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Over 37.67 mn people vaccinated for Covid-19 in Myanmar

Over 37.67 mn people vaccinated for Covid-19 in Myanmar

🕔11:47, 17.Jan 2023

Yangon, Jan 17 (IANS) Myanmar had vaccinated more than 37.67 million people for Covid-19, the ministry of health’s latest data showed. The figures comprised over 30.86 million people aged 18 and above and more than 6.8 million people aged under 18

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India, along with Russia, China, abstains on UNSC resolution on Myanmar

India, along with Russia, China, abstains on UNSC resolution on Myanmar

🕔07:10, 22.Dec 2022

United Nations, Dec 22 (IANS) India joined China and Russia in abstaining on a UN Security Council resolution on Myanmar, calling for the restoration of democracy there and the release of political prisoners, foremost among them Aung San Suu Kyi. The

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Two quakes jolt NE

Two quakes jolt NE

🕔11:59, 30.Sep 2022

Guwahati, Sep 30 (IANS) The northeast was jolted by two back-to-back earthquakes on Friday, officials informed. The National Centre for Seismology said that a 5.2-magnitude earthquake, with an epicentre in Myanmar, was recorded at 3.52 a.m. It lay at a depth

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6 more countries join ASEAN’s Treaty of Amity and Cooperation

6 more countries join ASEAN’s Treaty of Amity and Cooperation

🕔19:20, 3.Aug 2022

Six more countries signed the instrument of accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC) here on Wednesday, bringing the number of state parties to the treaty of ASEAN to 49. Phnom Penh, Aug 3 Six

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BIMSTEC – Potential for greater cooperation

BIMSTEC – Potential for greater cooperation

🕔10:07, 7.Apr 2022

The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is an international organisation of seven South Asian and Southeast Asian countries, including Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The Bay

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India-ASEAN Digital Work Plan 2022 approved at 2nd ASEAN Digital Ministers (ADGMIN) meeting

India-ASEAN Digital Work Plan 2022 approved at 2nd ASEAN Digital Ministers (ADGMIN) meeting

🕔07:33, 30.Jan 2022

‘ICTs strengthen democratic systems and institutions through enhanced engagement between citizens and the state’: Devusinh Chauhan New Delhi, Jan 30: The 2nd ASEAN Digital Ministers (ADGMIN) meeting with India held yesterday on a virtual platform. Devusinh Chauhan, Minister of State for

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Myanmar to resume int’l tourism next yr

Myanmar to resume int’l tourism next yr

🕔17:07, 24.Nov 2021

Yangon, Nov 24 (IANS) Myanmar has rolled out plans to resume international tourism early next year, according to the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism on Wednesday. In the first phase of reopening tourism, the Ministry expects to welcome visitors from regional

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Asean summit on Myanmar set for April 24

Asean summit on Myanmar set for April 24

🕔10:15, 17.Apr 2021

Jakarta, April 17  Leaders of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) are expected to meet in the Indonesian capital Jakarta next week to discuss the political crisis in Myanmar following the February 1 military coup, an official source said

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Myanmar envoy to UN defies military regime, denounces coup

Myanmar envoy to UN defies military regime, denounces coup

🕔17:35, 27.Feb 2021

United Nations, Feb 27 In a dramatic show of defiance Myanmar’s Permanent Representative Kyaw Moe Tun has denounced his country’s military regime before the General Assembly and declared he would fight for democracy. “We will continue to fight for a government

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UNSC to discuss Myanmar coup

UNSC to discuss Myanmar coup

🕔14:32, 2.Feb 2021

United Nations, Feb 2  UN Security Council (UNSC) members will be briefed on Tuesday on the situation in Myanmar where the military has staged a coup after detaining top government officials, including de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, as

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Cabinet approves additional investment by ONGC Videsh Ltd. for development of blocks A-1 and A-3 Blocks of Myanmar

Cabinet approves additional investment by ONGC Videsh Ltd. for development of blocks A-1 and A-3 Blocks of Myanmar

🕔18:16, 24.Jun 2020

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved additional investment of US$ 121.27 million (about Rs.909 crore)  by ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) towards further development of blocks A-1 and A-3 Blocks of Shwe oil

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COVID-19: Border trade with B’desh, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar on

COVID-19: Border trade with B’desh, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar on

🕔07:14, 17.Mar 2020

Guwahati/Agartala, March 17  Border trade with Bangladesh and other neighbouring countries continued on Monday even as India restricted people’s movement through all land immigration checkposts on the country’s borders with Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and Myanmar from March 15 midnight. “The

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Cabinet approves MoU signed between India and Myanmar on bilateral cooperation for Prevention of Trafficking in Persons;

Cabinet approves MoU signed between India and Myanmar on bilateral cooperation for Prevention of Trafficking in Persons;

🕔12:32, 27.Nov 2019

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given approval for the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Myanmar on bilateral cooperation for Prevention of Trafficking in Persons; Rescue, Recovery, Repatriation and Re-integration of victims of

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UNHCR chief Grandi on five-day visit to Myanmar

UNHCR chief Grandi on five-day visit to Myanmar

🕔08:26, 21.May 2019

Geneva, May 21  United Nations refugee agency chief Filippo Grandi began a five-day visit to Myanmar on Monday – his first since August 2017 when a deadly military crackdown drove some 741,000 minority Rohingya Muslims to flee the country’s western

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Italy, Myanmar sign 30 mn euro electrification agreement

Italy, Myanmar sign 30 mn euro electrification agreement

🕔09:58, 3.May 2019

Nay Pyi Taw, May 3  Italy has signed a 30 million euro soft loan agreement with Myanmar as part of a World Bank-funded national electrification programme that will bring power to half a million people, the Foreign Ministry said on

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President, Ram Nath Kovind and the President of Myanmar, U. Win Myint witnessing the signing of agreement

President, Ram Nath Kovind and the President of Myanmar, U. Win Myint witnessing the signing of agreement

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Chinese official pitches for Kunming-Kolkata bullet train service

Chinese official pitches for Kunming-Kolkata bullet train service

🕔10:36, 13.Sep 2018

Kolkata, Sep 13  Chinese Consul General in Kolkata, Ma Zhanwu, on Wednesday suggested a bullet train service between Kunming and Kolkata through Myanmar and Bangladesh. “If the project becomes a reality, it will take only two hours to complete 2,000-km

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India steps up vigil on borders with Bangladesh, Myanmar

India steps up vigil on borders with Bangladesh, Myanmar

🕔15:28, 13.Aug 2018

Agartala/Aizawl, Aug 13  Ahead of the Independence Day, Indian authorities have asked security forces to increase vigil along the international borders with Bangladesh and Myanmar, officials said on Monday. Border Security Force troopers are guarding India’s border with Bangladesh while

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Myanmar to host Asean education meet in Oct

Myanmar to host Asean education meet in Oct

🕔12:28, 24.Jul 2018

Yangon, July 24 Myanmar which will host the next Asean Education Ministers Meeting (ASED) in October seeks to boost its education sector by cooperating with India, China and the US among others. Vice President U Myint Swe has said that

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UNSC members head to Bangladesh, Myanmar

UNSC members head to Bangladesh, Myanmar

🕔12:14, 28.Apr 2018

United Nations, April 28  Members of the UN Security Council have left for Bangladesh and Myanmar to study the Rohingya crisis. The 15-member panel made a stopover in Kuwait on Friday before flying to Bangladesh where they will visit capital

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