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Friday, May 10, 2024
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Topic: Indonesia

Pilot of crashed Indonesian Lion Air was a 31-year-old from Delhi

Captain Bhavye Suneja, alumnus of Ahlcon Public School, hailed from Delhi’s Mayur Vihar. He joined Lion Air in 2011.

We are not source of India’s polio vaccine contamination, says Indonesian drug firm

Indonesian firm Bio Farma says test results of bulk vaccine do not indicate presence of type-2 polio virus. Modi govt to widen scope of investigation.

Drug sleuths off to Indonesia to trace source of ‘dead’ polio strain in vaccines

Lakhs of children were said to have been administered oral polio vaccines from a batch tainted with the type 2 polio virus, which was eradicated years ago.  

IMF cuts global growth forecast blaming trade wars & emerging markets stress

Risks to global growth have risen in the last three months and tilt to the downside, the IMF said on eve of its annual...

No coherent strategy in sight as guardians of global economy meet in Bali this week

Global finance chiefs meet for IMF & World Bank meetings without firepower of 2008 & with era of coordination looking like an anomaly.

Geography & coastal settlements make tsunamis more dangerous in Indonesia

Indonesia covers many complex tectonic environments. Many details of these are still poorly understood.

Donald Trump praises Brett Kavanaugh, and over 800 dead in Indonesia earthquake & tsunami

Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un’s 'beautiful' letter exchanges, and sharks are paying a high price to satisfy human taste buds.

Slump in Turkish lira won’t take Asian markets down with it

The lira's decline has been a long time coming since Erdogan refuses to hike interest rates.

Man who asked Sushma Swaraj whether it was safe to travel in Bali got this answer

The question was asked on Twitter after a powerful quake hit Indonesia this week killing 300 people. 

8 journalists ‘assaulted’ during Bangladesh stir, and Indonesia quake kills 82

Why the Trump administration wants Palestinians stripped of refugee status, and star football faces 'racial abuse' at China game.

On Camera

Apple ad just an example of Big Tech’s inflated sense of self, not the collapse of the world

Apple iPad Pro's ad is a science-fiction film come to life. It destroys every creative instrument and artefact to show our lives can be compressed into the 'thinnest product ever created'.

Day after mass sick leave by employees, Air India Express fires crew members, cancels 85 more flights

About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.

Three Indian Navy ships deployed to South China Sea

Deployment comes at a time when Yuan Wang 03, a Chinese missile and satellite tracking vessel, has entered Indian Ocean Region.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.