's Daily Online, 6 October 2005
  The economic relations between Singapore and India has been strengthened in recent years with the two-way trade volume reaching 11.8 billion Singapore dollars ( about 6.98 billion US dollars) last year.... [ Details ]
• MV may buy stake in Compact Discs
  Economic Times, India
  PTI, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 04, 2005 04:40:41 PM
  MUMBAI: Compact Discs India Ltd today said Singapore-based Media Ventuers Pvt Ltd may invest Rs 1.5 crore in its equity.... [ Details ]
• Fly to Singapore for less than Rs 6,000
  From B S Arun
  DH News Service New Delhi: www.deccanherald.com, 4 October 2005 [ Details ]
• TCS says outsourcing margins safe for now
  Thu Sep 29, 2005 3:53 PM IST [ Details]
• Jetstar Asia Commences Service between Singapore And Kolkata
  Business FE Traveler, October 2005 [ Details ]
• Bharat Petroleum eyes Singapore Petroleum stake
  Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:07 PM IST [ Details ]
• Singapore, " India sign preliminary accord on increasing flights
  Financial Express - Bombay,India
  The number of visitors from India to Singapore rose 22 per cent in the first half of this year to 287,987, helped by increased flights of so-called full ...
• Singapore, India to boost flights
  CNN International - USA
  SINGAPORE (AP) -- India and Singapore have agreed to expand air rights to increase services between three of India's biggest cities, the government said ...
• SINGAPORE AN EXPAND AIR SD INDIAERVICES AGREEMENT
  Harold Doan and Associates (press release) - Rocklin,CA,USA
  India and Singapore have concluded a round of air services consultations with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will expand the air ...
• Singapore, India ink MOU to expand air services
  Middle East North Africa Financial Network - Middle East
  Singapore's Permanent Secretary for Transport said there were strong growth of air traffic between India and Singapore. Three new ...
• West Bengal seeks S'pore expertise in logistics, SEZs
  By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY
  (SINGAPORE) The Indian state of West Bengal is seeking Singapore's expertise to develop ports, airports, logistics hubs as well as to set up special economic zones.....[ Details ]
• Chandra Das bids fair-well
  Ng Ser Miang to take over as new chairman of NTUC FairPrice to build
  DERRICK A PAULO derrick
  NTUC FairPrice will have someone new at the helm when its longest-serving chairman steps.....[ Details ]
• Ascendas to build Rs 4-bn IT park in Kolkata
  Opening yet another chapter in its trade relations, India will allow duty-free import from Singapore of as many as 506 items ranging from chemicals and gases to PCs.....[ Details ]
• Vedika, IISWBM take software testing live
  Our Bureau / Kolkata August 24, 2005
  www.business-standard.com....... [ Details ]
• Communist bastion Bengal seeks Singapore investors
  Tue Aug 23, 2005 1:37 PM IST, Reuters, India....... [ Details ]
• India, Singapore may do joint tourism pitches
  Sohini Mookherjea / Kolkata August 25, 2005 ... [ Details ]
• AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT SIGNED BETWEEN INDIA AND SINGAPORE
  [ Details ]
• Planes to PCs on Singapore FTA list
  Opening yet another chapter in its trade relations, India will allow duty-free import from Singapore of as many as 506 items ranging from chemicals and gases to PCs.....[ Details ]
• Singapore arm to pick up 12% stake in Colgate India
  Our Corporate Bureau Mumbai
  August 12, 2005
  The Singapore-based Colgate-Palmolive (Asia) Pte has proposed to acquire a 12 per cent stake in Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd from parent Colgate-Palmolive Company USA......[ Details ]
• Opportunities abound for Singapore developers of Indian SEZ
  11 August 2005 1956 hrs Time is GMT + 8 hours
  SINGAPORE : Opportunities abound for Singapore property developers who set up Special Economic Zones in India delegates attending a breakfast briefing with PricewaterhouseCoopers were told.....[ Details ]
• NOL books 11% rise in H1 earnings to US$392m
  Posted: 11 August 2005 2054 hrs Time is GMT + 8 hours
  By Anjana Menon, Channel NewsAsia
  SINGAPORE : Neptune Orient Lines, Asia's number two container shipping operator, has booked an 11 percent increase in first-half earnings.....[ Details ]
• SP Jain heads for Singapore
  NEELIMA MAHAJAN
  S For Indian business schools with global ambitions, Singapore is fast emerging as a hot destination .Earlier this year, IIM Bangalore announced its plans to set up a campus......[ Details ]
• Singapore Telecom opens new frontier in South Asia
  Posted: 07 August 2005 1602 hrs
  Channel NewsAsia, Singapore
  SINGAPORE: South Asia is shaping up as a new frontier for Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) as the phone giant scouts for new profit drivers while some of its regional units face stiffer......[ Details ]
• Satyam acquires Knowledge Dynamics
