New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal chaired a high-level review meeting on the progress of the 'Rozgaar Budget'. During the budget announcement, the government had set a target of generating 20 lakh jobs over the ne...

JAKARTA, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves fell slightly in March due to repayment for the government's foreign debt amid economic recovery, Bank Indonesia said on Thursday. "The value of foreign exchange reserves remains high...

New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): Responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha on the manner in which India is preparing to assume the responsibility of the Presidency of G20 this year in December, the Minister of State for External Affairs Rajkumar R...

SEOUL, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Olympic champion Chen Yufei and her compatriot Wang Zhiyi were ousted in the round of 16 at the BWF World Tour Korea Open on Thursday. With Han Yue's early exit on Tuesday, all of China's women's singles players were knocke...

Austin [US], April 7 (ANI): Marc Marquez will return to the Moto GP World Championship aboard his Honda Team RC213V after consultation and clearance from his medical team. Doctors have cleared Marc Marquez for a return to Grand Prix competition after...

JAKARTA, INDONESIA - The young woman from Myanmar and her family now live amid the tall grasses of a riverbank on the Thai border, trapped in limbo between a country that does not want them and a country whose military could kill them.Like thousands ...

Suncheon [South Korea], April 7 (ANI): India's Lakshya Sen lost in straight games to World No. 24 Shesar Hiren Rhustavito of Indonesia in the second round of men's singles of the Korea Open Badminton Championships 2022 on Thursday in a match that las...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Joe Biden's newly announced plan to extend a pause on federal student loan repayments has drawn backlash from budget watchers and economists, who argue such untargeted move could add to inflation pressures. "Extending the...

JAKARTA, April 6 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian police said on Wednesday that its anti-terror squad has arrested five suspected terrorists in South Tangerang, a satellite town of the capital Jakarta. National Police spokesperson Ahmad Ramadhan said the s...

EU scrambles to find new suppliers as ban loomsThe US coal mining industry is unable to expand production to replace Russian coal on the European market, the country's biggest exporter said on Tuesday.The comment follows a proposal by the European Co...

Phuket [Thailand], April 6 (ANI): Indian boxer Ashish Kumar continued his brilliant form at the 2022 Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament and entered the finals alongside the country's three other pugilists in Phuket on Wednesday. Apart from...

Restrictions threaten global supplyThe price of coal jumped in Europe, the US and Asia on Tuesday after the EU announced restrictions on imports of the fossil fuel from Russia, according to figures from the leading energy exchanges.The price shot up ...

SUNCHEON, South Korea, April 6 (Xinhua) -- China's Wang Zhiyi took a hard-fought victory against Supanida Katethong of Thailand while Wang's compatriot Li Shifeng was knocked out in the BWF Korea Open here on Wednesday. 22-year-old Li, who was defeat...

JAKARTA, Indonesia: Amidst declining Covid 19 cases and eased restrictions in recent months, Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country, welcomed the start of the Holy Month of Ramadan with a mass prayer at Jakarta's grand mosque on the w...

WASHINGTON, April 5 (Xinhua) -- The United States, Britain and Australia announced Tuesday that they will cooperate on developing hypersonic missiles. In a joint statement issued after conducting a review of the trilateral defense cooperation, U.S. P...

NEW DELHI -- India's COVID-19 tally rose to 43,030,925 on Wednesday, as 1,086 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry's latest data. Besides, 71 deaths from the pandemic since Tuesday ...

Suncheon [South Korea], April 6 (ANI): The third-seed PV Sindhu on Wednesday stormed into the second round of the Korea Open Badminton Championships 2022 after defeating USA's Lauren Lam here at the Palma Stadium. The two-time Olympic medallist India...

JAKARTA, April 6 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government has re-imposed a visa-free visit policy for citizens of fellow ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) member countries, the Ministry of Law and Human Rights said on Tuesday. "With thi...

© Provided by Xinhua JAKARTA, April 6 (Xinhua) -- People wait for Iftar, the fast-breaking meal, at the Istiqlal Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Tuesday.

