Month: January 2022

Harmless 2022 AA Asteroid to pass Earth in February 2022

The 2022 AA Asteroid will fly past the Earth on February 4 or February 5, 2022, safely and without causing any danger to people, the National Research and Innovation Agency’s (BRIN’s) main researcher stated. The asteroid will pass near the Earth on February 4 at 21:16 p.m. Universal Time (UT)

TNI assists local cuttlefish waste processing business in border

The Indonesian Military’s (TNI) Border Security Task Force of Mechanized Infantry Battalion (Yonif Mekanis) 643/Wanara Sakti has helped local fishers to process cuttlefish bone waste in Paloh, Sambas District, West Kalimantan. “Some 85 percent of the cuttlefish bones are known to contain calcium carbonate (CaCO3) that is the main component of HA

NU should build endowment fund: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) emphasized the need for Indonesia’s largest Muslim-based organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) to build an endowment fund to have a strong venture capital to finance its flagship and innovative programs. Jokowi made the statement at the inauguration of the Nahdlatul Ulama executive board (PBNU) for the 2022-2027

Labour20 urged to help tackle poverty, unemployment

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, has urged the Labour20 (L20), which represents the interests of workers at G0, to help tackle poverty and unemployment. He has further asked the L20 to fight for the benefits of the vulnerable groups of workers like women and people with disabilities. “The

Trade Minister highlights efforts to stabilize cooking oil prices

The Trade Ministry informed the House of Representatives of the government’s efforts to stabilize the prices of cooking oil and maintain supplies to meet public demand amid soaring commodity prices in the international market. “Based on data from the Trade Ministry’s Basic Needs Market Monitoring System, the average world Crude

Preparing disaster-resilient community in earthquake-prone Indonesia

Earthquakes are common in parts of Indonesia, the world’s largest archipelagic nation located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, a horseshoe-shaped region of converging tectonic plates and several active volcanoes. The most powerful earthquake to have struck in modern-day Indonesia was a magnitude-8.9 quake that triggered a subsequent devastating tsunami