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EARTH WIRE -- 76 mln people in India have no access to safe water: Report

At least 76 million people in India do not have access to clean water, a report published by international charity and ...

IORA believes women`s empowerment crucial to improve public welfare

The issue of womens empowerment has been taken up as one of the priorities in regional cooperation among the 21 member ...

Business sector urges IORA to empower women

The business sector of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) urged governments and private sector to further ...

Govt speeds up development in Papua

The government of Indonesia will continue to speed up the development in Papua and West Papua provinces, according to ...

Fruits of the Past: Revisiting Indonesia’s trade policy

- Indonesia cannot afford to lose its focus on improving its trade policies. Joko Widodo’s administration has ...

Power firm launches mobile electrical service outlet

State-owned power firm PT PLN, which caters to the Papua and West Papua regions, has launched a mobile service car to ...

President discusses diversity with Christian organizations

President Joko Widodo discussed the topic of diversity and maintaining unity with two Christian organizations, the ...

Minister says Family Hope Program reduces poverty

Indonesian Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa says the ministrys Family Hope Program (PKH), a ...

Ministry issues regulation to expedite rural electrification

The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry (ESDM) has issued a ministerial regulation (Permen) to expedite the process ...

President preparing "gotong royong" economic policy

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is preparing a Pancasila-based, or "gotong royong" (mutual help) economic policy, which ...

Poverty rate 28.54%, slightly lower in Papua

The Indonesia Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) said poverty rate in the countrys poorest region Papua dropped ...

27 million Indonesians live in poverty

The number of Indonesians living in poverty fell to 27.76 million, or 10.7 percent of the population, by September ...

Indonesian govt expediting plan to build high-speed train

The Indonesian government is increasing its lobbying with Japan to expedite its plans to build a semi-high speed ...

Yearender - Indonesia`s homework on workers` migration

The United Nations (UN) has designated December 18 as the International Migrant Workers Day, when the international ...

Infrastructure development can create more jobs: ILO Chief

Boosting infrastructure development can help create more jobs amid a sluggish global economy, Director General of the ...