Myanmar
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Myanmar holds second round of polls amid armed conflict
Yangon: Myanmar resumed voting Sunday, January 11 in the second round of its first general election in five years, expanding polling to additional townships, including some areas affected by the civil war…
- India
Myanmar: 3 Indian nationals trapped in cyber scam centres repatriated
Yangon: Three Indian nationals were repatriated from Myanmar’s Myawaddy cyber scam centres through Yangon, the Embassy of India in Yangon informed on Friday, following cooperation with Myanmar authorities and organisations. “With cooperation…
- World
Myanmar kicks off 2025 general election five years after Civil War
Yangon: Myanmar kicked off its 2025 multi-party democratic general election with the first phase held on Sunday. This comes after five years of the Civil War. The general election is scheduled to…
- Telangana
TGCSB busts fake job racket with Myanmar cybercrime link; five held
Hyderabad: The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) arrested five persons from Hyderabad, Mysore and Visakhapatnam for allegedly trafficking unemployed young men and women to Myanmar, forcing them into organised cybercrime operations. The…
- India
125 Indians return home from Myanmar scam hubs via Thailand
New Delhi: India on Wednesday repatriated 125 of its nationals from Thailand in a military transport aircraft, after they were released from scam centres in Myawaddy in Myanmar, according to the Indian…
- India
India repatriates 197 nationals from Thailand after Myanmar scam flight
New Delhi: India on Monday repatriated a second batch of 197 of its nationals from Thailand in two military aircraft, days after they fled to Thai border town of Mae Sot from…
- Hyderabad
12 Telangana residents rescued from crime syndicates in Myanmar
Hyderabad: As part of ongoing rescue operations across the Myanmar-Thailand border, the Union ministry of external affairs will bring back a total of 270 Indians, including 12 from Telangana. The rescued Indians…
- India
EC finds large number of foreigners in Bihar voter list
New Delhi: Field-level functionaries of the Election Commission have found “a large number of people” from Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar during house-to-house visits made for the ongoing intensive review of the voters’…
- Photos
Photos: India sends more humanitarian aid to Myanmar
New Delhi: India on Sunday sent 31 tonnes of humanitarian aid, including replenishment stores for an Indian army field hospital unit deployed in Myanmar, to augment New Delhi’s efforts to provide succour…
- World
Myanmar earthquake death toll rises to 3145 as more bodies found
Bangkok: The death toll from the earthquake that hit Myanmar nearly a week ago rose Thursday to 3,145 as search and rescue teams found more bodies, the military-led government said, and humanitarian…
- World
Myanmar military junta declares temporary ceasefire amid earthquake
Myanmar’s military junta announced a temporary ceasefire in its fight against rebels until April 22 to facilitate relief and reconstruction efforts following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake that has resulted in the death…
- World
‘Pancake’ collapse in quake-hit Myanmar tests rescuers; NDRF retrieves 16 bodies
New Delhi: A ‘pancake’ collapse of multiple buildings and houses leading to floors falling one over the other has become a challenge for rescue workers in quake-hit Myanmar with India’s NDRF retrieving…
- Photos
Photos: Earthquake compounds Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis as death toll passes 2000
Bangkok: The death toll in last week’s massive earthquake in Myanmar has passed 2,000, state media said on Monday, as accounts of some people’s last moments emerged: Two hundred Buddhist monks crushed…
- World
Myanmar earthquake: Country faces humanitarian crisis as death toll passes 2,000
Bangkok: The death toll in last week’s massive earthquake in Myanmar has passed 2,000, state media reported on Monday, as rescuers and an activist group said it killed several hundred Muslims praying…
- World
Myanmar quake: 700 namazis die during Ramzan prayers, videos emerge
Mandalay: A Myanmar Muslim organisation says more than 700 worshipers were killed when the 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck the country at Friday prayer time during the holy month of Ramzan. Tun Kyi,…