The Straits Times' News In A Minute: March 4, 2016

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Today's top news headlines: Students score the best A-level results in a decade, Singapore carriers have to track their aircraft every 15 minutes, and the Penang kidnapping trio will be remanded for another two weeks.

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In today's The Straits Times News In A Minute video, we look at:
* About 93.1 per cent of the 13,582 students who took last year's GCE A-level examination achieved at least three H2 passes, with a pass in General Paper or Knowledge and Inquiry.
* From July 1, Singapore carriers will be required to track their aircraft either manually or automatically at least every 15 minutes, throughout the entire duration of the flight.
* Three people, who allegedly tried to extort over $345,000 in connection with the alleged kidnap of two Singaporean brothers in Penang were remanded for another two weeks.