Gen. Naravane and Foreign Secretary Shringla are on a two-day visit to Myanmar with an aim to further expand ties in a range of areas including connectivity, defence and security.
Foreign Secretary Harsh V. Shringla and Indian Army Chief M.M. Naravane are expected to raise the issue of an 'early return' of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar.
The MEA said the foreign secretary stressed how important India's partnership with Myanmar is, in accordance with its Neighborhood First and Act East policies.
The 22 insurgents include self-styled home secretary of NDFB (S) Rajen Daimary, and the operation has been considered an 'unprecedented diplomatic success'.
During Xi Jinping’s visit from 17-18 January, China and Myanmar signed as many as 33 agreements, including multi-billion-dollar deals in infrastructure.
India believes it’s the right time for free movement because it has a good relationship with Myanmar, and this would buttress the Modi govt’s ‘Act East’ policy.
The issue of the Muslim quota has the potential to polarise SCs, STs, and OBCs along religious lines in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. It benefits the BJP.
Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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