CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Singapore topped the index which was based on a survey of 118 cities. Singapore (1st), Zurich (2nd) and Oslo (3rd) have been named as the leading smart cities in the third edition of the annual IMD-SUTD Smart City Index (SCI).

Detailed explanation-2: -Singapore (1st), Zurich (2nd) and Oslo (3rd) have come top in the 2021 IMD-SUTD Smart City Index (SCI), with a deep dive into the data showing how urban populations are attributing increasing importance to health and environmental-related dimensions of their cities ever since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Detailed explanation-3: -The city-state constantly experiments with urban development customs, built around the principles of sustainability and innovation. As a city-state, Singapore was the first to earn the “smart nation” title. Today, it enjoys its status as a living, breathing laboratory where over 5 million people live and work.

Detailed explanation-4: -Singapore is the smartest city in the world, according to the IMD’s inaugural Smart City Index. Its Smart Nation initiative was launched in 2014 by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, and three years later benefited from a government injection of SGD$2.4 billion (then equivalent to US$1.73 billion).

Detailed explanation-5: -It’s amongst the four Asia Pacific cities which entered the top 10. Singapore was named amongst the top smart cities in the world, ranking eighth in the Economist Impact’s Digital Cities Index 2022.