The 5.6-magnitude quake struck in the afternoon in Indonesia's West Java province, causing significant damage to the town of Cianjur and burying one village under a landslide.
At the epicentre Cianjur, several homes and an Islamic boarding school were damaged. The national disaster agency has reported 14 deaths while a local official noted 300 injuries.
Islamic fatwas & world leaders being 'politically correct' by addressing climate change forums were among issues raised on 1st day of global religious summit in Indonesia Wednesday.
Indonesia's food and drug agency stated that the firms produced drugs using substandard raw materials. The country mainly imports raw ingredients for medicine from China & India.
Nearly 70 children had died from the same illness in Gambia after taking a paracetamol syrup. The WHO had 'potentially' linked their deaths to cough syrups manufactured in India.
Indonesia and FIFA agreed to form a joint task-force in the wake of the stadium tragedy, and as the country prepares to host the Under-20 World Cup next year.
The use of tear gas, a crowd-control measure prohibited by world soccer governing body FIFA, has come under scrutiny and police have said the decision to do so was being investigated.
While the stadium in Malang has several exit gates, some of these were locked during Saturday's match, causing bottlenecks and chaos as fans tried to flee.
Violence & hooliganism have long plagued Indonesian football, especially in places such as Jakarta, but Saturday's disaster in Java, a small town, has thrown a spotlight on the problem.
The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
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.
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?
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