  Satyam Computer Services Limited, the Hyderabad-based leading global consulting and IT services provider, has acquired Singapore-based Knowledge Dynamics Pte Limited. ..... [ Details ]
• Singapore attracts a pillar of Indian Business
  Without pausing for thought Mohan Aiyer, 40, gave a resounding "yes" when asked whether he would be interested in doing ..... [ Details ]
• Jet Airways eyes stronger presence in key international markets
  Singapore and India have agreed to start recognizing each other's educational qualifications in architecture, accounting ..... [ Details ]
• DBS poised for further expansion in India with the signing of CECA
  Singapore and India have agreed to start recognizing each other's educational qualifications in architecture, accounting ..... [ Details ]
• India's next export: Doctors? June 27, 2005
  Singapore and India have agreed to start recognizing each other's educational qualifications in architecture, accounting ..... [ Details ]
• India embraces Singapore
  In a major step, the Indian cabinet this week cleared the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) with Singapore [ Details ]
• 300% FDI rise expected from Singapore Cabinet clears comprehensive economic cooperation agreement
  India is expecting a 300 per cent increase in its foreign direct investment from Singapore in the first year........ [ Details ]
• Cabinet Approves India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement
  India's Firest Ceca With Any Country - Also First Bilateral Agreement in Services CECA a Milestone, saya Kamal Nath [ Details ]
• SALE to buy A319 planes, lease to Kingfisher
  By Melvin Yong, Channel NewsAsia
  Time is GMT + 8 hours
  Posted: 16 June 2005 1326 hrs
  SINGAPORE: Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) has signed an agreement.... [ Details ]
• Non-stop flights to Kuala Lumpur, Singapore PTI
  MUMBAI: With three more leased Airbus A310 joining the fleet, .. [ Details ]
• Ascendas launches Rs 1,000 cr IT Parks Fund
  To bring two assets, ITPB & Vanenburg IT Park, into the fund
  Our Bureau / Bangalore June 17, 2005, www.business-standard.com
  Leading business space provider, Ascendas, on Thursday announced that it is launching Rs 1,000 crore 'Ascendas .. [ Details ]
• Singapore DBS buys stake in India's Cholamandalam
  Thu June 16, 2005 8:12 PM GMT+05:30
  Reuters India
  SINGAPORE (Reuters) - DBS, Southeast Asia's biggest bank, will spend up to S$87 million ($52 million) for a major stake in Indian financial firm Cholamandalam.. [ Details ]
• India, S'pore to tighten watch on capital flows
  Economic Times
  SUBHOMOY BHATTACHARJEE & G GANAPATHY SUBRAMANIAM
  TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2005 02:02:20 AM
  NEW DELHI: India's concern about keeping a track on the sources of international capital.. [ Details ]
• Rana Talwar, Temasek to set up mutual fund
  Khozem Merchant / Mumbai June 14, 2005
  www.business-standard.com
  Sabre Capital, the investment group set up by ex-Standard Chartered bank boss Rana Talwar .. [ Details ]
• 'Don't ignore India, its role is as big as China's'
  AGENCIES, www.financialexpress.com
  Posted online: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at 1339 hours IST
  Updated: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at 1634 hours
  TOKYO, MAY 25: Japan is lagging behind China and southeast Asian nations in developing ties with India which is becoming a key player in the region, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Wednesday... [ Details ]
• Telekom Malaysia Plans to List Excelcomindo
  State-owned Telekom Malaysia Bhd. is planning an initial public offering this year for its 27.3 percent-owned PT Excelcomindo Pratama, Indonesia's third largest mobile phone operator, a senior Excelcomindo official said Tuesday.. [ Details ]
• More passenger traffic between Singapore and India is expected
  Changi Airport welcomes Air Sahara
  Thursday, May 12, 2005
  http://www.traveldailynews.com/new.asp?newid=22542&subcategory_id=098
  Changi Airport is poised to handle the fast growing passenger traffic between Singapore and India this year, as it further enhances its connectivity to India with a new airline, Air Sahara.... [ Details ]
• GLOBAL ECONOMIC FOCUS SHIFTS TO ASIA
  Posted online: Thursday, April 28, 2005 at 0221 hours IST
  Singapore, 28 April 2005 -The World Economic Forum opened its second Asia Roundtable today in Singapore. Over 250 participants from 34 countries are gathering together to identify the critical issues and generate insights necessary to develop the right strategic.. Details
• Singapore's Tiger seeks to enter India, China airspace
  Posted online: Thursday, April 28, 2005 at 0221 hours IST
  Tiger Airways Pte, Singapore Airlines Ltd's budget carrier, is seeking approval to start flights to India and China .. [ Details ]
• Kapil Sibal to lead the Indian Participation at the World Economic Forum's Asia Roundtable in Singapore
