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Health insurance co-payment policy: Shooting fish in a barrel
The Jakarta Post
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ast month, the Financial Services Authority (OJK) introduced a new health insurance copayment policy through Circular No. 7/2025 on Health Insurance Products. This policy mandates that health insurance policyholders cover up to 10 percent of...
Floods Inundate Several Areas in Jakarta, Bogor, and Tangerang Last Weekend
Tempo.co
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July 7, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Floods inundated several areas in Jakarta, Bogor, and Tangerang last weekend. In Jakarta, the overflow of Ciliwung River caused 53 neighborhoods to be submerged from Saturday to Sunday, July 5-6, 2025. The Head of Data and...
Why Zohran Mamdani eating with his hands is a power move when it comes to digestive health
The Indian Express
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July 7, 2025
As a student in the US, Anumita often found herself picking up cutlery to dig into a plate of fragrant rice and curry when dining with her friends. “If my folks back home saw me spooning mouthfuls of rice, I’d be disowned,” she joked. But her...
Africa: Roadmap to universal clean cooking by 2040
ESI Africa
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July 21, 2025
Harnessing existing technologies and implementing a data-driven approach could solve the access to clean cooking dilemma in Africa, where around a billion people continue to rely on polluting fuels to prepare meals. A report released recently by...
World News | BRICS Welcomes Indonesia as Member, and 10 Partner Countries, Including Belarus, Malaysia
Latestly
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July 7, 2025
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], July 7 (ANI): Leaders of the BRICS nations welcomed Indonesia as a member of the group, while 10 nations, including Belarus, Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Malaysia, Thailand, Cuba, Vietnam, Uganda, and Uzbekistan, as...
A multi-species approach to revitalising Indonesia’s abandoned shrimp farms
The Fish Site
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Sambung Asa is a small but ambitious startup co-founded by civil engineers-turned-seaweed farmers Julius Bernardus and Yudistira Wiryawan. Friends from university and both keen divers, the pair were keen to establish a business that could both...
BRICS welcomes Indonesia as member, and 10 partner countries, including Belarus, Malaysia
Birmingham Star - Alabama
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Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], July 7 (ANI): Leaders of the BRICS nations welcomed Indonesia as a member of the group, while 10 nations, including Belarus, Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Malaysia, Thailand, Cuba, Vietnam, Uganda, and Uzbekistan, as...
3 dead, 1 missing, 8 injured following landslides in Indonesia's West Java
Xinhua News Agency
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JAKARTA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Three people were killed, one is missing, and eight others were injured after landslides hit Indonesia's West Java province on Saturday afternoon, according to Hadi Rahmat Hardjasasmita, spokesperson for the provincial...
Indonesia's Bali Safari ready for tourist surge this holiday season
Antara
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June 29, 2025
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Bali Safari and Marine Park in Gianyar, Bali, is ready to welcome an expected surge in visitors during the holiday season, according to Indonesia's Ministry of Tourism. Deputy Minister of Tourism Ni Luh Puspa said on Sunday that...
West Sepik on alert after Polio outbreak
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 21, 2025
The West Sepik Provincial Health Authority has activated its Rapid Response Team RRT, following the declaration of a polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea on May 16, 2025. The RRT is working under the Provincial Emergency Health Operation Centre...
World : Top News Headlines In Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam: July 7, 2025
Bernama
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July 7, 2025
CAMBODIA 1.CAMBODIA TO FUND ANTIQUES RETURN FROM THAILAND -- AGENCE KAMPUCHEA PRESSE Cambodia said it will fund the repatriation of 20 Khmer antiques from Thailand. The Thai government said it is unable to return the items due to financial...
BRICS adopts Rio Declaration, welcomes Indonesia as member
Antara
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July 7, 2025
Rio De Janeiro, Brasil (ANTARA) - BRICS leaders officially adopted the Rio Declaration during their 17th summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 6–7, according to an official statement. Under Brazil's presidency, the declaration — released on...
Pramono focuses on education, health, economy for quality families
Antara
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July 6, 2025
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung emphasized his administration’s commitment to addressing core issues in education, health, and welfare to help build resilient families in the capital city. "Based on my observations, Jakarta still...
Floods Inundate Jakarta After Cuts to Disaster Relief
Global Press Journal
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July 6, 2025
EAST JAKARTA, INDONESIA — Wiyanti was crushed by exhaustion after spending noon until midnight trying to purge water and mud from her family’s home. It still wasn’t completely clean. Floodwaters more than a meter deep crept into the ground level...
Autopsy reveals hiker Juliana Marins’ cause of death after falling into active volcano in Indonesia — and introduces a puzzling timeline
New York Post
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July 6, 2025
Chilling new details have emerged about the death of a Brazilian tourist who tragically plunged to her death while climbing Mount Rinjani in Indonesia. The body of Juliana Marins, 26, was found last Tuesday after she fell near the summit of the...
Nigeria, Indonesia Trade Volume Hits $4.7bn amid Strengthened Commercial Ties
This Day
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July 6, 2025
Omolabake Fasogbon Trade relations between Nigeria and Indonesia have reached an all-time high, hitting $4.7 billion in bilateral trade volume. The figure exceeds twice the $1.9 billion recorded in 2019, and signals a promising outlook for future...
BRICS welcomes Indonesia, adds 10 new partner countries
Mid Day Mumbai
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July 7, 2025
During the BRICS session 'Peace and Security and Reform of Global Governance' on Sunday, PM Modi stated that the expansion of BRICS and the inclusion of new partners demonstrates its ability to evolve with times and called for reforming...
BRICS Summit: Prabowo to voice Indonesia's role as bridge builder
Antara
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July 6, 2025
Jakarta (ANTARA) - President Prabowo Subianto will highlight Indonesia’s stance and role as a bridge builder during the country’s first-ever participation in the BRICS Summit, which is taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Ministry of...
Landslides in Indonesia's West Java Leave Three Dead, One Missing
MENAFN
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July 6, 2025
(MENAFN) A devastating series of landslides in Indonesia's West Java province left three people dead, one missing, and eight others injured, following heavy rainfall on Saturday afternoon, according to Hadi Rahmat Hardjasasmita, spokesperson for...
Indian equities still cost more than equities of developed and emerging markets
Awaz The Voice
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July 21, 2025
New Delhi India continues to be one of the most expensive equity markets in the world, according to a latest report by Nuvama Institutional equities. Nuvama research highlighted that the country's 12-month forward price-to-earnings (PE) ratio...