India rice exports decline as Iran war curbs basmati shipments to GulfIndia's rice exports saw a slight dip in the first four months of 2026. Shipments of premium basmati rice to Gulf markets faced disruptions...
27 May, 2026, 03.50 PM IST
10 countries are home to two-thirds of world's most hungry: UN-backed reportA UN-backed report reveals two-thirds of global food crises last year were concentrated in just 10 countries, with Sudan, Nigeria, and the ...
24 Apr, 2026, 02.49 PM IST
Nearly 8,000 people died or disappeared trying to migrate in 2025Nearly 8,000 people died or disappeared on migration routes last year, with sea routes to Europe proving the deadliest. Many victims were l...
21 Apr, 2026, 04.50 PM IST
Mizoram: Zo Indigenous Identity Card inaugurated in AizawlThe Zo Reunification Organisation (ZoRO) launched a new identity card for Zo indigenous people. Mizoram's speaker emphasized Zo unity despi...
04 Dec, 2024, 07.12 PM IST
How to handle growing naga-tivityThe National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN) has threatened to resume armed conflict after 27 years of peace talks with the Indian gove...
10 Nov, 2024, 10.28 PM IST
Young Mizo Association requests state govt to set up proper shelter homes for over 44,000 refugeesThe Young Mizo Association (YMA) has urged Mizoram's government to set up proper shelter homes and provide humanitarian aid for over 44,000...
31 Oct, 2024, 02.12 PM IST
Amid fresh fighting, 1,500 more from Myanmar take refuge in MizoramIntensified conflict in Myanmar led to another wave of 1,500 refugees seeking shelter in Mizoram last week, bringing the total to over 35,1...
26 Jul, 2024, 10.37 PM IST
Mizoram sees fresh influx of refugees from Bangladesh's Chittagong hill tracts, total reaches 1,901Mizoram has received nearly 30 new refugees from the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of southeast Bangladesh, raising the total number of refu...
18 Jun, 2024, 07.35 PM IST
ZPM to continue providing shelter refugees from Manipur, Myanmar, Bangladesh: Mizoram CMParticipating in the discussion on the vote of thanks to the Governor’s speech in the assembly, the Chief Minister said that he had already...
15 Dec, 2023, 01.05 AM IST
Mizoram emerged as an island of peace, says CM ZoramthangaMizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga has stated that Mizoram has become an island of peace, offering relief and shelter to those who have fle...
07 Sep, 2023, 09.00 PM IST
Bangladesh urges Russia to mediate in Rohingya crisis after China-led efforts failForeign minister AK Abdul Momen told reporters that he had made the proposal to his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, at a meeting in Tas...
25 Jul, 2021, 07.39 AM IST
Committed to support mutually-acceptable solution to enable return of Rohingya refugees: IndiaAddressing a seminar in Dhaka on 'Bangladesh & India: A Promising Future', Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said India was deeply a...
02 Mar, 2020, 05.55 PM IST
Chinese govt to play mediator in sending back Rohingyas refugees from Bangladesh to MyanmarIn November 2017, China had proposed a three-step solution to address the Rohingya issue.
09 Apr, 2019, 09.10 AM IST
Worried about political implications of Rohingya crisis: Bangladesh ministerWithin weeks, the Awami League government started feeling the pressure. General elections in the country are set to be held later this year.
23 Feb, 2018, 07.59 AM IST
China moots economic corridor with Myanmar for easy access to Indian OceanThe direct economic corridor, which would help Myanmar's development plan and needs, will start in China's Yunnan Province, extend to the c...
21 Nov, 2017, 08.09 PM IST
Myanmar's Rohingya crisis 'spinning out of control' - aid officialsThe United Nations says killings, arson and rape carried out by troops and ethnic Rakhine Buddhist mobs amount to a campaign of ethnic clea...
26 Oct, 2017, 10.55 PM IST
Mass graves of Hindus: India asks Myanmar to punish perpetratorsEAM Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said as per the statement of the office of Myanmar's state counsellor, all the bodies found in these graves ...
29 Sep, 2017, 09.57 PM IST