  Mr. Kapil Sibal, Minister for Science and Technology and Ocean Development, will lead the Indian participation at the World Economic Forum’s Asia Roundtable.. [ Details ]
• HCL, Toshiba ink strategy for laptop market
  www.agengyfaqs.com
  * 2005-04-26 * With industry experts and analysts predicting India's laptop market to grow over 100 per cent this year, Toshiba Singapore's Computer Systems Division and its Toshiba Mobile Computing Partner HCL Infosystems, India's leading IT enabler and integrator.. [ Details ]
• Lee Kuan Yew's India rethink
  By Kaushik Basu
  Professor of economics, Cornell University
  BBC NEWS WORLD EDITION
  APRIL 25, 2005
  When it comes to crafting national economic policy, few political leaders in the world have had the perspicacity of Lee Kuan Yew.. [ Details ]
• Singapore, India to seal trade pact in a month
  Mon April 25, 2005 4:17 PM GMT+05:30
  Reuters India
  SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore and India will wrap up talks on an enlarged free-trade pact within a month, Singapore's Prime Minister was quoted as saying on Monday, after a sharp increase of trade and investment flows in the past year.... [ Details ]
• MS appoints eSys as distributor
  TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2005 03:52:10 PM]
  The Economic Times
  NEW DELHI: Microsoft Corporation India has announced the appointment of eSys, the Singapore - based IT Component Distribution Company, as a nation wide distributor for products targeted at the System Builder market in India... [ Details ]
• India, Singapore FTA’s ready to get off ground
  SANJEEV SHARMA & NANDINI SEN GUPTA
  TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 2005 12:23:59 AM]
  The Economic Times
  NEW DELHI: The most contentious issues holding up the Singapore free trade agreement (FTA) have now been resolved and the trade pact is finally ready for a roll-out. This includes the rules of origin (ROO) issue.. [ Details ]
• Singapore for tie-up with India on infrastructure development
  www.hindu.com
  Chennai, April. 15 (PTI): Singapore is keen for a public-private partnership with India in infrastructure development, especially in real-estate and construction sectors [ Details ]
• First phase of ITPC to be ready by July
  Friday, 15 April , 2005, 13:39
  www.sify.com
  Chennai: First phase of the International Tech Park, a 15-acre information technology park being set up here by Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation Ltd (TIDCO) and Singapore-based Ascendas.. [ Details ]
• BCA signs memorandum of cooperation with Indian counterpart
  By Loh Kim Chin, Channel NewsAsia
  Time is GMT + 8 hours
  Posted: 12 April 2005 1939 hrs
  The Building and Construction Authority is hoping to make more inroads for Singapore's construction-linked firms in India. [ Details ]
• Helios & Matheson to buy vMoksha for $19mn
  Our Web Bureau / Mumbai April 12, 2005
  Business Standard Online Edition
  Helios & Matheson Information Technology has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of vMoksha for $19 million.. [ Details ]
• Singapore's DBS Bank to expand operations in India
  By P. S. Suryanarayana
  The Hindu
  SINGAPORE, APRIL 9. DBS Bank, Singapore's flagship on the Asian scene of financial services, is enthusiastic about expanding its banking business in India.. .. [ Details ]
• Singapore companies secure record high overseas contracts in 2004
  www.chinaview.cn 2005-04-09 01:02:54
  SINGAPORE, April 8 (Xinhuanet) -- Singapore companies secured overseas contracts worth 2.5 billion Singapore dollars (about 1.5 billion US dollars) in 2004, more than double the volume of the previous year, Channel NewsAsia reported on Friday night. .. [ Details ]
• Asian bourses grow fond of Indian paper More cos opt for S'pore, Hong Kong to raise funds
  www.financialexpress.com
  MAHESH NAYAK
  Posted online: Thursday, April 07, 2005 at 0000 hours IST
  MUMBAI, APRIL 6: Non-traditional markets such as Singapore and Hong Kong are fast emerging as the preferred destinations for Indian corporates to raise bonds... [ Details ]
• Singapore Airlines cuts fares by 19%
  Our Corporate Bureau / New Delhi March 31, 2005
  Business Standard.com
  Reacting to low introductory fares to Singapore announced by Air Sahara and Jet Airways, Singapore Airlines today cut fares on the route by as much as 19 per cent. [ Details ]
• Singapore Tourism Board opens Regional Office in New Delhi, India'
  Search ASIA Travel Tips.com- 30 March 2005
  The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) today opened its New Delhi Regional Office.. [ Details ]
• CECA with Singapore: `most issues resolved'
  By P. S. Suryanarayana
  Online edition of India's National Newspaper - The Hindu Thursday, Mar 31, 2005
  SINGAPORE, MARCH 30. A comprehensive economic cooperation agreement (CECA) with Singapore, India's first such pact with any country, "will happen in the short term,'' according to the Union Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram. [ Details ]
