Indigenous peoples, impacted by climate change, raise alarm about the planet at COP29 They share stories of rising seas, burning trees, contaminated water and disease. Environment 17 Nov, 2024
Microsoft will invest $1.7 billion in AI and cloud infrastructure in Indonesia Apple CEO Tim Cook met Widodo on April 17 and said the company would “look at” manufacturing in Indonesia. Science and Tech 01 May, 2024
Indonesian voters choose a new president in one of the world's largest elections Indonesians have voted for a new president Wednesday as the world’s third-largest democracy aspires to become a global economic powerhouse a quarter-century after shaking off a brutal dictatorship. World 14 Feb, 2024
Last living Gurkha VC passes away Captain (Retired) Ram Bahadur Limbu, the only living British Gurkha recipient of The Victoria Cross (VC) — one of the highest and most prestigious awards of the British honours system, passed away today. He was 83. Nepal 23 Apr, 2023
Tropical forests turn down the planet's heat by 1C, scientists find Tropical forests cool the world by more than 1 degree Celsius, increase rainfall, and shield people and crops from deadly heat, researchers said, showing the climate benefits of trees go beyond sucking planet-warming carbon dioxide out of the air. Environment 24 Mar, 2022
17 missing in Indonesia fishing boat, cargo ship collision A collision between a cargo ship and a fishing boat left 17 people missing off Indonesia's main island of Java, officials said Sunday. World 04 Apr, 2021
Indonesia retrieves crashed Sriwijaya Air plane's flight data recorder JAKARTA: Indonesian divers on Tuesday retrieved from the sea bed the flight data recorder (FDR) of a Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed into the Java Sea with 62 people on board at the weekend, officials said. Divers had also found a separate radio... Women 13 Jan, 2021
Indonesia retrieves 'black box' from crashed Sriwijaya Air plane -official JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities have retrieved one of the black boxes from a Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed into the Java Sea at the weekend, a navy spokesman said on Tuesday. The recording device was being transported to Jakarta’s port, spokesman... Women 12 Jan, 2021
Indonesia uses unmanned undersea vehicle in hunt for air crash victims, 'black boxes' JAKARTA: Indonesia has deployed a remotely operated underwater vehicle to help divers search for the remains of victims and recover the flight recorders from a Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the sea three days ago soon after takeoff. The Boeing... Women 12 Jan, 2021
Indonesia hopes to retrieve black boxes of crashed jet from Java Sea JAKARTA: Indonesian divers on Monday will try to retrieve the data recorders of a Sriwijaya Air jet that plunged into the sea two days ago with 62 people on board minutes after take off from Jakarta’s main airport. In a sign of the fading chance of... Women 11 Jan, 2021
Rape, abuses in palm oil fields linked to top beauty brands SUMATRA: With his hand clamped tightly over her mouth, she could not scream, the 16-year-old girl recalls – and no one was around to hear her anyway. She describes how her boss raped her amid the tall trees on an Indonesian palm oil plantation that... Women 18 Nov, 2020
Sikkim�s Girish Pradhan joins ex-Lamb of God drummer Adler to form Firstborne KATHMANDU Chris Adler, former drummer of heavy metal band Lamb of God, has teamed up with Girish Pradhan of the popular band from Sikkim, India Girish and The Chronicles, to form a new project called 'Firstborne'. They have launched their first... Travel Abroad 27 Jun, 2020