People rebuilding temporary homes near a destroyed building following fighting between Myanmar’s military and the Arakan Army. | Photo Credit: AFP An alliance of Myanmar ethnic armed groups have accused the junta of repeatedly violating a China-brokered ceasefire in the north of the country this month and causing civilian casualties. Beijing brokered a truce between … Read more
The NSCN(I-M) is one of the oldest and most powerful of about 30 rebel groups in northeast India. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) on Wednesday accused the Indian security forces of helping the Kuki militant groups to wage war against the Meitei revolutionary groups in Myanmar. The statement comes … Read more
The 1930 helpline is operational in all 36 States and Union Territories. | Photo Credit: AP Around 50% of cyber-crime complaints received on the national cyber crime helpline every day have their origin in China and pockets of Cambodia and Myanmar, Rajesh Kumar, chief executive officer of Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), Ministry of … Read more
“Limited availability of legitimate economic opportunities, constrained access to markets and state infrastructure, and a worsening economic climate brought on by inflation and monetary depreciation can make opium, as well as other illicit commodities, an attractive alternative or for subsistence livelihoods. Source link
A UNHCR worker talks to Rohingya refugees, who were earlier refused landing twice by local communities and left stranded off the coast, following their arrival at a village community hall in Lapang Barat, Aceh province, on November 19, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Three boats filled with more than 500 Rohingya refugees landed in Indonesia’s … Read more
At least 43 Myanmar soldiers have surrendered to police in Mizoram a day after heavy clashes with anti-junta rebel fighters, a police official said on Tuesday. “Whether they will be pushed back or not, we are waiting for further instructions from the central government,” Mizoram police official Lalmalsawma Hnamte told Reuters. Source link
A file of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with French President Emmanuel Macron. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The junta in Myanmar has killed 3,700 people since the coup of February 1, 2021 and France should prevent India from transferring weapons and dual use technology to the military rulers of Naypyitaw, a covert group of activists … Read more
A girl sits outside her damaged house at Basara refugee camp in Sittwe on May 16, 2023, after cyclone Mocha made a landfall. | Photo Credit: AFP The death toll in cyclone-hit Myanmar rose to 60 on Tuesday, according to local leaders and junta-backed media, as villagers tried to piece together ruined homes and waited … Read more
A man holds a child as he moves to the nearest cyclone shelter at Shah Porir Dwip during the landfall of cyclone Mocha in Teknaf, Bangladesh, | Photo Credit: Reuters Rescuers early on May 15 evacuated about 1,000 people trapped by seawater 3.6 meters (12 feet) deep along western Myanmar’s coast after a powerful cyclone … Read more
CNN — Around 100 people, including women and children, have been killed after Myanmar’s military junta bombed the Kant Balu township in the Sagaing region on Tuesday, according to the shadow government of the ousted administration. The attack resulted in the “loss of scores of innocent civilians and injuring many more, including children and pregnant … Read more