• Opportunities for Singapore businesses in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar
  By Melvin Yong, Channel NewsAsia
  Posted: 31 March 2005 1953 hrs
  PHNOM PENH : Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has wrapped up his introductory visit to Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia with the assessment that there are many business opportunities for Singapore companies to explore..... [ Details ]
• Singapore wants 212 more weekly flights to India
  G GANAPATHY SUBRAMANIAM
  TIMES NEWS NETWORK-MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2005 11:50:49 PM
  The Economic Times
  NEW DELHI: Flights of fancy, you may say but Singaporeans seem to feel that dreaming real big is good for business. Marking a new high in India's aviation history, Singapore has sought permission to launch 212 more flights a week to India over the next two years..... [ Details ]
• Singapore, India making good progress in free trade talks
  By Chua Chin Chye, Channel NewsAsia
  SINGAPORE: Singapore and India are making good progress in their talks for a comprehensive economic cooperation agreement.... [ Details ]
• Hyflux Seeking to Quench World's Thirst For Water
  SINGAPORE: March 24, 2005
  SINGAPORE - Olivia Lum, founder and chief of water treatment group Hyflux Ltd., reckons fresh water will someday be more valuable than crude oil... [ Details ]
• Now, fly to S'pore @ Rs 10,000
  TIMES NEWS NETWORK FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2005 09:58:04 PM
  NEW DELHI: For Indians planning overseas vacations, there's good news. Travelling abroad will be cheaper this summer as three new entrants in the international skies — Air Sahara, Air-India Express and Air Arabia — on Friday took ticket prices to a new low.. [ Details ]
• World Economic Forum Press Release - Global Information Technology Report 2004-2005
  Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday 9 March
  SINGAPORE OVERTAKES THE UNITED STATES IN THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM'S GLOBAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY REPORT. [ Details ]
• INDIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL SETS UP BRANCH HERE
  Friday, February 25, 2005 10:49 AM
  THE Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), one of the country's leading business schools, is opening a branch here, the first foreign offshoot for any of India's so-called "Ivy League institutions". [ Details ]
• GIC REAL ESTATE EXPLORING INDIA MARKET, REIT
  By ANDREA TAN (Source: Business Times, Singapore)
  25 February 2005
  GIC Real Estate is looking at investing in India and exploring a real estate investment trust (Reit) as an exit option for some of its investments generally, its president Seek Ngee Huat said yesterday. [ Details ]
• NIIT to double S'pore business
  Friday, February 25, 2005, Business Times, www.itasia1.com.sg
  NIIT, one of India's top information technology (IT) companies, plans to double the amount of business it does from Singapore over the next 18 months and will also consolidate its Asia Pacific operations here.... [ Details ]
• Temasek to buy 14% stake in Welspun via preferential allotment
  Wednesday, February 23, 2005 4:49 PM
  Temasek, the Singapore-based private equity fund, is buying a 14.01% stake in Welspun India for close to Rs 140 crore through a preferential allotment. The allotment is a combination of equity shares and convertible warrants.... [ Details ]
• Singapore outfit offers fast-track degrees
  Tuesday, February 22, 2005 9:38 PM GMT+08:47
  Chennai, Feb 22. (PTI): A Singapore government-linked institution, PSB Academy, has decided to launch, for the first time, a series of 'fast-track' degree programmes for Indian students from July this year, .... [ Details ]
• India, Singapore sort out ROO issued
  Amiti Sen & Huma Siddiqui
  Posted online: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 at 0000 hours IST
  financialexpress.com
  NEW DELHI, FEB 21: India and Singapore have sorted out the rules of origin (ROO) issue and finalised the goods component of the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) being worked out by the two. Although, the countries have to iron out some differences on the services side, .... [ Details ]
• S'pore-style property funds planned
  Industry bodies say real estate investment trusts will boost business and raise investment
  By Ravi Velloor
  India Bureau Chief
  NEW DELHI - INDIA'S industry lobbies are pushing the government to allow Singapore-style real estate investment trusts, or Reits, and there are indications that New Delhi may be getting ready to accommodate the demand... [ Details ]
• Singapore's Temasek Holdings bullish on India
  Wed February 9, 2005 8:14 PM GMT+05:30
  BOMBAY (Reuters) - Temasek Holdings is increasingly upbeat on India and has invested over $1 billion in the country in the past year, the chief of its Indian arm said at a technology seminar on Wednesday... [ Details ]

