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Myanmar concludes 3-day training on ASEAN project development

Held between 10 and 12 December, Nay Pyi Taw, the training aimed to equip Myanmar government officials with the skills needed to effectively develop & manage regional cooperation projects.

Myanmar-based NSCN-K Yung Aung faction loses senior leader to splinter group in talks with Centre

On 21 November, a section of Yung Aung group joined NSCN-K faction under Ang Mai’s leadership. Leaders of two factions have differences over leadership & governance.

As another NSCN-K faction holds talks with Centre, Konyak union bats for ceasefire around Christmas

A security source says there has been no real outcome from parleys with Ang Mai-Mulatonu faction, so far. Outfit's representatives were in Delhi last week for talks, it is learnt.

Arakan insurgents are on the cusp of seizing power in West Myanmar. India faces tough choices

The Arakan Army is now estimated to control eight-tenths of the province of Rakhine, raising speculation the region could be the first to be liberated from the control of the junta.

India hosts Human Rights capacity building program

Participants included National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in eight Global South countries namely Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Jordan.

NSCN-IM dissident leader slams scrapping of Free Movement along Myanmar border amid Naga peace talks

Suspended by NSCN-IM in July, HS Ramsan adds border fencing is 'devious design' to divide Nagas. Reacting to his statement, an IM leader says all Nagas oppose FMR revocation.

‘Uneasy Peace’ between NSCN-K factions in Myanmar, Indian Naga leaders dismiss concerns

NSCN-K factions of Yung Aung & Ang Mai at loggerheads over leadership and governance, NNPG leader says '90% of such problems will fade away' with early solution to Naga issue.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?

Intel of 900 Kuki militants entering from Myanmar couldn’t be substantiated—Manipur security adviser, DGP

Following Manipur Security Adviser Kuldiep Singh's claim last week, Army in a now-deleted post had said that the claims 'have very serious security implications'.

Pope Francis calls for liberation of Myanmar’s detained ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Suu Kyi, 78, has been detained by the military since it overthrew her government in a 2021 coup.

On Camera

US has misread India. New Delhi will hedge, push back, and assert

India’s foreign policy today is driven less by Western alignment or global liberalism and more by domestic political imperatives — economic, ideological, and electoral.

Web of spoof sites, scam call centres. Crypto theft racket modus operandi in focus amid ED crackdown

As part of the crypto theft racket, businessman Chirag Tomar and his aides targeted 542 victims and managed to steal a total of Rs 19.9 million.

Pakistan army chief Asim Munir to attend CENTCOM chief’s farewell, second visit to US in two months

Munir was earlier in America in June when he had a two-hour luncheon meeting with the US president at the White House.

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.