The Sree Narayana Mission (Singapore) was one of the 67 charities and the only Indian organisation to be conferred the Charity Transparency Award (CTA) at the Charity Transparency and Governance Awards 2019. This is the second consecutive year that it has won this award. The award recognises charities who communicate information to stakeholders in a…

Diageo Global Travel, in partnership with Changi Airport Group (CAG) and DFS Group, the world’s leading luxury travel retailer, celebrated the official launch of its new and exclusive Johnnie Walker Gifting Studio at Singapore Changi Airport at Terminal 3 on 5th December 2019. The special launch event was attended by representatives from Diageo, CAG, DFS Group,…

The Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society, a 70-year-old institution promoting Indian classical music, dance and arts, has a new Management Committee headed by K V Rao and comprising individuals from various fields. Rao, who is Resident Director – ASEAN at Tata Sons Ltd, has been associated with the institution in several roles in the past…

Unlike current Hindi film stars, he does not hanker for roles in Hollywood films, though he is an acting powerhouse. He morphs from gangster Ganesh Gaitonde in Sacred Games with the same ease as he plays the funny reporter Chand Nawab in Bajrangi Bhaijan. Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui was in Singapore to receive the Lesley Ho…

“It’s OK lah”, he says as he insists on helping to carry a camera bag to the car from a photoshoot at the East Coast Park. The Indian national, who arrived in Singapore in 2011, went on to list RHT Health Trust, a business trust with India based healthcare assets, on the Main Board of the…

Ramkrishna Mission Vidyamandir Belur shows the way when it comes to proving that religion should not be linked with education. Following the recent student protests against, Firoze Khan, a Muslim, who was appointed Professor in Sanskrit at the Banaras Hindu University, Vidyamandir has appointed Muslim teacher Ramzan Khan and tribal Ganesh Tudu as assistant professors of Sanskrit. While…

The recently concluded SICCI Entrepreneur Awards 2019, celebrated in conjunction with the chamber’s 95th anniversary, was a great success with top members of the business community joining in. Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Mr Heng Swee Keat was all praises for the SICCI’s long contribution to Singapore’s economic growth and the achievements of…

The Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) held its annual Entrepreneur Awards in conjunction with its 95th anniversary at Marina Bay Sands to honor entrepreneurs and businessmen who have carved a niche for themselves through sheer hard work and determination. While seven awards were given out in various categories to nine businessmen at…

Keeping up with the festive mood, Esplanade – Theatre’s on the Bay’s annual Kalaa Utsavam – Indian Festival of Arts features artists from across the Indian diaspora is being held from November 15 – 24, 2019. The programmes in the 18th edition mirror the evolution of the times and remind us how tradition can keep us…

The biggest business awards night is back, promising to be bigger and better than ever. The Singapore Indian Entrepreneur Awards 2019, organised by the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI), to recognise outstanding Indian entrepreneurs will be held on November 9 at Marina Bay Sands, with DPM and Finance Minister Mr Heng Swee Keat…