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Fintech can help streamline social aid delivery: observer

Technology-based financial applications, or fintech, used by banks can help compile data on eligible recipients to ...

Comedians, content creators are promising occupations: Sandiaga Uno

Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno believes that comedians and content creators are two of ...

Ministry partners with Gojek to boost development of digital MSMEs

The Ministry of Investment/Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) and ride hailing application company Gojek have inked a ...

Campaign to raise awareness of convalescent plasma's benefits needed

Dissemination of information pertaining to the benefits and importance of convalescent plasma donation should be ...

Finance minister lauds digital tax payment feature

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani was vociferous in praising Tokopedia's efforts to develop digital economics services ...

Gojek nixes 'manels', to invite women speakers for forums

Gojek has decided to involve women speakers at events in order to promote gender parity and in response to a call by ...

East Java gets first drive-through COVID-19 vaccination facility

East Java’s first drive-through COVID-19 vaccination service was launched for senior citizens in Surabaya ...

Effective, efficient policies needed to deal with COVID-19: UI rector

Rector of the University of Indonesia (UI) Professor Ari Kuncoro highlighted the importance of making and promoting ...

Widodo stresses need for responding to COVID as crisis

Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Tuesday underscored the importance of instilling a sense of crisis in facing the ...

APRU releases AI for Social Good report in partnership with United Nations ESCAP and Google

APRU partners with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (United Nations ESCAP) ...

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Coronavirus: when an infodemic almost hits newsrooms

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus highlighted that all were not merely fighting an epidemic but an ...

Gojek's partner MSMEs get access to low interest credit

Micro, small, and medium enterprises partnering with Gojek's food delivery platform GoFood can now avail ...

Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society’s Doing Good Index plots way forward in post-Covid-19 world

- The Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society (CAPS) today released the second edition of its Doing Good Index ...

Hajj pilgrimage cancellation decision is apposite measure: analyst

The government's decision to cancel Hajj pilgrimage for this year in the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is a ...

67 health workers contract COVID-19 in West Nusa Tenggara

The West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Government on Wednesday said 67 health workers in the province have been infected with the ...