Head of Jatam's legal division Muhammad Jamil said that the construction of more solar power plants that would provide energy for desalination plants, as proposed by Musk, would require materials that come from new mining operations, mostly opened in the world's virgin forests.

A total of 774 Indonesian pilgrims passed away during last year’s haj season. The figure was more than eight times the number of 2022 deaths and the highest since 2015.

Education, Culture, Research and Technology Minister Nadiem Makarim has defended a new university tuition policy that opponents say could put an excessive financial burden on some students, noting that the fee hikes apply only to new state university students above a certain income threshold.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has called on the international community to strengthen its commitment and formulate real actions for inclusive and sustainable water management, as Indonesia kicks off the 10th World Water Forum in Bali.

Musk, the billionaire head of SpaceX and Tesla, arrived in Bali by private jet before attending the launch ceremony at a community health centre in the provincial capital, Denpasar.

To prevent the infection and spread of the respiratory illness, health authorities urge pilgrims to maintain good hygiene and avoid direct and indirect contact with camels or camel products.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk landed on Sunday in Bali where he aims to launch his Starlink service to extend internet access to remote areas of the country.

Policyholders of the National Health Insurance (JKN) hope that any changes to the premiums made by the government will make the insurance fair and affordable for all.

House of Representatives Commission X will investigate the cause of the recent increase in single tuition fees (UKT) in several universities across the country by, among other measures, summoning the Education, Culture, Research and Technology Ministry for an inquiry into the issue.

The private sector agreement aims to develop a new class of synthetic antibiotics to address the growing issue of drug-resistant superbugs, which can cause previously treatable infectious diseases to become deadly.

The National Development Planning Ministry stressed the urgency for Indonesia and other participating countries to tackle the problem of growing water demands amid the small number of water sources.

The Healthcare and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) has said a recent regulation on standardized inpatient care for National Health Insurance (JKN) policyholders will not affect premiums for at least a year.

An overwhelming 86.5 of respondents surveyed by Indikator Politik in late April have expressed satisfaction with the police's management of Idul Fitri traffic.

Under Presidential Regulation (Perpres) No. 59/2024, state healthcare agency BPJS Kesehatan will implement a single-class standard for inpatient treatment, dubbed KRIS, beginning June 30, 2025.

A deadly bus accident that killed nearly a dozen children on a study tour to Subang, West Java, has led experts to call on the government to impose stricter safety measures for buses and transportation providers to avoid similar incidents in the future.

The President has issued a new decree that finally scraps the three classes under the national health scheme, a plan that had been in the pipeline since before the pandemic.

Unlike university-based training programs, for which residents must pay hundreds of millions of rupiah in some cases, the new program will be tuition-free. In addition, each participant will receive a monthly stipend of up to Rp 5 million (US$9,364) during the training period and will be appointed as a civil servant upon completion.

Under the new policy, village and subdistrict administrations will hold public forums to nominate potential social aid recipients once a month to update the data and prevent misdirected social assistance disbursement, the Social Affairs Ministry announced.

In a recent legal defense against a class action lawsuit, British-Swedish pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca admitted that its vaccine can "in very rare cases, cause TTS", while acknowledging that the causal mechanism was yet known.

The average nationwide temperature throughout April rose 0.8 degrees Celsius compared to the average of same month between 1991 and 2020; in line with the trend of higher monthly average temperature since the beginning of the year.

A recent WHO study found that nearly 9 percent of the 130 popular foods and snacks it tested contained trans fatty acids above 2 percent of the product’s total fat by weight, the maximum level the organization considers safe.

The communications minister says that a special interministerial task force is being formed to combat online gambling operations, which can be based in countries where the activity is legal.

A group of students from a Jakarta senior high school held the Patterns of Hope charity fashion show in partnership with RHI to help children with cancer.

While Luhut's recent comment about a plan to grant dual citizenship has rekindled hope, especially among the Indonesian diaspora, the process until the policy can be issued will not happen overnight.

The government is facing mounting pressure to engage more deeply with the public and experts in policymaking amid criticism that it only considers public input when issues go viral on social media.

Indonesia has been experiencing notably hot weather over the past few weeks, putting people who work outdoors at heightened risk of heat stroke and other health issues, but the country’s meteorology service says the weather does not constitute a heat wave.

A recent survey by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has found that educational institutions in the country are prone to corruption as they lack the integrity to uphold anti-graft principles. 

Deputy head of the BMKG, Guswanto, said that although the rise in temperature in a number of Indonesian cities had been consistent over the past five days, it could not be categorized as a heat wave.

Following a number of viral cases involving the Customs and Excise Directorate General this week, Indonesians online have called on the authorities to improve their services.

Indonesia does not recognise dual citizenship for adults, according to existing regulations, as a child with two passports must choose one and renounce the other when they turn 18.