Amendment would have overturned court ruling that made it difficult for outgoing President Joko Widodo’s younger son to run for regional polls in November.
The defence minister, honourably discharged from military amid allegations of human rights abuses in 1998, is 7th person to receive the honour after end of Suharto’s rule in same year.
Decisions on deepening of cooperation between India & Indonesia in various sectors on hold since late last yr. Incumbent Joko Widodo's defence minister Prabowo Subianto a frontrunner.
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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