• Jet, Sahara get nod to fly to Singapore
  G GANAPATHY SUBRAMANIAM
  TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 04, 2005 01:00:23 AM]
  London, it's Destination Singapore for private sector carriers Jet Airways and Air Sahara. The civil aviation ministry has worked out a detailed plan to allow these two carriers to fly to Singapore... [ Details ]

• Full steam ahead for Gateway to the world
  Ravi Vellour, Bureau Chief of Strait times, India - good reading
  DRONAGIRI - STANDING in the warehouses of Gateway Distriparks, a container warehouse centre 70km outside Mumbai and majority-owned by Singaporeans, it is not difficult to see where the Indian economy is headed... [ Details ]

• India : e.Star Infotech enters into strategic partnership to introduce nanotechnology in India 
  www.fibre2fashion.com, 07 January 2005
  e.Star Infotech Ltd has informed Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) for entering into a strategic partnership with a high technology corporation situated at Singapore involved in Research & Development... [ Details ]

• SBI ropes in A-I, Singapore Tourism for special package
  Financial Express, Hyderabad, 06 January 2005
  With an equivated monthly instalment (EMI) of Rs 550, a person from Andhra Pradesh can visit Singapore and stay there for four days and three nights at a comfortable place with a... [ Details ]

• Singapore NatSteel Holders OK Sale Of Steel Ops To Tata
  15 December 2004
  NatSteel Ltd.'s (N02.SG) shareholders Wednesday approved the sale of its steel business to India's Tata Iron & Steel Co. (500470.BY) for around US$285 million, the Singapore company said. [ Details ]

• ST Telemedia, Malaysian partner buy 48% of India's Idea Cellular
  Channel News Asia, Singapore, 11 December 2004
  Singapore Technologies Telemedia and its Malaysian partner, TM International, are buying a 48 percent stake in India's Idea Cellular. The price is some US$390 million, or more than S$640 million. [ Details ]

• Singapore, Telekom Malaysia to Buy Stake in Idea Cellular
  Bloomberg, 11 December 2004
  The government of Singapore and Telekom Malaysia Bhd. agreed to buy a 48 percent stake in India's Idea Cellular from three companies for $390 million to tap into India's wireless market. [ Details ]

