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Topic: Myanmar coup

Myanmar refugees are like family, can’t ask them to go back: Mizoram MP on MHA order

In interview to ThePrint, MNF Rajya Sabha MP K. Vanlalvena said most Myanmarese share ethnic ties with people of Mizoram, and that Central govt can't be insensitive to their plight.

India is strangely silent about Myanmar’s coup — there are two strategic reasons

India seems to be standing out as a reluctant neighbour with neither the heft nor the intent to play any role in the biggest ongoing crisis in the region.

Myanmar asks Mizoram to handover 8 cops who fled to the state from the coup hit country

A top official of the state's home department has said that 16 people from Myanmar have crossed over to India over the last few days, of which 11 have claimed to be police personnel.

UN gets embroiled in Myanmar crisis as military junta dismisses sanctions

The continuing crisis in Myanmar will be the focus of a closed-door Security Council meeting on Friday, and will be an early leadership test for US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield.

Myanmar court charges Suu Kyi with incitement as anti-coup protests soar

Suu Kyi is already facing 6 years in prison on charges of illegally importing walkie-talkies & for breaching the Natural Disaster Management Law.

Myanmar’s deadliest day since military coup leaves at least 18 protesters dead

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have ignored bans on public gatherings, leading to occasional clashes with security forces that has left a handful of protesters dead.

‘I could be next’ — US-returned entrepreneur fears for his life in Myanmar anti-coup protests

Thaw Zin, founder of a Yangon start-up, says Myanmar military is using criminals to incite violence and sow unrest to justify use of force against anti-coup protesters.

‘Three-finger’ salute to Myanmar & Boris Johnson’s new mantra to lift lockdown in UK

The best international cartoons of the week, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Myanmar protester, shot in head by police last week, dies

Mya Thwet Thwet Khine had been on life support with what doctors had said was no chance of recovery. The woman is the first confirmed death among protesters.

US slaps sanctions on 10 current & ex-military officers, 3 entities involved in Myanmar coup

US Secretary of State Tony Blinken said the sanctions don't target the economy or people of Burma and US has gone to great lengths to ensure doesn't add to the humanitarian plight.

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Being Dalit on a dating app. Upper caste men only want to argue over reservation, EWS

My Instagram bio reads ‘Namasudra Dalit, West Bengal’. But around 10 men – whom I had added from dating apps – unfollowed and blocked me after learning about my identity.

Indian airlines are on path to capture 50% of market for international travel to & from the country

Adding new routes and more aircraft, Indian airlines are now looking to cash in on the post-pandemic surge in international travellers.

Retired Indian Army Colonel working with UN killed in Rafah, Israel orders probe

Eight months into the war, this is believed to be the first 'international' casualty to be reported. 46-year-old Waibhav Kale joined UNDSS two months ago ‘to make a difference’. 

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.