Indonesian AIDS commission has rejected a plan by the lawmakers of Papua province which requires microchips to be implanted in  HIV/ AIDS patients to monitor the spread of disease.  

It is expected that the bill would be passed on a majority vote and would implemented in January 2009. The implicit reason behind the bill is to track sexually active people who have HIV/AIDS who could be prosecuted if they are suspected of infecting others. According to lawmakers, the proposed bill would also give a permission to the authorities to identify and ultimately punish "sexually aggressive,” HIV-positive individuals.

President Pratibha Patil arrived in Bali on Friday on a five-day visit to Indonesia.

Her visit aims to enhance ties with Indonesia, a key member of the regional ASEAN grouping.

Patil arrived to a warm welcome in Bali on the final leg of her two-nation trip, which earlier took her to Vietnam, to give a momentum to India's 'Look East' policy initiative to enhance ties with its ASEAN neighbours.
 
During her stay in Bali, Patil would hold talks with her counterpart Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on a wide range of issues encompassing political, economic and cultural ties.

Bali, Nov. 28 : President Pratibha Devi Singh Patil''s visit to Indonesia is expected to be a low-key affair in the wake of the demise of former Indian Prime Minister V. P. Singh and the deaths of over a hundred people in terrorist attacks in Mumbai.

Patil arrived at Bali''s Ngurah Rai International Airport on Friday, the first day of her five-day state visit to Indonesia. Me Mangku Pastika, the Governor of Bali received her.

Indonesia is one of an important country of ASIAN with India has historical ties.

Jakarta  - Indonesian share prices increased by more than 3.2 per cent Friday, in line with advances on some other Asian markets.

Jakarta  - Indonesia's anti-corruption watchdog arrested a relative of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in connection with the misappropriation of millions of dollars in bank funds, media reports said Friday.

After several hours of questioning, Aulia Tantowi Pohan, the father-in-law of Yudhoyono's son, was arrested Thursday in connection with an 8-million-dollar graft case at the country's central bank.

Jakarta  - Indonesia condemned Thursday the terrorist attacks in Mumbai that killed at least 101 people, calling the attacks "cruel and inhumane" and expressed hope that the perpetrators will be swiftly arrested and brought to justice.

"The government of Indonesia strongly condemns the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India. The terrorist attacks are cruel and inhumane acts," the foreign ministry said in a statement.