• An International IT Park in Chennai
  Express Computer Online, 29 November 2004
  After the overwhelming success of its International Tech Park in Bangalore, the Chennai- -based Ascendas (India), a subsidiary of the Singapore-based Ascendas, is embarking on a major project... [ Details ]

• Govt to open FDI floodgates
  Business Standard, 27 November 2004
  Singapore based banks to have greater access in the Indian market; FDI limit raised. The government is set to announce a series of policy measures ahead of the winter session of Parliament...  [ Details ]

• Temasek acquires stake in Gateway
  NT Bureau, Chennai, 26 November 2004
  Aranda Investments (Mauritius) Pte Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore-based Temasek Holdings Pte Limited (Temasek) has picked up a 10 per cent equity stake in Gateway... [ Details ]

• India holds promise: Principal Global
  22 November 2004, www.moneycontrol.com
  FII Principal Global Investor feels that India holds good promise in terms of a broad economic view, and says that its larger companies have good management and a skilled workforce. [ Details ]

• Temasek takes 10% stake in Indian Logistics Company
  Star News, November 2004, Singapore
  Temasek Holdings has made another foray into India - this time taking a 10 per cent stake in a fast-growing logistics company. [ Details ]

• PSA bids for Gujarat port project: report
  Star News, Singapore
  PSA International appears to be taking another stab at securing a stake in an Indian port venture with the submission of a financial bid for Royal Dutch Shell's proposed LNG and dry cargo port project...  [ Details ]

• India, Singapore trade to grow by 10 pc
  19 November 2004, The Economic Times, Chennai
  The two-way trade between India and Singapore, which stood at 7.9 billion Singapore dollars in 2003, was poised for a 10 per cent growth this year... [ Details ]

• Satyam to recruit local Singapore graduates
  19 November 2004, Business Standard, Hyderabad
  India's fourth largest software services player, Satyam Computer Services Ltd today announced that it would recruit fresh graduates from Singaporean universities in its first... [ Details ]

• ASEAN, India organize 1st car rally
  18 November 2004, Article in Japan Today, Singapore
  Member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and India will launch the first India-ASEAN car rally next week to mark blossoming ties between India and Southeast Asia. [ Details ]

• Merlion India Fund invests $50 million in Punj Lloyd
  17 November 2004, Mumbai, The Financial Express
  A private fund run by Standard Chartered Bank and Singapore's Temasek has ploughed $50 million in an Punj Lloyd Ltd, an unlisted diversified group, a source familiar with the deal said on Tuesday. [ Details ]

• SBI to list MTNs in Singapore
  16 November 2004, Mumbai, Reuters: www.sify.com
  State Bank of India (SBI) the nation's largest bank, has filed an offer document for listing medium-term notes (MTN) on the Singapore Stock Exchange, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)... [ Details ]

• Glitches remain to be sorted out in India, Singapore pact
  04 November 2004, New Delhi, Financial Express
  The proposed Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) with Singapore has still some way to go. The government has asked for a minimum value addition norm of 40% on items... [ Details ]

• Tata launches undersea cable in Singapore
  Press Trust of India & The Financial Express, 03 November 2004, Singapore
  Close on the heels of acquiring Tyco Global Network, Tata group chairman Ratan Tata on Wednesday launched a 100 million dollar undersea optical fibre cable here linking Singapore to India. [ Details ]

• A tale of two cities : Bangalore and Shanghai are like 'yin' and 'yang', with their pros and cons. Singapore should find ways to leverage that
  Business Times, Singapore, 01 November 2004
  IT WAS the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity... [ Details ]

• Singapore's Pacific Healthcare opens Hyderabad medical centre 
  29 October 2004, Channel News Asia, New Delhi
  Singapore's Pacific Healthcare has made its first foray into the Indian market, opening an international medical centre in the Indian city of Hyderabad. [ Details ]

• Singapore Ascendas Opens IT Complex In India's Hyderabad
  13 October 2004
  Singapore's Ascendas Pte. Ltd. and its Indian partner L&T Infocity Ltd. Wednesday opened a multistory IT complex in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad... [ Details ]

