The headline 72% tumble of the Singtel looks like a cause for concern but if we strip away the one-off exceptional gains from partial Bharti Airtel stake sale and the Intouch-Gulf Energy merger (in the same quarter last year), the core underlying net profit actually rose 21% from 686 million to 831 million.
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