Widodo did not provide details of the incident but said it would not deter efforts by Indonesia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to push for peace in Myanmar.
Waterway is part of multimodal project to boost trade between India & Myanmar & provide strategic link to northeast. Approved in 2008, it has seen setbacks due to turmoil in Myanmar.
The military-led government has jailed thousands of opponents and pro-democracy activists since it seized power in 2021 and brutally put down protests, drawing global condemnation.
According to reports, 90 women and children were among migrants. UN refugee agency said 2022 may have been one of the deadliest years at sea in almost a decade for the Rohingya.
Fighter jets dropped multiple bombs Saturday near Sopum & nearby villages located on road to Chin National Front headquarters Camp Victoria. Indian airspace not violated.
‘Blood doesn’t have a boundary. High time the world’s largest democracy starts fighting for Democracy,’ says Mizo student union president Samuel Zoramthanpuia.
Like with ethnic Tamils in Sri Lanka or Bengali Hindus in Bangaldesh, violence against Chins has unleashed anger in Mizoram. New Delhi's time for cogitation is running out.
Two air raids Tuesday and Wednesday targeted a base used by guerrillas battling Myanmar’s military regime, killing 5 people and injuring 12, including 2 children.
Going through their Instagrams and dissecting their ‘statements’ is not the astute political commentary you think it is—it is time for us to back off from targeting 20-year-olds.
Companies are borrowing more from banks and public. Economists say high capacity utilisation & growing new orders could set stage for renewed investment push by India Inc.
New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.
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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