Jokowi reportedly puts Finance Minister Sri Mulyani under pressure over the issue of social assistance, which is vulnerable to being used for the Prabowo-Gibran presidential campaign.

Although the market remains indifferent, politically motivated electoral social assistance can incite public anger.

It is suspected that there has been the practice of extorting illegal levies in KPK detention centers for years. Prisoners can use cellular phones and order food via online delivery apps.

The three presidential campaign teams accuse one another of frauds ahead of the elections.

Moh. Wijdan, Head of Ketapang Jaya village, Ketapang, Sampang, East Java, replies to Pressure from the Police and Prosecutors article.

Cartoon: Yuyun Nurrachman

The government will lower its renewable energy mix target. The goal of low emissions is getting further away.

Seneca the Younger took his own life. He was a Stoic in thought, but an Epicurean in death.

THE construction work for Contract Package (CP) 201 (Monas-Thamrin) of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) project in Jakarta, January 18. Based on MRT data, the CP 201 work has reached 67.26 percent, CP 202 (Harmoni-Sawah Besar-Manga Besar Station) 23.81 percent and CP 203 (Glodok-Kota Station) 42.97 percent. TEMPO/Febri Angga Palguna

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.