So far some 64 cryogenic tanks, 12k oxygen cylinders, 8.3k oxygen concentrators, 1.9k BiPAP machines, 51k oximeters, and other critical supplies have been sourced from Singapore, and have arrived or are arriving in India shortly, ET has learnt.
Very high standards : Singapore makes its stance against racism and fake news clear Very high standards : Singapore makes its stance against racism and fake news clear
Among growing concerns of racism against Indians in Singapore, the country has said it sets very high standards against racism or any bias.
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Singapore has made its stand against racism clear. (Source: mothership.sg)
“A small minority of Singapore’s residents is sowing racism against local and expatriate Indians in the same manner as the discrimination being imposed on Asian people in the United States,” warned the law and home affairs minister of Singapore, K. Shanmugam.
Singapore Threatens to Invoke Fake News Act Against Delhi CM Kejriwal
The move comes days after Kejriwal said that coronavirus has taken a ânew formâ in Singapore and appealed to the central government to suspend all air services with the southeast Asian city-state.
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. Photo: PTI
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New Delhi: Singapore on Wednesday said that it reserved the right to invoke a domestic law on the online circulation of fake news against the Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal for his tweet about a COVID-19 variant demonstrating more ferocity in infecting children in Singapore.
The southeast Asian city-state has been up in arms since Kejriwalâs tweet in Hindi, which resulted in the Indian high commissioner being summoned to the Singapore foreign ministry on Wednesday. It also issued directions to Facebook, Twitter and SPH, Singaporeâs leading media company, to carry a correction notice with all posts related to Kejriwalâ�
Singapore invokes anti-misinformation law after Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s tweet on ‘new COVID-19 variant’ - Social media giants will be required to carry a "Correction Notice to all end-users in Singapore" that "there is no new “Singapore” variant of COVID.
›We reserve right to invoke provisions of law on misinformation on some comments made by Delhi CM: Singapore envoy
We reserve right to invoke provisions of law on misinformation on some comments made by Delhi CM: Singapore envoy
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We reserve right to invoke provisions of law on misinformation on some comments made by Delhi CM: Singapore envoyPTI
Last Updated: May 19, 2021, 07:41 PM IST
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Singapore on Wednesday appreciated the Indian government s crystal clear clarification on Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal s remarks on a new Covid-19 variant and said it reserved the right to invoke the provision of domestic law to check misinformation on some of the comments made by him.