Seoul [South Korea], April 5 (ANI): Lucas Claerbout bagged the biggest win of his men's singles career on Tuesday as he defeated the top seed Anthony Sinisuka Ginting in the Korea Open 2022 opening round. The 21-16, 21-13 victory, the 29-year-old's f...

SUNCHEON, South Korea, April 5 (Xinhua) -- China's Han Yue and Olympic bronze medalist Anthony Sinisuka Ginting lost in the women's singles and men's singles respectively here on Tuesday in the first round of the BWF World Tour Korea Open. Han lost t...

CANBERRA, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Australia's Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) has backed calls to import samples of lumpy skin disease to help scientists develop a vaccine. Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a viral disease that is spread to cattle and water buf...

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian authorities announced plans on Monday to end the ban on flights to and from 52 countries starting April 9, as Moscow continues to lift Covid-19-related restrictions. The measure would apply to "friendly countries," Prime Mini...

Suncheon [South Korea], April 5 (ANI): India's Lakshya Sen came from a game down to beat local boy Choi Ji Hoon 14-21, 21-16, 21-18 in the first round of the men's singles match of the Korea Open Badminton Championship that lasted for one hour and tw...

JAKARTA -- A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia's eastern province of North Maluku early Tuesday with no damages or casualties reported, an official said. The quake, which triggered no tsunami, rocked at 8:44 a.m. Jakarta time (0144 GMT), with...

Refusing to condemn Russia's military operation in Ukraine, India has been managing a multi-aligned foreign policy, to its benefit After Russia began its special military ...

Boyertown (Pennsylvania) [US], April 5 (ANI/PRNewswire):Mangroves sequester three to five times the amount of carbon as regular forests. Indonesia is home to over 20% of the world's mangroves. Over the past three decades, 40% of Indonesia's mangroves...

Jakarta [Indonesia], April 5 (ANI): A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia's eastern province of North Maluku early Tuesday, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. No casualties have been reported so far. In February,...

By Naveen KapoorNew Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): The rising prices of fertilisers in the international market due to various factors including the Russia-Ukraine conflict is pushing the subsidy bill of the government and it has borne the additional ...

Santiago del Estero [Argentina], April 4 (ANI): History beckoned and history was made. On his 200th Moto GP start, Aleix Espargaro for the very first time in his career is a Grand Prix race winner after converting pole position into a dream victory h...

© Provided by Xinhua Stretching 256,142 hectares of land on the second-largest island of Kalimantan, the Indonesian new capital Nusantara is becoming a new destination for local government to attract new capital and investments to boost the economy.

DUBAI, 29th March, 2022 (WAM) -- The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has participated in the panel discussion held by the Indonesian government und...

JAKARTA, 23rd March, 2022 (WAM) -- Dr. Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, Head of the Emirati Parliamentary Division Delegation at the Inter-Parliamentary ...

JAKARTA, 23rd March, 2022 (WAM) -- The Indonesian government has extended the visa on arrival (VoA) programme to cover international travelers...

BALI, 21st March, 2022 (WAM) -- Dr. Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, Head of the Emirati Parliamentary Division Delegation at the Inter-Parliamentary Uni...

ABU DHABI, 17th March, 2022 (WAM) -- His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander o...

JAKARTA, 14th March, 2022 (WAM) -- A strong quake struck off the west coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island early on Monday, sending residents f...

JAKARTA, 10th March, 2022 (WAM) -- At least 253 residents living on the slopes have been evacuated after Mount Merapi released hot clouds that...

JAKARTA, 10th March, 2022 (WAM) -- At least 253 residents living on the slopes have been evacuated after Mount Merapi released hot clouds that ...

ABU DHABI, 7th March, 2022 (WAM) -- His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of...

JAKARTA, 26th February, 2022 (WAM) -- The National Disaster Management Authority of Indonesia has announced that it has vacated around 6,000 p...

JAKARTA, 25th February, 2022 (WAM/Reuters) -- A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the near the western coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island on Fr...

ABU DHABI, 9th February, 2022 (WAM) -- Mohammed Saif Al-Suwaidi, Director General of the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, received Husin Bagis,...