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Erick Thohir elected as chief of Sharia Economic Community

State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir was on Saturday elected chief of the Sharia Economic Community (MES) for the 2021-2024 term during its congress. "Bismillah (In the name of ...

COVID-19 Task Force Head tests positive for novel coronavirus

Head of the COVID-19 Handling Task Force Doni Monardo tested positive for the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. "Based on the PCR test last night, I received a positive result for ...

C. Java apportions Rp1 trillion to address impact of PPKM

The Central Java provincial government allotted Rp1 trillion in budget funding as a precautionary measure to handle the impact of restrictions on the movement of people (PPKM) aimed at reducing the ...

KNKT downloads data from black box of crashed Sriwijaya Air SJ 182

The National Committee on Transportation Safety (KNKT) has downloaded data from the crashed Sriwijaya Air SJ 182 plane's Flight Data Recorder (FDR) found on Wednesday (Jan 13). "There are ...

Death toll in quake in W. Sulawesi climbs to 34

The death toll following a 6.2-magnitude earthquake that struck West Sulawesi Province on early Friday rose to 34, as of 14:00 West Indonesia Standard Time (WIB), the National Disaster Mitigation ...

BPOM approves Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

Indonesia's Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) approved a COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech for emergency use, the office's chairwoman, Penny K. Lukito, stated ...

Baasyir left correctional facilities following official release

Ex-terror convict Abu Bakar Baasyir left the Gunung Sindur Correctional Facilities in Bogor, West Java, after performing the dawn prayer at around 5:21 a.m. local time, Friday, following his official ...

Government ensures stock of 329.5 million doses of vaccines

The government is ensuring the stock of 329.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines ordered from various manufacturers, according to President Joko Widodo (Jokowi). "I also need to mention about ...

No scientific data to corroborate new COVID-19 variant deadlier

The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) pointed to the absence of scientific data that proves the new variant (B117) of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is deadlier than any other ...

N219 aircraft produced by Lapan, PTDI secures Type Certificate

Indonesia-made N219 aircraft, produced by aircraft manufacturer PTDI in cooperation with the National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (Lapan), completed series of certification tests and ...