The Philippines on Thursday overtook Indonesia as the hotspot of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Southeast Asia after the Department of Health (DOH) announced 3,561 new cases, raising the ... ( read original story ...)
Spotlight on Indonesia’s slow stimulus as economy shrinks
Indonesia's efforts to support its economy through the coronavirus crisis were being hampered by the slow disbursement of a $50 billion stimulus plan, economists said.The World Bank and Indonesian ... ( read original story ...)
Human trials of coronavirus vaccine set to begin in Indonesia
Human trials on a potential coronavirus vaccine are due to start in Indonesia next week as part of a collaboration between state-owned pharmaceutical company Bio Farma and China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd, ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines Passes Indonesia as Worst Southeast Asia Outbreak
Despite imposing the longest, strictest lockdown in Southeast Asia earlier this year, coronavirus cases in the Philippines have now surged to almost 120,000, eclipsing Indonesia to become the region’s ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Philippines overtakes Indonesia in virus cases
The Philippines reported 3,561 new coronavirus cases Thursday, overtaking Indonesia with the most infections in Southeast Asia, as Manila plunged into a recession. ( read original story ...)
India unveils debt restructuring scheme for pandemic-hit borrowers
India’s central bank unveiled a debt restructuring scheme for pandemic-hit businesses to try to avert a surge in bad debts as the economy reels from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Shaktikanta ... ( read original story ...)
India’s central bank holds rates on inflation risk, but more easing seen
India's central bank kept interest rates on hold on Thursday, as it sought to contain a rise in retail inflation though it vowed to keep policy sufficiently loose to help revive growth in the ... ( read original story ...)
Ahmedabad: Fire in India Covid hospital kills eight in critical care
Eight patients at a Covid hospital in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad have died after a fire broke out inside its critical care unit. Senior fire department official Rajesh Bhatt told BBC ... ( read original story ...)
India needs to look beyond what rating agencies think, says ex-RBI governor
Former Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan said on Thursday that overly focusing on what sovereign rating agencies think can take one's eyes off what needs to be done for the economy. ( read original story ...)
Modi’s acolytes have reminded India’s Muslims just what he thinks of them
An image in Times Square celebrated not only the construction of a Hindu temple but the destruction of a mosque, says Indian author Siddhartha Deb ... ( read original story ...)