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HRWFF RETURNS WITH 33RD EDITION

May 14, 2022 - 1:47 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

By Mabel Pais The Human Rights Watch Film Festival (HRWFF), now in its 33rd year, will present a hybrid full edition of 10 groundbreaking new films, available both in-person and online nationwide in the U.S., […]

Myanmar pardons celebrities jailed for anti-military views

Mar 5, 2022 - 6:49 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Bangkok (TIP): Several top Myanmar celebrities who were detained for criticising the army’s seizure of power were released from prison March 2 under pardons issued by the military government, state-run television reported. The celebrities released […]

Myanmar faces growing isolation as military tightens grip

Mar 19, 2021 - 10:58 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Myanmar (TIP): Myanmar faced growing isolation on Thursday with increasingly limited internet services and its last private newspaper ceasing publication as the military built its case against ousted elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Nobel […]

Myanmar junta accuses Suu Kyi of taking bribes as 8 killed in anti-coup protests

Mar 13, 2021 - 4:55 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Myanmar (TIP): Myanmar’s military government on Thursday alleged that deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi had accepted illegal payments, while eight people were killed when security forces opened fire on protests against the coup, witnesses […]

Malaysia court halts deportation of 1,200 Myanmar nationals amid outcry

Feb 27, 2021 - 8:49 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) (TIP): A Malaysian court has allowed a temporary stay of deportation of 1,200 Myanmar nationals scheduled to be sent back to their strife-torn homeland on Tuesday, after rights groups petitioned to say […]

Protesters out again in Myanmar, police use water cannon in capital

Feb 20, 2021 - 8:55 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Myanmar (TIP): Protesters were out again across Myanmar on Thursday to denounce the Feb. 1 coup and arrest of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, with police resorting to force to disperse crowds, using water […]

Facebook reducing distribution of Myanmar military content

Feb 13, 2021 - 6:46 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Myanmar (TIP): Facebook said on Friday that it would reduce the distribution of all content and profiles run by Myanmar’s military, saying they have “continued to spread misinformation” after the army seized power and detained […]

Myanmar junta blocks Facebook as opposition grows to coup

Feb 6, 2021 - 6:49 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Myanmar (TIP): Myanmar’s junta blocked Facebook in the name of ensuring stability on Thursday and activists said at least three people were arrested at a street protest against the coup that ousted elected leader Aung […]

Suu Kyi’s party expected to win second term in Myanmar polls

Nov 7, 2020 - 4:33 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Bangkok (TIP): Myanmar’s citizens go to the polls Sunday in an effort to sustain the fledgeling democracy they helped install just five years ago. There are about 37 million registered voters, though turnout is expected […]

Lok Sabha passes Citizenship (Amendment) Bill

Dec 10, 2019 - 10:03 am EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): The Lok Sabha passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees coming from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan after facing religious persecution there, a little past midnight […]

Myanmar insists no North Korea links as US envoy visits

Jul 28, 2017 - 10:27 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

YANGON (TIP): Myanmar has no military ties with North Korea, a Myanmar official said on Monday, as a US diplomat responsible for North Korea arrived for talks in which he is likely to seek assurances on efforts to […]

Myanmar insists no North Korea links as US envoy visits

Jul 21, 2017 - 11:38 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

YANGON (TIP): Myanmar has no military ties with North Korea, a Myanmar official said on July 17, as a US diplomat responsible for North Korea arrived for talks in which he is likely to seek assurances on efforts […]

Nikki Haley says cannot overlook what is happening in Myanmar

Jul 14, 2017 - 6:09 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Myanmar should let the UN fact-finding mission probe the alleged human rights violations by the country’s military and security forces, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has said, underlining that the international community cannot overlook the situation there. […]

48 bodies recovered after ferry capsizing in Myanmar

Oct 28, 2016 - 5:08 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

YANGON (TIP): The death toll from a ferry disaster on a river in central Myanmar four days ago has risen to nearly 50, officials said on Oct 26, with most of the deceased identified as […]

48 bodies recovered after ferry capsizing in Myanmar

Oct 21, 2016 - 10:30 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

YANGON (TIP): The death toll from a ferry disaster on a river in central Myanmar four days ago has risen to nearly 50, officials said on October 19, with most of the deceased identified as […]

12 dead in clashes in Myanmar’s restive Rakhine: State media

Oct 14, 2016 - 9:30 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

YANGON (TIP): Twelve people have died in the north of Myanmar‘s Rakhine state in clashes between armed men and troops, state media reported on Wednesday, in a sharp escalation of violence in the restive region. […]

SBI becomes first domestic bank to open branch in Yangon

Oct 3, 2016 - 10:54 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Mumbai, Oct 3 : The State Bank of India today announced its entry into Myanmar by opening a branch in the capital city of Yangon, becoming the first domestic lender to do so. The Yangon branch […]

‘I want Apple’: Myanmar abuzz over end of US sanctions

Sep 17, 2016 - 7:30 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

YANGON (TIP): Myanmar cheered a US promise to end sanctions on Sept 16, with residents in its commercial capital clamouring for American brands while politicians and business moguls heralded a new era of transparency and […]

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi with US President Obama in Washington (Photo courtesy White House)

US lifts Myanmar trade sanctions

Sep 16, 2016 - 6:28 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): President Barack Obama announced that US economic sanctions against Myanmar will be lifted, and trade preferences reinstated to provide duty-free treatment for goods from the Asian nation. The September 14 meeting in Washington […]

Obama said sanctions would be lifted during talks with Aung San Suu Kyi at the Oval Office [Carlos Barria/Reuters]

US lifts Myanmar trade sanctions

Sep 15, 2016 - 8:50 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

President Barack Obama announced that US economic sanctions against Myanmar will be lifted, and trade preferences reinstated to provide duty-free treatment for goods from the Asian nation. Yesterday’s (09/14/2016) meeting in Washington was the first by Aung San […]

Indians Across The World Mark Independence Day With Fervor

Aug 16, 2016 - 9:23 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

BEIJING/WASHINGTON: Soaked in patriotism, hundreds of Indians today proudly marked the country’s 70th Independence Day, as the national flag fluttered and the national anthem reverberated at Indian missions across the world. Indians in countries like […]

US designates al-Qaida in Indian Subcontinent as terror group

Jul 1, 2016 - 8:41 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): The US on Thursday designated al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), a regional branch of the global terror network, as a “foreign terrorist organisation” and added its chief Asim Umar on the list […]

Suu Kyi urged to recognize Rohingyas as Burmese

Jun 24, 2016 - 8:26 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

BANGKOK (TIP): The Coalition for the Rights of Refugees and Stateless Persons (CRSP) on June 23 urged Myanmar‘s state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, who is on an official visit to Thailand, to recognize the […]

Singapore PM defends government Internet blockage

Jun 11, 2016 - 7:20 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

SINGAPORE (TIP): SINGAPORE ‘s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has defended the country’s controversial decision to cut off civil servants’ work computers from the Internet, calling the move “absolutely necessary” to keep information systems secure. […]

Aung San Suu Kyi to lead committee for Rohingyas

Jun 5, 2016 - 10:25 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NAY PYI TAW (TIP): Nobel laureate and Myanmar .s State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi will chair a new committee dedicated to promoting peace and development in Rakhine state, where the persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority […]

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