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Myanmar military says lost control of strategic border town

Nov 4, 2023 - 6:53 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

YANGON (TIP): Myanmar‘s military has lost control of a strategic town on the Chinese border following days of clashes with ethnic armed groups, in what analysts say is the biggest military challenge it has faced […]

Myanmar junta grants partial pardon to democracy champion Suu Kyi

Aug 5, 2023 - 1:37 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Myanmar (TIP): Myanmar’s ruling military pardoned on August 1 jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi on five of the 19 offences for which she was convicted but she will remain under house arrest, state […]

Myanmar says official death toll from Cyclone Mocha at least 145, says aid is being provided

May 20, 2023 - 8:10 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

BANGKOK (TIP): The official death toll from the powerful cyclone that struck Myanmar has burgeoned to at least 145, including 117 members of the Muslim Rohingya minority, state television reported May 19. It said the […]

Mizoram: Hidden gem of the North-East

Apr 30, 2023 - 8:58 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Mizoram is one of the states of Northeast India, with Aizawl as its capital. The name is derived from Mi (people), Zo (hill) and Ram (land), and thus Mizoram implies “land of the hill people”. […]

Countering narco terror

Dec 23, 2022 - 2:13 am EST @theindpanorama 0

State-of-the-art anti-drone technology is a must Reiterating the Centre’s zero-tolerance policy on the drug menace, Home Minister Amit Shah has announced that big criminals involved in narcotic trafficking would be put behind bars in the […]

Need for UN Security Council reform cannot be denied forever: Jaishankar

Sep 30, 2022 - 3:22 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): The need to reform the UN Security Council cannot be denied forever, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said even as he noted that India never believed that revamping the top organ […]

Modi has externalized his domestic agenda of spreading Islamophobia in India

Jun 20, 2022 - 1:32 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

Right now, India’s global reputation as a viable Democracy and a Secular nation is under scrutiny as it has descended into a major milestone of steep descent into darkness of bigotry and Islamophobia. Modi that […]

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 1

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. […]

Myanmar

Myanmar military says lost control of strategic border town

Myanmar junta grants partial pardon to democracy champion Suu Kyi

Myanmar says official death toll from Cyclone Mocha at least 145, says aid is being provided

Mizoram: Hidden gem of the North-East

Countering narco terror

Need for UN Security Council reform cannot be denied forever: Jaishankar

Myanmar pardons celebrities jailed for anti-military views

Myanmar faces growing isolation as military tightens grip

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

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

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

Facebook reducing distribution of Myanmar military content

Myanmar junta blocks Facebook as opposition grows to coup

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

Lok Sabha passes Citizenship (Amendment) Bill

Myanmar insists no North Korea links as US envoy visits

Myanmar insists no North Korea links as US envoy visits

Nikki Haley says cannot overlook what is happening in Myanmar

48 bodies recovered after ferry capsizing in Myanmar

48 bodies recovered after ferry capsizing in Myanmar

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

SBI becomes first domestic bank to open branch in Yangon

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

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