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Singapore President says ties with India on ‘new trajectory’ | India News

Singapore President says ties with India on ‘new trajectory’ | India News

India and Singapore are cooperating in critical sectors like advanced manufacturing and semiconductors as the relations are on a “new trajectory” of growth, Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam said Thursday. Shanmugaratnam, on a five-day visit to India, held separate talks with President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a broad focus on expansion of bilateral ties. He is travelling to Odisha Friday where he will meet the state government’s leadership. The Singapore President told reporters that a data corridor between the GIFT City in Gujarat and his country is being explored so that the financial institutions of the two sides can safely exchange data. He said the possibility of a “corridor for renewable energy” between India and Singapore is also being looked at. Talking about Singapore-India ties in the last few decades, he said the two countries are now on a new trajectory after ties were upgraded to a comprehensive strategic partnership during Modi’s visit to the city state in September last year. “We are exploring new initiatives going beyond the existing active relationship …

Singapore aiming to build semiconductor ecosystem in India, says President Tharman Shanmugaratnam

Singapore aiming to build semiconductor ecosystem in India, says President Tharman Shanmugaratnam

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam during a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma Singapore is exploring new initiatives like manufacturing of semiconductors and building a semiconductor ecosystem in India apart from participating in the creation of new generation of technological solutions, the city-State’s President Tharman Shanmugaratnam said on Thursday. The visiting dignitary recounted his 2022 visit to India as the Senior Minister of Singapore when he toured Assam and announced that this time he is focusing on Odisha. “We will never forget India was one of the first countries to recognise Singapore’s independence in 1965. It’s a natural partnership between a small country — Singapore — and a very large country — India. In a whole range of areas, our business relationships are thriving,” said President Shanmugaratnam highlighting that Singapore is the “largest investor in India for many years now”. “We are also exploring other initiatives in the digital space. We are exploring possibility of a data corridor between Gift …