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Topic: Myanmar

Connectivity projects, border stability — Jaishankar’s talks with Myanmarese, Thai counterparts

Jaishankar held a trilateral meeting with Thailand and Myanmar & a separate one with Myanmarese counterpart. EAM calls connectivity projects “crucial” to BIMSTEC.

Myanmar deputy PM leads delegation to India for BIMSTEC meet, ‘will strengthen regional cooperation’

This is U Than Swe's 2nd visit to India since June end. BIMSTEC foreign ministers’ retreat will be held 11-12 July. Nepal foreign secretary to attend after political change in country.

Thousands of Rohingya feared trapped in fighting in western Myanmar

Around 70,000 Rohingya who are currently in Maungdaw are trapped as the fighting draws closer, said Aung Kyaw Moe, the deputy human rights minister in Myanmar's shadow National Unity Government.

MaBaTha sees Hindutva as an ally. India must not serve fanatics in Myanmar

Much like Islamist movements looked to Saudi Arabia, religious right movements in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Nepal are seeking to establish a new civilizational frontier in India.

India issues new advisory against fake job rackets in Myanmar, flags another ‘dangerous’ area

The Indian embassy in Yangon has previously issued advisories on the subject in July 2022, October 2022, March 2023 & September 2023. Monday’s statement flagged a new dangerous area in Pha Lu.

UK calls for increased aid to Myanmar amid rising food insecurity

UK ambassador says over half of Myanmar's children are out of school, and many face malnutrition.

More than 1,300 Myanmar nationals pour into Mizoram to escape clashes across border

Refugees are taking shelter in villages along border in Mizoram's Champhai district, it is learnt. Latest influx follows clashes between rebels & Myanmar army and its allies in Chin State.

Retreating from anti-regime ops in Myanmar, 34 Meitei insurgents return to Manipur, ‘surrender’

UNLF-P signed a peace pact with Centre & Manipur govt last year. But a small group was holding out at Myanmar’s Myothit camp until it came under attack from anti-coup forces this month.

NIA says NSCN-IM sent Myanmar groups to ‘destabilise’ Manipur, outfit counters with ‘proxy war’ claim

NIA has said a ‘China-Myanmar module’ of Naga group NSCN-IM sent Meitei insurgents to stir trouble in Manipur. Now NSCN-IM claims Indian support for Kuki rebels in Myanmar.

Myanmar’s detained former leader & Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi moved to house arrest

Suu Kyi, 78, has been detained by Myanmar's military since it overthrew her govt in a 2021 coup. She faces 27 years in prison for treason, bribery, etc., charges she denies.

On Camera

Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Secret to Pakistan aircraft losses in Op Sindoor could lie in Martin-Baker’s ejection seats records

New Delhi: On 7 May this year, as India and Pakistan entered into what was to be an 88-hour conflict, British firm Martin-Baker, which...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.