Rare earth mining is poisoning Mekong River tributaries, threatening 'the world's kitchen'Toxic runoff from unregulated rare earth mines in Myanmar and Laos is contaminating the Mekong River and its tributaries, threatening the l...
29 Apr, 2026, 09.58 AM IST
42,000 Myanmarese nationals biometrically mapped under new free movement regime: Assam Rifles ChiefLt Gen Vikas Lakhera reported that 42,000 Myanmarese nationals entering India have been mapped biometrically since December under the new F...
21 Aug, 2025, 06.44 PM IST
India, Myanmar bond over BuddhismIndia recognizes Pali as a classical language, leading to MoUs between the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) and Myanmar instituti...
24 Mar, 2025, 07.43 AM IST
Former UK envoy to Myanmar Vicky Bowman, husband jailed for allegedly breaching immigration laws, now releasedIn September, Vicky Bowman and her spouse, the Burmese artist Htein Lin, received a year in prison for allegedly breaking Myanmar's Immigra...
17 Nov, 2022, 05.23 PM IST
Myanmar beauty queen Han Lay flees to Canada following threats from the military junta. Read details hereHan Lay, the winner of Miss Grand Myanmar who took refuge in Thailand after reproaching her home country's ruling military junta, has depar...
28 Sep, 2022, 05.16 PM IST
Institute of Chin Affairs, Mizoram University announce launch of Diploma in Burmese Language and Communication SkillThe course will be led by Dr Elis Thangi, a native speaker of Burmese language, who holds a PhD in Burmese. Dr Elis also speaks fluent Mizo...
20 Sep, 2022, 09.28 PM IST
Russia and Myanmar cooperating on military equipment supplies: InterfaxRights activists have accused Moscow of legitimising Myanmar's junta, which seized power in a Feb. 1 coup, by continuing bilateral visits a...
21 Jul, 2021, 03.19 PM IST
Russia says to boost military ties with Myanmar as junta leader visitsRights activists have accused Moscow of legitimising Myanmar's military junta, which came to power in a Feb. 1 coup, by continuing bilatera...
23 Jun, 2021, 01.42 PM IST
Myanmar air force chief in Moscow for military helicopter expo: ReportsRussia said in March it wanted to strengthen military ties with Myanmar despite the coup, and Russia's deputy defence minister, Alexander F...
20 May, 2021, 04.25 PM IST
Connectivity projects, border haats can transform Indo-Myanmar partnershipThe discussion held on Friday tried to assess the opportunities and challenges on the current agendas of collaboration, bring together a re...
05 Sep, 2020, 09.01 AM IST
Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of Freedom of Oxford awardOxford City Council voted unanimously last night to permanently remove the honour given to 72-year-old Suu Kyi in 1997.
28 Nov, 2017, 11.46 PM IST
Oxford college drops Suu Kyi from common room nameStudents of St Hugh's College yesterday voted to remove the Nobel Peace Prize laureate's name from the junior common room with immediate ef...
20 Oct, 2017, 05.23 PM IST
India mulling easing visa for ASEAN to boost Buddhist tourismHamid Ansari said the trident of 'Commerce, Culture and Connectivity' defines the future focus areas of cooperation between ASEAN members a...
10 Feb, 2016, 02.59 PM IST
Drug-resistant malaria found near Indian borderThe spread of malaria parasites resistant to the drug artemisinin into India would pose a serious threat to the global control and eradicat...
20 Feb, 2015, 04.41 PM IST
Trade in tiger parts rising in China, India a key sourceTiger is an endangered species and all wild cat species are protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of ...
26 Dec, 2014, 08.10 PM IST
Trade in tiger parts rising in China, India a key sourceTrade in parts of tiger and other wild cats, which is prohibited internationally, has grown significantly in China and most of the items ar...
26 Dec, 2014, 06.47 PM IST
India, Myanmar, Thailand trilateral highway may start by FY'16The proposed trilateral highway covering India, Myanmar and Thailand is expected to be operational by 2015-16, Commerce and Industry Minist...
06 Jun, 2013, 09.26 PM IST