JCB launches the IRCTC BoB RuPay JCB Credit Card
TOKYO & MUMBAI, Mar 3, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – JCB International Co., Ltd. along with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) in association with BOB Financial Solutions Limited (BFSL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank of Baroda (BoB) and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd. (IRCTC) have joined hands to launch the... » read more
NFT Data Analytics Platform NFTGo.io Raises $6.75 Million in Pre-Series A
New York, NY, February 8, 2022 – (SEAPRWire) – NFTGo.io, a leading data aggregator platform for the Web3, NFT, and gaming communities, announced the close of a $6.75M Pre-Series A capital raise on 5th February. This funding round was led by Qiming Venture Partners, with participation from SeaX Ventures, Youbi, Circle, Altonomy, Zonff Partners, Hash Global, and mask.io.... » read more
Football: ‘Many things wrong’ admits Guardiola as Palace shock Man City
MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM (AFP) – Pep Guardiola admitted Manchester City had a day to forget as Crystal Palace inflicted the English champions’ first home defeat of the season with a 2-0 win at the Etihad. City trailed to Wilfried Zaha’s early opener before losing defender Aymeric Laporte to a red card for hauling down the... » read more
Spots popular with migrant workers in S’pore help provide a sense of community
SINGAPORE – Spaces like Little India mean more than the sum of its parts to the migrant workers who frequent the area. They are, of course, a one-stop spot for familiar food, groceries and services, but these spaces also allow migrant workers to socialise widely and roam freely in a way that dormitories and work... » read more
New heritage group seeks new lease of life for Singapore’s modern buildings
SINGAPORE – A new heritage non-profit is looking to shift Singapore’s conservation focus towards modern buildings – many of which were designed by local architects and tell the story of the country’s urban renewal in its early independence years. While about 7,200 buildings have been conserved here, many of them, including shophouses and black-and-white bungalows,... » read more
Uncovering the KTV ‘butterfly’ effect in Singapore as Covid-19 cluster grows to 88 cases
SINGAPORE – A labyrinth of rooms lie behind tinted doors, obscuring the view of the world within from the public. But the lingering smell of cigarette smoke, coupled with bursts of loud music escaping each time the doors open, gives it away. These KTV lounges, which have pivoted to operate as food and beverage establishments,... » read more
MPs tackle topics from high-risk youth to hawker culture
Shahira Abdullah (Nominated MP) Mentoring for high-risk youth Providing specialised mentoring to high-risk youth who might not have sufficient role models at home would help them do well, said Dr Shahira. She noted that these young people usually have low confidence, owing to their poor performance in school, and can then become involved in activities... » read more
How they rose to the challenge
MOST STRESSFUL AT START The most stressful period was the start of Covid-19, when we received the first critically ill patient who tested positive. We knew very little about the virus at that time, and were concerned whether it would be very infectious and how we would need to respond… What keeps me fulfilled... » read more