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India Today
28-04-2025
- India Today
50-year-old UP woman marries grandson, plots to kill husband and children
In a case that has left everyone shocked, a 50-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh eloped with her 30-year-old grandson and got married to him at a temple. The woman, Indrawati, who has four children — two sons and two daughters — abandoned her entire family to marry her grandson two went to the Govind Sahib Temple, exchanged vows by applying vermilion, took seven rounds around the sacred fire, and married each other before disappearing from the Both individuals lived near each other in Ambedkarnagar. Indrawati and Azad, who was her grandson by relationship, shared a romantic relationship for quite some time. Despite frequently meeting, no one suspected their relationship due to the family bond between days before they fled, Indrawati's husband, Chandrashekhar, caught them talking secretly and grew suspicious. When he learnt about their affair, he opposed it strongly and tried to convince them to separate. However, the woman and her lover refused to listen and went ahead with their even approached the police to solve the matter. However, the police refused to file a complaint as both Indrawati and Azad were adults and had the right to choose their even plotted with Azad to poison her husband and children to get rid of further revealed that Indrawati was his second wife and his frequent work-related trips away from home allowed the relationship between Indrawati and Azad to by the betrayal, Chandrashekhar has decided to perform his wife's terahvi (a Hindu ritual performed on the 13th day after someone's death), symbolically declaring her 'dead' to him. IN THIS STORY#Uttar Pradesh
CNBC
24-04-2025
- Business
- CNBC
Indonesia plans to import more from the U.S. to 'narrow' trade surplus, finance minister says
U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs have pushed countries to look for ways to improve their trade balance with the U.S. and negotiate the extent of duties levied on their imports. Indonesia's plan now is to "narrow," or even eliminate its trade surplus with the U.S., the country's finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati told CNBC on the sidelines of the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings. This comes after the country was hit with a 32% levy on exports to the U.S. by President Donald Trump on April 2. He has since lowered the duty to 10% as part of his 90-day pause on tariffs imposed on some countries and goods. Indrawati noted that the resource-rich country has been perceived to be preventing trade via "non-tariff barriers" such as its administrative processes, customs processes on imported goods and taxation procedures. Indonesia is now looking to import more agricultural products such as wheat, soybeans and corn from the U.S, she said. "We import not only from the United States but many others ... we can always discuss about how we can narrow and put the United States in a better advantage of providing those kinds of agriculture products," she noted. Indonesia could potentially also import oil and gas - especially liquid gas from the U.S. - as its domestic production is insufficient for its energy needs, the finance minister said. Her comments come as Indonesia's trade surplus with the U.S. stood at $4.3 billion between January to March 2025 - up from $3.61 billion in the same period the year before. The superpower was the biggest contributor to the Southeast Asian country's overall trade surplus of $10.92 billion in the first quarter. However, Indrawati noted that trade to the U.S. accounts for less than 2% of the country's gross domestic product. "So, it's not really that big," given that total exports accounts for 20% of Indonesia's GDP, she added. Still, Indrawati said that the impact of Trump's tariffs could potentially be felt in other ways as countries look to diversify their exports from the U.S. Bank Indonesia held its policy rates for its third consecutive review on Wednesday, in a bid to maintain the exchange rate stability of the Indonesian rupiah against the uncertain macroeconomic outlook. The central bank kept its benchmark 7-day reverse repurchase rate - which is also known as BI Rate -unchanged at 5.75%, as expected all but two of 26 economists polled by Reuters. It also kept its two other policy rates steady. The move comes as the Indonesian rupiah hit a record low while the Jakarta Composite index plunged earlier in the month as capital flowed out after the U.S. imposed "reciprocal tariffs" on countries including Indonesia. The decision serves to safeguard the rupiah's stability as the central bank continues to assess future room for a cut, taking into account the country's inflation rate and growth prospects, Governor Perry Warjiyo said. "Our short term priority is exchange rate stability. Once stability is maintained, the room for a rate cut will be more open and that would be the time to decide on future interest rate policy," he added. The rupiah weakened 0.12% against the dollar to 16,800 on Thursday, a day after BI's rate decision.
Bloomberg
08-04-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Indonesia to Send Finance, Economy Ministers to US Trade Talks
Indonesia will send a team including veteran Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati to Washington D.C. for trade talks next week, part of the Southeast Asian nation's initial response to being among the hardest hit economies globally by higher US tariffs. Indrawati will join a delegation led by Coordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto to convey Indonesia's stance to US officials, according to a presidential palace statement late Monday. The team will also include Foreign Minister Sugiono.
