Myanmar

India and Myanmar agreed to ensure that their respective territories would not be allowed to be used for any activities inimical to the other. To note, Manipur shares 398 km out of the 1700 km boundary with Myanmar’s two regions -- Sagaing Region to the east and Chin State to the south.

Operation Karuna: India has sent four Indian Navy’s warships to Mocha-affected Myanmar, carrying emergency food items, tents, essential medicines, water pumps, portable generators, clothes, sanitary and hygiene items.

Myanmar's ruling junta confirmed that it carried out an air strike on a village in which at least 100 people, including many children and reporters, were killed.

The court's action leaves her with as many as 33 years to serve in prison following a series of politically tinged prosecutions since the army toppled her elected government in February 2021.

The report by Reporters Without Borders notes that surveillance and censorship and reached extreme levels in China where currently 110 journalists are behind bars. Myanmar, with 62 journalists behind bars, Iran with 47, Vietnam with 39 and Belarus with 31 occupy the top five positions as the world's biggest jailer of journalists.

Spokesperson for MEA, Arindam Bagchi, tweeted, "We have been actively investigating the case of Indians trapped in bogus job scams in Myanmar. Already, 32 Indians had been rescued. Another 13 Indian citizens were rescued and arrived in Tamil Nadu today."

Thursday's sentencing took place in a closed court in the capital, Naypyitaw. The defendants' exact offence under the official secrets act remains unclear, though a source previously said Turnell's offence "relates to an allegation that he had government documents".

The report highlighted that the AQIS is maintaining a low profile in Afghanistan, where it reportedly has around 400 terrorists. These include terrorists from countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar.

PM Modi underscored the value of agreeing on the FTA or free trade agreement to boost mutual trade among BIMSTEC nations.

Suu Kyi was convicted with two charges for incitement and breaching COVID-19 protocols while campaigning and was sentenced to four years in jail