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Indonesia: NU demand for seats may create rift
- July 4, 2019
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- Category: Daily News
No CommentsIndonesia’s largest Islamic mass organization Nahdlatul Ulama’s (NU) request for ministerial positions in the President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Ma’ruf Amin administration may create divisions in the ruling coalition. NU secretary-general Helmy Faishal Zaini said
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India: Cabinet approves higher minimum support prices for Kharif crops
- July 4, 2019
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- Category: Daily News
The Cabinet has approved higher support prices for kharif, or summer-sown crops, a new labour code that will allow minimum wages to be paid by cheque or bank transfers to workers of both organised and
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India: New Congress Chief will succeed only if there is no parallel power centre
- July 3, 2019
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- Category: Daily News
The Congress will have to define the role of the Gandhis in the party apparatus before a non-Gandhi is appointed president for the success of a new leadership experiment, evaluate party circles. As things stand,
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Indonesia: Cabinet talks put strain on Jokowi’s ruling coalition
- July 3, 2019
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- Category: Daily News
Now that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has secured a second term in office, parties are jostling for positions in his coalition, which may grow bigger than it already is as foes want to be friends.
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Southeast Asian Outlook: Rising Cyclical Risks, Expanding Structural Upside
- July 3, 2019
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Blogs
The global economy is being pulled and pushed in different directions. Whether it is America’s trade spat with China or the fragility of China’s economy or the geo-political stresses in the Middle East which are