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Topic: Indonesia

Building a new capital city: What China’s new overseas development project is likely to be

Srijan Shukla -
Indonesia is embarking on an ambitious project to develop a new capital city in Kalimantan at an expected cost of $33 billion. Beijing is the frontrunner.

Surge in Indonesia and Malaysia’s palm oil prices may shrink sales to India

Atul Prakash -
India will shift some purchases to other edible oils this winter after palm’s surge of about 30% from last month’s low.

Failure to clinch stalled Asian trade pact RCEP this year could end up derailing it

Philip J. Heijmans -
RCEP negotiations have reached a ‘point of no return’ but global trade tensions could derail a deal seven years in the making.

We went deep into remote Cambodian jungles to ensure rare Siamese crocodiles had enough food

Paul McInerney -
Our only reliable indication of the crocodiles' diet came from scats (crocodile poo) collected along the river banks inhabited by remnant populations.

Boeing pushes to move crash suits from hometown to Indonesia

Janan Hanna -
A lawyer representing some of the Lion Air crash plaintiffs said Indonesian courts don't have jury trials or punitive-damage awards.

North Korea tests tactical guided weapon, claims state media

Srijan Shukla -
A new report reveals Turkey propped up its foreign reserves using short-term borrowing, and Joko Widodo looks set for another term.

Macron pledges to rebuild iconic Paris cathedral Notre-Dame after fire destroys cathedral

Srijan Shukla -
Indonesia sets out to conduct world’s most complicated single-day election, and redacted version of Robert Mueller report to release Thursday.

What Narendra Modi & Rahul Gandhi can learn from elections in Indonesia

Andy Mukherjee -
India is transitioning to a compensatory state as BJP & Congress push direct cash transfers while Indonesia is sticking to development.

Unplanned urbanisation may help India in lifting consumer shares

Abhishek Vishnoi -
Govt efforts to create more jobs has lower odds of success than regular folk migrating to cities.

Indonesia grabs the upper hand over India in battle of high-yielding bond markets

Kartik Goyal -
Comparison between the two Asian economies is common given their similarities, and that’s especially true this year.
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Make Sanchar Saathi removable. Good intentions don’t excuse State overreach

K.B.S Sidhu -
Compulsion magnifies the risk of function creep. Future updates could quietly expand the app’s capabilities or enable background telemetry far beyond users’ expectations.

That one sentence from US central bank changed gold prices

Desi weddings are now fake, vapid, meaningless extravaganzas. Billionaires pop out of nowhere

Economy

New cess on ‘pan masala’ to fund national security and healthcare programmes

Udit Bubna -
The Health Security Se National Security Cess Bill, 2025, explained. Oppn has attacked the proposed cess as 'a new financial burden' on the citizens.

Defence

After Op Sindoor, India goes in for more Heron Mk IIs; Israel frontrunner for mega MALE drones deal

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Order for 87 MALE drones will be split between 2 Indian firms in 64:36 ratio to ensure there are 2 independent manufacturing lines with at least 60% indigenous components.

National Interest

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

Shekhar Gupta -
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.

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