• Bangalore suburb to be $2.9 bn smart city
  Business Standard, New Delhi, 27 September 2004
  Canadian firm bringing in largest FDI slice in real estate. It is the biggest foreign direct investment in India's real estate sector. Vancouver-based Royal Indian Raj International Corporation (RIRIC)... [ Details ]
• GAIL India sets up Singapore subsidiary
  Indiainfoline.com, 24 September 2004
  GAIL India Ltd. has set up a wholly owned subsidiary company - GAIL Global (Singapore) Pte Ltd, primarily for making investments overseas. [ Details ]
• How linked is India to Asean? Race to find out
  The New Electric Paper, Singapore, 20 September 2004
  INDIA plans to highlight its proximity to South-east Asia by staging a car rally from Guwahati to Singapore in November. [ Details ]
• Romancing India
  Business Standard, 18 September 2004
  The Singapore and Malaysia tourism boards are fighting for the Indian traveller's attentions. Remember the Ugly Indian? The international traveller who needs a passport full of visas to leave Indian shores. [ Details ]
• Indian Tourists Among Highest Spenders In Singapore
  Financial Express, Singapore, 17 September 2004
  On a muggy September afternoon, N Kumar of Kolkata with his family in tow, unmindful of what mega pixels nd mega bytes mean, is nevertheless bargaining hard... [ Details ]
• Tarun Das chosen for Singapore National Day Award
  The Hindu, New Delhi, 17 September 2004
  The Singapore Government has chosen Tarun Das, chief mentor of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), for the prestigious Singapore National Day Award for 2004. [ Details ]
• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will flag off the first India-ASEAN car rally
  The Indian Express, New Delhi, 16 September 2004
  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will flag off the first India-ASEAN car rally from Guwahati on November 22. The rally, which will see the participation of Indian and ASEAN member-countries... [ Details ]
• China, India to be among top sites for R and D spending: EIU study
  Channel NewsAsia, Singapore, 14 September 2004
  China and India will be among the top global destinations of overseas spending by companies on research and development (R and D) in the next three years, according to survey results issued. [ Details ]
• Singapore real estate major to enter India
  Business Standard, Mumbai, 13 September 2004
  CapitalLand one of the largest listed property companies in Asia, planning to enter Indian mkt. CapitaLand, one of the largest listed property companies in Asia, is planning to enter the Indian market. [ Details ]
• Singapore Sling
  Express Features Service, Mumbai Newsline, 12 September 2004
  Singapore just got a dash of India as fashion store Mumbai Se opened up last month. The store is situated at the luxurious Palais Renaissance shopping arcade along Orchard Road. [ Details ]

• Two Indian firms set up Singapore units
  09 September 2004
  Two major companies-Gail (India), formerly Gas Authority of India Ltd, and Ushacomm, a software company belonging to the Usha Martin group - will set up shop in Singapore to expand global operations. [ Details ]

• Singapore trade deal in Cabinet
  Business Standard, New Delhi, 04 September 2004
  The commerce department has sought the Cabinet's opinion on the framework for the proposed Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement with Singapore... [ Details ]
• Singapore's $680m visiting card in India
  Asia Times Online, Kolkata, 04 September 2004
  In March this year, when ICICI Bank, one of India's largest privately owned banks, invited Ho Ching, the chief executive officer of Temasek Holdings to speak at an investor conference in Singapore... [ Details ]
• Singapore's Osim to spend $5.5 mn in India
  KeralaNext.com, New Delhi, 03 September 2004
  New Delhi, (IANS): Singapore health major Osim, renowned for its luxury massage chairs, has earmarked Rs.250 million ($5.5 million) over the next three years for its spread in India. [ Details ]
• Temasek gets nod for Reliance power fund
  Business Standard, New Delhi, 03 September 2004
  The government cleared Singapore-based Temasek's proposal to invest Rs 450 crore ($100 million) in a power sector fund along with leading power utility Reliance Energy Ltd. [ Details ]
• Shreya buys into drug firm in Singapore
  Business Standard, Mumbai, 03 September 2004
  Agrees to acquire 24% stake in SciGen in a 3-phase deal. The Rs 2,300-crore Shreya group is picking up a 24 per cent stake in SciGen Ltd, a Singapore-based pharmaceuticals major. [ Details ]
• India's Mphasis Mulls Second Listing Here
  Business Times, Singapore, 01 September 2004
  Mphasis BFL Ltd. (526299.BY), an Indian information technology company, is considering a secondary listing in Singapore, the Business Times reports. [ Details ]

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