Singapore sees running autonomous buses on public roads from 2022
Singapore is hoping to deploy autonomous buses on public roads in three different districts of the city-state from 2022 to provide better connectivity, the country`s Ministry of Transport said in a statement on Wednesday.
Nov 22, 2017, 10:34 AM IST
WTA Finals: Caroline Wozniacki wakes from tiebreak nightmare to beat Karolina Pliskova
The Dane was able to recompose herself and edge out Karolina Pliskova 7-6, 6-3 in their last-four meeting of the WTA Finals on Saturday.
Oct 29, 2017, 11:08 AM IST
Patient Venus Williams rises over improved Caroline Garcia at WTA Finals
Venus Williams admitted she needed one set to fathom Caroline Garcia`s tactics in their first meeting for more than three years after the American edged the Frenchwoman 6-7(3), 6-2, 6-3 in their WTA Finals last-four showdown on Saturday.
Oct 29, 2017, 10:59 AM IST
Venus Williams, Caroline Wozniacki set for WTA season-end final
Williams, 37, came from a set down to triumph 6-7 (7/3), 6-2, 6-3 in two hours and 29 minutes at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. She will be aiming to end a nine-year WTA Finals title drought when she plays Wozniacki on Sunday.
Oct 28, 2017, 23:20 PM IST
WTA Finals: Caroline Wozniacki fends off Karolina Pliskova to enter title round
The victory, completed in four minutes under two hours, was built on the Dane`s resilience, consistency and greater variation on the key points, and put the 27-year-old into her second final in the eight-woman event after losing in 2010.
Oct 28, 2017, 18:28 PM IST
WTA Finals: Top-ranked Simona Halep crashes out, Caroline Garcia stuns Caroline Wozniacki to reach last four
Halep needed a win to keep her campaign alive but she was sent packing by the already eliminated Elina Svitolina, who won 6-3, 6-4 in 71 minutes.
Oct 27, 2017, 22:49 PM IST
WTA Finals: Venus Williams stuns Garbine Muguruza to keep year-end bid alive
The win means Williams, who lifted the trophy in 2008, has never failed to reach the semi-finals in five appearances at the season-ending tournament.
Oct 26, 2017, 22:29 PM IST
Swiss great Martina Hingis quits for third and 'final' time
The 37-year-old "Swiss Miss" has retired twice before -- once after testing positive for a metabolite of cocaine -- but she said the ongoing WTA Finals in Singapore will be her last tournament.
Oct 26, 2017, 22:20 PM IST
WTA Finals: Caroline Garcia finds joy among tears to overcome Elina Svitolina
The world number eight was down a set and a break to Elina Svitolina in the second round-robin match of her tournament debut and suddenly burst into tears as she walked back on court following a pep-talk from her coach and father Louis-Paul.
Oct 26, 2017, 00:06 AM IST
WTA Finals: Caroline Wozniacki swats aside Simona Halep in Singapore
Wozniacki has been the form player on the WTA Tour this season, winning 58 matches, reaching seven finals and claiming one tournament victory in Tokyo last month, and she has retained that consistency in both her wins in Singapore.
Oct 25, 2017, 19:56 PM IST
When Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose set up Azad Hind provisional govt 74 years ago
Known as Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind, it was supported by the Axis powers of Imperial Japan, Nazi Germany, the Italian Social Republic, and their allies.
Oct 21, 2017, 18:55 PM IST
Venus Williams at No. 1? Might happen at WTA Finals
A supremely unpredictable women's tennis season will culminate in fitting style at the elite WTA Finals, where seven out of eight players can win the trophy and also be crowned year-end world number one.
Oct 21, 2017, 14:50 PM IST
Hundreds of US marines leave Australia after troop rotation
Three hundred U.S. Marines flew out of Australia on Sunday as their troop rotation came to an end, the first of a 1,250-strong force to leave the Pacific nation after being stationed for six months in the country`s far north.
Oct 15, 2017, 11:29 AM IST
US sacks top Navy commanders after deadly warship collision
The US Navy on Wednesday sacked two top commanders from a warship that was involved in a deadly collision with a tanker off Singapore, citing a "loss of confidence" in the officers.
Oct 11, 2017, 12:32 PM IST
'Battle of the sexes': Saudi men react to women driving
The decision was led by Prince Mohammed, who styles himself as a reformer who will set the country on the road to modernity and civil liberty.
Oct 04, 2017, 18:01 PM IST
SP Jain B-school in top 20 in Forbes rankings
SP Jain School of Global Management was ranked 95 in the top 100 overall in the 2015 Economist ranking. In the regional segment of the same list, it was ranked 10.
Singapore IS fighter challenges Prince Harry in video
It is believed to be the first time that a fighter from the affluent city-state has featured prominently in one of IS`s videos.
Sep 24, 2017, 18:29 PM IST
Singapore swears in first female president amid criticism
Criticism of the electoral process continued to pour in on social media.
Sep 14, 2017, 19:28 PM IST
Singapore gets its first woman President
Yacob, accompanied by her husband and greeted by about 750 supporters, spoke outside the People`s Association building and called for unity in a speech delivered in English and Malay.
Sep 13, 2017, 17:24 PM IST
Halimah Yacob set to be Singapore's first woman President
A former speaker of Singapore`s Parliament, Halimah Yacob, was set to become the city-state`s first woman President after other candidates did not qualify for the contest, the Straits Times newspaper reported on Monday.
Sep 11, 2017, 17:20 PM IST
