Indonesia

On Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, people usually gather with family in their house or relative’s house. Conditions are different, of course, with people who are serving sentences in detention. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) opens an online visiting service for families of prisoners of corruption cases during the Eid al-Adha 1441 Hijri tomorrow, Friday, July 31. Acting KPK Enforcement …

Bali Tourism will be re-opened to domestic tourists on July 31. Previously, on July 9, the Balinese government opened stages of a gradual and limited recovery of community economic activity. The toughest challenge for entrepreneurs in the tourism sector, including hotels to rise from the Covid-19 pandemic, is to build the confidence of tourists to come and maintain trust. Therefore, …

The National Police-Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) revealed a smuggling of 200 kilograms of methamphetamine from Myanmar which was hidden in a sack filled with corn kernels. Deputy Chief of Police Criminal Investigation Inspector General Wahyu Hadiningrat said the smuggling of methamphetamine involves an international network and is stored in a number of warehouses in Jakarta and Bangka Belitung. “We declare …

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s brother in law, Wahyu Purwanto, has withdrawn from the nomination of the Regent of Gunung Kidul Regency, Yogyakarta. The Wahyu statement was said in Kapanwon Playen on Sunday, July 26. According to Wahyu, he indeed often met with Jokowi as a family. However, Jokowi had met with him and was specifically asked to withdraw from the …

There are 102 cases of alleged misappropriation of social assistance funds for residents affected by the coronavirus pandemic revealed by the Special Task Force for COVID-19 Fund Supervision. The Head of the Police Public Information Bureau Brigadier General Awi Setiyono said all cases were handled at the regional police level. “Data received, there are 102 cases of social assistance misuse. …

The 159th Diponegoro University (Undip) Semarang graduation held on 27-30 July 2020 is different from the usual graduation ceremony The graduation program was held virtual by presenting three robot displays which replaced the physical presence of graduates who could not attend the graduation ceremony due to a number of Covid-19 pandemic policies in an effort to prevent transmission of the …

Five students of the Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (ITS) Surabaya created a body detection system in anticipation of the coronavirus (COVID-19) that utilizes Artificial Intelligence (AI) called TT-Techno Temperature. They are Instrumentation Engineering Department Students who are members of the Instone team. This idea was lifted from the weaknesses of traditional body temperature measurements that still use humans as …

The University of North Sumatra (USU) conducted a campus lockdown of all activities following a number of lecturers who tested positive for the coronavirus (Covid-19). One of them has died from the coronavirus disease. The campus closure will be conducted for one week, from 27 July to 2 August 2020. The decision was stated in the Circular Letter of Rector …

The limitation of medical devices is one of the obstacles in handling coronavirus outbreaks (Covid-19) in Indonesia. Although Indonesia received a number of ventilator assistance from the United States and Australia recently, a number of parties did not remain silent and tried to overcome these limitations by creating a local ventilator. The Indonesia Ventilator (Vent-I) development team at the Bandung …

The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) says many students experience psychological pressure to drop out of school due to various problems that arise during attending Distance Learning (PJJ) or online learning during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Most of them cannot access online learning. “Many children cannot access PJJ online, so many of them do not move up to class until …