Day: October 10, 2022

Trade Minister Hasan leads Indonesian mission to Qatar

Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan is leading the Indonesian trade mission to Qatar on October 9-10, 2022, to enhance trade cooperation between both nations. “The working visit to Qatar is also a follow up to President Joko Widodo’s directives to increase exports by opening access to and making optimum use of

OJK unveils three innovations to increase trust in digital finance

The Financial Services Authority (OJK), during the 2022 OJK Virtual Innovation Day (OVID) here, Monday, unveiled three innovations aimed at improving the public’s trust in the digital finance industry or digital trust system. The first innovation involves Digital Financial Literacy Modules to improve consumers’ understanding before choosing a digital finance

Regsosek data a basis for accurate policy making: Bappenas

Data collected under the Social Economic Registration (Regsosek) Program would become a basis for the government to take an accurate policy, National Development Planning Minister/Head of the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Suharso Monoarfa remarked. “Sometimes, we see it as insignificant data. However, in fact, the absence of such data

Jakarta governor readies pumps to handle floods, extreme weather

Governor of Jakarta Anies Baswedan has readied several pumps to drain floods and as a precautionary measure against extreme weather. “Everything is being prepared since we experience an extreme condition,” he noted in Bekasi, West Java, Monday. According to data from the Jakarta Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD), the Jakarta

BRIN creates device to detect TB inside, outside lungs

The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) has developed a device named TB-Scan or Kit Ethambutol to detect tuberculosis (TB) inside and outside the lungs. “The accuracy of this kit is more than 90 percent (in diagnosing tuberculosis),” Head of the BRIN Research Center for Radioisotope, Radiopharmaceutical, and Biodosimetry Technology

A country can only develop with strong financial sector: Minister

A country can develop only if it has a strong financial sector, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati observed at the opening of the “2022 Financial Profession Expo,” which was streamed online on Monday. “The financial sector will be the backbone as well as the blood flow for the economy to