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Tag Archives: india
Twitter can censor tweets by country
Twitter has announced that it now has the technology to selectively block tweets on a country by country basis. It’s a victory for countries like China and India which block or threaten to block websites carrying “objectionable” content. Twitter seems … Continue reading
India 131st, Singapore 135th on Press Freedom Index
India continues to slide down the Press Freedom Index while Singapore has moved up one place. Singapore is ranked 135th on the 2011-2012 Press Freedom Index while India is 131st, having dropped nine places. India was 122nd on the 2010 … Continue reading
Posted in India, Media, Singapore Tagged india, press freedom index, reporters without borders, singapore Comments Off
Salman Rushdie raps ‘the real enemies of Islam’
It’s a shame Salman Rushdie wasn’t allowed to address the Jaipur Literature Festival even by video link because of opposition from Muslim groups. “Even seeing his face is intolerable,” said Muslims protesting against the proposed video conference with the author … Continue reading
Salman Rushdie avoids India after death threats
Salman Rushdie has announced he won’t be attending the Jaipur Literary Festival in India because of death threats. Who is to blame? Continue reading
56% of Singapore immigrants are women
The World Bank has come out with the Migration and Remittances Factbook 2011, which shows immigrants now make up 40.7 per cent of Singapore’s five million population. And 56 per cent of the immigrants are women. Only Denmark, Russia and … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore, World Today Tagged immigrant, india, migration, population, women, world bank 2 Comments
The world’s biggest selling newspapers
The internet is said to be taking its toll on newspapers, but circulation is still healthy in highly wired countries like Japan and South Korea. Tokyo seems to be the newspaper capital, boasting the two most widely circulated newspapers in … Continue reading
Posted in Media Tagged ananda bazar patrika, asahi shimbun, bild, britain, calcutta, chennai, china, circulation, daily mail, daily mirror, europe, hindu, hindustan times, india, japan, million, mondo newspapers, new delhi, new york times, news of the world, newspaper, pakistan, south korea, sun, thailand, times of india, usa today, wall street journal, yomiuri shimbun Comments Off
How the Global Competitiveness Report is prepared
There were more respondents from Singapore than from many bigger economies to the World Economic Forum's executive opinion survey this year. The survey is used to prepare the annual Global Competitiveness Report. Singapore was ranked the world's third most competitive … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, Singapore Tagged america, britain, china, education, executive, executive opinion survey, global competitiveness report, india, japan, judicial independence, politician, sweden, switzerland, trust, world economic forum Comments Off
Foreign-born Singapore resident population up from 18% to 23%
Singapore Population (Figures in Thousands) Singapore now has 5.07 million people. But the population is growing more slowly – by 1.8 per cent this year, down from 3.1 per cent last year – with fewer new permanent residents and a … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Tagged 0.9 per cent, 1.5 per cent, 1.8 per cent, 2000, 2010, 4.1 per cent, 5.08 million, bangladesh, born, census, china, chinese, citizen, foreign, hong kong, india, indian, indonesia, macau, malaysia, pakistan, permanent resident, population, resident, sri lanka Comments Off
