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tabla Youths develop socially relevant enterprises Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth and Trade and Industry Alvin Tan presenting a trophy to a member of team UVtensils. Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chairman T. Chandroo is on the right. PHOTO: SICCI 26 Feb 2021 00:00 | Updated at: 26 Feb 2021 09:00 V.K. SANTOSH KUMAR Six teams were picked as winners of CATALYSE 2020: Startup with a Heart, an initiative by a consortium of Indian community organisations to instil an entrepreneurship culture in youths, specifically Indian. The six-month training and mentorship programme was jointly conducted by the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI), People s Association Indian Activity Executive Committees Council (Narpani Pearavai) Youth Wing, Sinda Youth Club, Tamils Representative Council Youth Wing and Young Sikh Association. It attracted 150 youths in the age groups 12 to 17 and 18 and above. ....
tabla Indian-American Swati Mohan led Nasa s rover landing on Mars. 26 Feb 2021 00:00 | Updated at: 26 Feb 2021 08:45 When the National Aeronautics and Space Administration s (Nasa) Perseverance rover landed on Mars on Feb 18, it was Indian-American Swati Mohan who confirmed it. Touchdown confirmed, she announced to applause from the mission control staff at the United States agency s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. Perseverance safely on the surface of Mars, ready to begin seeking the signs of past life. The Perseverance is the largest and most advanced rover Nasa has sent to another world. It reached Mars after a 203-day journey traversing 472 million kilometres. Packed with groundbreaking technology, it was launched on July 30 last year from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. It will attempt to collect samples from Mars and return them to Earth. ....
tabla 26 Feb 2021 00:00 | Updated at: 26 Feb 2021 08:54 The abuse suffered by Myanmar domestic helper Piang Ngaih Don must never happen again, and the Government is reviewing three key areas to ensure this. Speaking to the media at a virtual doorstop on Thursday, Manpower Minister Josephine Teo said the three areas are safeguards against abusive employers, the reporting system for doctors and the involvement of community and partner organisations. Let me be absolutely clear. There is no place for abuse against foreign domestic workers (FDWs) in Singapore. There is simply no place for it, she stressed. Mrs Teo, who is also Second Minister for Home Affairs, added: The Singapore Government takes very seriously the safety of all of our foreign domestic workers who are here. ....
tabla (From left) Karthik Murugesan, Vengadeshwaran Subramaniam, Roshini Kumaravelu, Prabhudeva Samuel and Kanitha Jagatheson. PHOTO: AGAM THEATRE LAB 5 Feb 2021 00:00 | Updated at: 5 Feb 2021 09:32 INDU ELAGOVAN In a first of its kind in Singapore, five newcomers - with a little guidance, a lot of creativity and open minds - staged a theatre show at the Stamford Arts Centre on Dec 20 last year. Titled Isms, it was Agam Theatre Lab s first experimental programme to develop fresh theatre artistes by providing them opportunities to find their creative voice. Agam Theatre Lab was started in 2019 by Subramaniam Ganesh, a passionate theatre exponent, in collaboration with other theatre enthusiasts. ....
tabla Members of MGR 4Ever Makkals group. (Right) Mr Muhammed Abdullah and Ms Rajeswari dressed as MGR and Saroja Devi. PHOTOS: MGR 4EVER MAKKALS, K.S. GANESAN Members of MGR 4Ever Makkals group. (Right) Mr Muhammed Abdullah and Ms Rajeswari dressed as MGR and Saroja Devi. PHOTOS: MGR 4EVER MAKKALS, K.S. GANESAN 5 Feb 2021 00:00 | Updated at: 5 Feb 2021 09:16 V.K. SANTOSH KUMAR Each year on Jan 17, unfailingly, Mr A. Thiyaga Raju will write a piece about MGR. The Singaporean will then e-mail it to his friends or post it on his Facebook page. This Jan 17, he penned an article to celebrate MGR s 104th birth anniversary. As usual, it was sent to his acquaintances and found prominence on his FB page. ....