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Indonesia slips to first recession in 22 years amid Covid outbreak

Indonesia's GDP shrank 3.49% from a year ago, but officials saw hope in the fact that the contraction was narrowing. Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said the worst is over.

Shrimp farming is ruining our mangroves, but there are solutions

About 70% of Indonesia’s mangrove forests have been damaged by aquaculture. But nature-based solutions can help produce food in a more sustainable manner.

‘Standing up against China’ — India set to step into another minilateral within Indo-Pacific

Foreign ministers of India, Australia and Indonesia to meet soon to formalise agenda on security and economic connectivity.

Japan’s push to cut its reliance on China will come as a boon to Southeast Asia

Japan is paying about $114 million to 30 firms to raise production in Southeast Asia, in the first round of a multi-billion dollar programme to diversify supply chains.

India & Indonesia agree to expand defence ties and technology sharing

The possible areas of further expansion of defence and military ties were discussed during talks between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and General Prabowo Subianto.

Indonesia faces unusual challenges as Covid cases climb — theft of corpses, smiling

A clash between culture and medical procedure is resulting in frequent reports of corpse stealing, where family members or, in extreme cases, local mobs take away bodies.

Trump threatens to cut school funds, ‘Santa Claus’ Sunak isn’t helping UK & other Covid news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

The new reality of China-centric bipolar world order, and reasons behind Ladakh standoff

In episode 492 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta looks at the complex geopolitics behind the India-China border dispute, and how a new world order is emerging.

Indonesia deploys Army, police to flatten virus curve as it prepares to reopen economy

Authorities are stepping up surveillance amid fears of a new wave of infections with the return of thousands of people to cities after the Eid al-Fitr holidays.

Heavy smoking blamed for Indonesia’s 6.6% coronavirus death rate

Smoking is still common & growing in Indonesia & experts argue it’s no coincidence that many of the 18,000-plus patients in the country have died.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?