The putting of a shroud over a statue of Mother Mary in Kulon Progo was initiated at the insistence of a community organization with a track record of intolerance.

News summary of the week on Rafael Alun Trisambodo’s affirmed status as gratuity suspect and demanded death sentence for Teddy Minahasa.

The textile import business is growing, some enter the country through illegal channels. Sixty companies are suspected of involvement.

The authorities in various countries have successfully calmed the financial market for now, but no one dares to guarantee that the worst situation has truly passed.

Three government institutions have different versions regarding the suspicious transactions of Rp349 trillion at the finance ministry.

Acting Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Muhadjir Effendy on security threats if the Israeli team joins the 2023 U-20 World Cup previously slated to take place in Bali.

Gary Bencheghib with the Sungai Watch community keeps striving to clear rivers from waste to prevent it from flowing into the sea.

Reader’s letters on Constitutional Judge Guntur Hamzah’s integrity and the Domestic Workers Protection Bill.

Cartoon: Yuyun Nurrachman

In the hands of politicians drunk on electoral politics, it is difficult for Indonesian soccer to develop. The cancellation of the U-20 World Cup is just collateral damage.

Goenawan Mohamad writes in defense of Sidelines. Now, 46 years later, Sidelines has been replaced by Marginalia.

LITERACY activist Hanny Felle is teaching children on the terrace of the Onomi Niphi Reading House in Yoboi village, Sentani District, Papua, Thursday, March 30. The reading house aims to attract Papuan children to enjoy reading from an early age, as well as serving as a learning space for children with reading and arithmetic difficulties. ANTARA PHOTO/Sakti Karuru

This year, Indonesia and India mark 75 years of diplomatic relations. However, the ties between the two nations have existed much longer, predating the establishment of the Republic of Indonesia and the Republic of India. These connections span social, cultural, religious, economic, and trade aspects. But do those close ties of the past have any bearing on the present relationship? Why is there no direct flight between the capitals of the two countries?

Indian Ambassador to Indonesia and Timor-Leste, Sandeep Chakravorty, shares his views on this matter at TEMPO TALKS.