Myanmar
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India announces supply of COVID vaccines to 6 countries including Nepal, Bangladesh
India | Jan 19, 2021, 07:27 PM ISTIndia on Tuesday announced it would supply COVID-19 vaccines under grant assistance to Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles, from Wednesday, January 20.
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Aung Suu Kyi party set to win Myanmar vote with weak opposition
World | Nov 08, 2020, 09:10 PM ISTVoters in Myanmar’s biggest city, Yangon, turned up early Sunday in large numbers to vote in nationwide elections that are expected to return to power the party of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Coming Soon: 8,100-km undersea optical cable connecting India-Singapore. NEC-OLL ink deal
Business | Aug 22, 2020, 08:26 PM ISTA 8,100-km long submarine optical submarine cable project will connect Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and India (Mumbai and Chennai) to build MIST Cable System (Myanmar/Malaysia India Singapore Transit).
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Landslide at Myanmar jade mine leaves nearly 100 dead, over 200 buried within seconds
World | Jul 02, 2020, 01:53 PM ISTThe victims are normally freelance miners who settle near giant mounds of discarded earth that has been mined in bulk by heavy machinery. The freelance miners who scavenge for bits of jade usually work and live at the base of the mounds of earth, which become particularly unstable during the rainy season.
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Myanmar's Little India: A cultural and historical surrounding
India | Jun 27, 2020, 07:12 PM ISTIndia and Myanmar shares close cultural links from ancient times, with similar forms of dress and religious customs. The huge population influxes from India to Myanmar took place during the colonial era when the British used to recruit Indians for both administrative and manual labour.
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Earthquake of intensity 5.9 hits Myanmar-India border
India | Apr 16, 2020, 06:29 PM ISTAn earthquake of intensity 5.9 in Richter scale hit the Myanmar-India border on Thursday at 5:15 pm.
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3.6-magnitude earthquake hits Manipur, areas bordering Myanmar
India | Feb 14, 2020, 11:22 PM ISTA 3.6-magnitude earthquake hit Manipur and areas bordering Myanmar on Friday night. There was no report of any damage or casualty, official said.
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Porn video shot at Myanmar's best-known tourist hotspot Bagan sparks outrage
World | Feb 14, 2020, 08:54 AM ISTBagan is an ancient city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar. From the 9th to 13th centuries, the city was the capital of the Pagan Kingdom, the first kingdom that unified the regions that would later constitute modern Myanmar.
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Prevent Rohingya genocide: UN court orders Myanmar
World | Jan 23, 2020, 04:41 PM ISTThe United Nations' top court on Thursday ordered Myanmar take all measures in its power to prevent genocide against the Rohingya. The court's president, Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, said the International Court of Justice "is of the opinion that the Rohingya in Myanmar remain extremely vulnerable.”
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Nobel laureate Suu Kyi defends Myanmar army in genocide case
World | Dec 11, 2019, 11:23 PM ISTNobel Peace Prize winner and former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi denied Wednesday that Myanmar's armed forces committed genocide.
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Indian held hostage in Myanmar dies, 4 others freed
World | Nov 05, 2019, 12:10 PM IST"Our troops did not know in advance that the Indian citizens were on the boats," the AA spokesperson said.
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India ensures release of 5 abducted citizens in Myanmar
India | Nov 05, 2019, 11:53 AM ISTThey were released in the early hours on Monday, a day after the five Indian nationals, along with a member of Myanmar Parliament, two local transporters and two speedboat operators were abducted by Arakan Army on way from Paletwa in Chin State to Kyauktaw in Rakhine state in Myanmar.
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Indian worker dies after taken as hostage by Rakhine rebels in Myanmar
India | Nov 04, 2019, 08:17 PM ISTVinoo Gopal was among 10 people, including four Indians and U Whei Tin - a lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, abducted on Sunday by the Arakan Army from two boats while travelling from Paletwa in the Chin state to Kyauktaw in Rakhine, The Irrawaddy newspaper reported
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Modi, Aung San discuss operationalising Sittwe Port, border demarcation
World | Nov 04, 2019, 02:00 PM ISTDuring the talks on Sunday evening, the leaders cordially exchanged views on extending cooperation between the two countries, exchange of high-level visits, continued constructive assistance from India, and ASEAN-India cooperation, based on common interest
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21 Indians, 6 Myanmarese held for drug trafficking in a month
World | Oct 18, 2019, 10:27 PM ISTAn NCB press release said that concerted and sustained operations against drug trafficking not only resulted in seizure of drugs but also and arrest of perpetrators around the country.
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Suspected to be Myanmar nationals, woman, child held in UP
India | Aug 24, 2019, 11:10 AM ISTPolice said they were taken into custody from Thanabhawan town in the district on Friday for questioning.
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Monsoon rains batter Myanmar, 51 killed in landslide
World | Aug 11, 2019, 08:14 PM ISTThe mountainside of Ma-lat mountain collapsed due to the monsoon downpour at 7 a.m. on Friday. Residents, houses and vehicles were swamped away by the deluge of mud and rocks from the collapse.
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4 Myanmar nationals held for staying illegally in India
India | Jul 29, 2019, 11:43 AM ISTFour Myanmar nationals were arrested on Monday from Shamli district for illegally staying in India, while three madrassa teachers were also taken into custody for allegedly sheltering them, police said.
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India, Myanmar forces coordinate to target North Eastern militant camps
India | Jun 17, 2019, 09:09 AM ISTThe militants were targeted in two phases of the operation which sources said is still continuing.
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Thailand charges crew of stranded Rohingya Muslims boat
World | Jun 14, 2019, 06:50 PM ISTFive Myanmar boat crew-members and the Thai captain of the vessel found stranded on a southern Thai island with 65 Rohingya Muslims have been charged with people smuggling, the police said on Friday.