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News: India and Singapore recently finalised around ten agreements. Pacts were signed on areas including on connectivity, digitalisation, healthcare and medicine, skills development and advanced technology.
About Singapore
- Location: Singapore is a city-state located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, about 137 kilometres north of the Equator.
- It consists of the main diamond-shaped Singapore Island and about 60 smaller islets.
- The main island is separated from Malaysia by the Johor Strait and from Indonesia by the Singapore Strait.
- Highest point: The highest point is Timah Hill at 162 metres, while most of the island lies below 15 metres above sea level.
- Four official languages are recognised: English, Mandarin Chinese, Malay, and Tamil.
- Singapore is a unitary parliamentary democracy based on the Westminster system.
- Singapore is the largest port in Southeast Asia and one of the busiest in the world.
- It is member country of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
