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Who is Tharman Shanmugaratnam, the Indian-origin president of Singapore?
Fp Explainers • 2 years agoIn the city-state's first competitive election for the mostly ceremonial role in more than a decade, Tharman Shanmugaratnam was declared officially elected president on Friday. He succeeds incumbent Halimah Yacob, who won a six-year term in 2017 with no opposition
Singapore’s Indian-origin ex-minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam wins presidential polls
Fp Staff • 2 years agoThe 66-year-old former senior minister bagged 70.4 per cent of the 2.48 million votes cast, while his Chinese-origin rivals Ng Kok Song and Tan Kin Lian received 15.72 per cent and 13.88 per cent respectively
Singapore ready for non-Chinese PM, says Indian-origin presidential nominee Tharman
Fp Staff • 2 years agoSingaporeans are to vote for the 9th President on September 1. Chinese-origin Singaporeans Tan Kin Lian and Ng Kok Song, are also contesting the presidential election
Indian-origin Tharman Shanmugaratnam in final 3-way race to be Singapore President
Fp Staff • 2 years agoThough a non-political office, the Singapore President is responsible for several critical functions in the city-state, including key state appointments and guarding the national reserves that the government of the day can only use with presidential consensus
Rahul Gandhi calls on Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong, deputy PM; to visit Malaysia on Saturday
• 7 years agoCongress president Rahul Gandhi called on Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong and met other senior leaders of the country
RCEP meet: Suresh Prabhu calls India one of 'most open' economies, calls for dynamic global trading system
• 7 years agoIndia is a "very open economy" and wants to have trade relations and pacts with all countries, Union minister Suresh Prabhu told the business community in Singapore, ahead of a Regional Comprehensive Economic Cooperation (RCEP) meeting
Bureaucracy or bully? Why PM Modi should create a defence department run by military
Pckatoch • 9 years agoCan Modi do another NITI Aayog and replace Ministry of Defence with a Department of Defence manned by military professional, or will the bureaucracy continue to have the last laugh?
How PM Modi is breaking silos in governance to form an effective development plan
Ajay Singh • 9 years agoThough PM Modi's initiatives are still at an incipient stage, they are positive steps for evolving a coherent and effective development plan for the country
IMF needs an Asian leader, not a French one
Fp Archives • 14 years agoSingapore Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam bridges India, China, Southeast Asia and the West, and can restore the IMF's global authority.
Message from Southeast Asia: Modi must step on the gas, 10 years is all that India has
Seetha • 10 years agoFM was not there to hear Shanmugaratnam speak. His deputy Sinha was not there when Prasad spoke. Hopefully, they will be briefed properly and will give serious thought to the ideas