Indian police have seized 227kg of the powerful synthetic stimulant captagon worth nearly US$19 million (S$24.33 million), the country’s first seizure of the drug, the interior minister said on May 16.

Anti-narcotics officers also arrested a Syrian national, who the ministry said was a member of an “international drug syndicate”.

Captagon is little known in India, and the ministry said the drugs had been smuggled into the country in a container from Syria “with sheep wool as a declared consignment”,...

Singapore Premier League club FC Jurong officially entered a new chapter on May 16 after Indian-owned SKASports Investments announced the acquisition of a minority stake in NSG Global, the parent and operating company of the club till recently known as Albirex Niigata Singapore.

The partnership marks one of the most significant recent foreign investments into Singapore football and comes as the six-time league champions prepare to rebrand as FC Jurong from the 2026-27 season.

Founded in 2004 as the Singapore...

Singapore’s High Commissioner to India, Simon Wong, congratulated the re-elected Chief Minister (CM) of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, on May 12 in a post on X.

The post reads: “Big congratulations to our friend #himantabiswa. Your new term as Chief Minister will no doubt propel Assam to greater heights. As your trusted friend, we will stand by Assam as always.”

Mr Himanta, who is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, will be serving his second term as CM after...

Against a backdrop of geopolitical tensions, energy insecurity, and a fragmenting global economy, policymakers, academics, and industry leaders gathered at the second India-Singapore Futures Forum to chart a path for deeper bilateral cooperation in sustainability, energy transition, and emerging technologies.

Held by the Institute of South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore, the forum centred on the theme “Accelerating Green Transitions: India-Singapore Cooperation in a Fragmenting World Economy”.

Opening the session, Associate Professor Iqbal Singh Sevea said the...

The lunch crowd thins and The Bagel Bunch’s three-person crew takes a breather. Tucked in the office-heavy stretch of Buona Vista, this afternoon pause is the favourite part of founder and co-owner Hemant Mathy’s day.

“It’s not so rushed at this time. You can actually see what the space becomes,” the 29-year-old said.

The brand was conceived in his home in 2021, which he ran as a home-based business for over three years before making the leap to a brick-and-mortar...