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Northeast key to India-ASEAN ties under new 5 year plan: Pabitra Margherita
The Assam Tribune
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July 18, 2025
Guwahati, July 18: India and ASEAN nations share a deep relation in terms of spirituality, trade and commerce, and art and culture for hundreds of years and a five-year action plan for India-ASEAN ties was drafted recently, said Union Minister of...
Indonesia uncovers maritime drug route in Southeast Asia
Inquirer
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July 22, 2025
JAKARTA – Indonesia is on track to record the largest seizure of drugs by the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) in six years, said the agency’s chief, with confiscation of methamphetamine reaching 3.41 tonnes – with a street value of $590 million –...
Men deported by U.S. to Eswatini in Africa will be held in solitary confinement for undetermined time
Spectrum News 13 - Florida
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July 18, 2025
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Five immigrants deported by the United States to the small southern African nation of Eswatini under the Trump administration's third-country program are being held in solitary confinement in various prisons for an...
Cambodian Information Minister Lauds Media Excellence at Asia Media Summit Gala
AKP
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AKP Siem Reap, July 22, 2025 — H.E. Neth Pheaktra, Cambodia’s Minister of Information, delivered a special address this evening at the Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony of the 20th Asia Media Summit (AMS). The Minister congratulated the Asia-Pacific...
Junta Forces Closing in on Naungcho; Gains and Losses of Strategic Outposts and Towns
MoeMaKa
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July 13, 2025
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – July 12 Viewpoint (Moemaka, July 13, 2025): Junta Forces Closing in on Naungcho; Gains and Losses of Strategic Outposts and Towns The Myanmar military has been gradually advancing toward Naungcho, a town captured by the...
Men deported by US to Eswatini in Africa will be held in solitary confinement for undetermined time
Associated Press
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July 17, 2025
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Five immigrants deported by the United States to the small southern African nation of Eswatini under the Trump administration’s third-country program are being held in solitary confinement in various prisons for an...
Engaged Buddhism: Jungto Society Hosts INEB Study Tour in South Korea for Buddhist Monastics from Southeast Asia
Buddhistdoor Global
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Images courtesy of Jungto Society Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim, this month hosted an intensive nine-day study tour in South Korea for...
Displaced farmers experience devastating setback after rains destroy livelihoods: 'It's frustrating'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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July 17, 2025
Farmers in Myanmar are facing an uncertain future after heavy rains destroyed their sesame crops in late June. What's happening? According to the Kantarawaddy Times, both locals and refugees who have been displaced due to ongoing conflicts grow...
UNHCR: 150,000 Rohingya fled to Bangladesh in last 18 months
NHK
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The United Nations refugee agency says the ongoing conflict in Myanmar has forced some 150,000 Rohingya minority Muslims to seek shelter in neighboring Bangladesh over the past 18 months. The latest UNHCR report says continued persecution at home...
School witnessing silent transformation
The Arunachal Times
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[Bengia Ajum] NGISSA, 17 Jul: A Government Primary School here in Longding district, located near the Indo-Myanmar border, is witnessing a silent transformation due to the effort of one Ganchai Wangsa, the chairman of the School Management...
Ahom Valour Makes Its Way Into NCERT Textbooks In Step Towards Honouring Assam’s Legacy
News18
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July 17, 2025
Last Updated:July 17, 2025, 16:13 IST The Ahoms, who migrated in the 13th century from Mong Mao (in present-day Myanmar) to Brahmaputra Valley, laid the foundations of one of the most enduring and effective dynasties In November 2022, Assam CM...
Quads, triads and India’s South Asia paranoia
Scroll.in
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July 22, 2025
Let us not be coy. The limited war between Pakistan and India this past May, not long after the end-April terror attack near Pahalgam in Kashmir, has unlimited consequences for South Asia. As we know, avionics, strike and defensive systems got a...
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee alleges harassment of Rajbanshis, Matuas in other states
The Economic Times
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July 17, 2025
Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that Rajbanshis and Matuas were subjected to torture and harassment in other states and people from a particular religion were also being targeted. Speaking at an event in...
Conflicts and humanitarian crises create new HIV vulnerabilities
Aidsmap
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Garnering a standing ovation at IAS 2025, Sameer Sah, from Medical Aid for Palestinians, provided a devastating first-hand account of what’s been happening for nearly two years in Gazan healthcare settings. While the territory has typically had...
Rajbanshis, Matuas tortured in other states: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
The Economic Times
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July 17, 2025
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that Rajbanshis and Matuas were subjected to torture and harassment in other states and people from a particular religion were also being targeted. Speaking at an event in Kolkata,...
Civilian Casualties from Daily Airstrikes Intensify
MoeMaKa
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July 13, 2025
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – July 11 (Moemaka, July 12, 2025): Civilian Casualties from Daily Airstrikes Intensify The Myanmar military junta’s daily airstrikes—using fighter jets and bombing missions—have sharply increased in recent weeks,...
171 inmates sit 2018-19 matriculation exam
Eleven Myanmar
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A total of 171 inmates across the country sat the 2018-19 matriculation exam and it is 67 more in compared with last academic year, according to Correctional Department under the Ministry of Home Affairs. They are from 66 male inmates and three...
Trump threatens tariffs on 14 countries starting August 1: Here's the full list
MARCA
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July 8, 2025
President Donald Trump has issued a sharp warning to 14 countries: unless they strike new trade agreements with the U.S., steep reciprocal tariffs between 25% and 40% will come into force on August 1, 2025. Leaders of the affected nations received...
Christians bound, blindfolded, before being forced to jump into sea by India’s Navy
The Christian Post - Washington D.C.
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July 2, 2025
Fate of Christians is unknown By Morning Star NewsWednesday, July 02, 2025 Getty Images/Yawar NazirNEW DELHI — Relatives of ethnic Rohingya Christian refugees cast into the sea by India’s Navy have yet to hear from them nearly two months after the...
Former Manipur CM Biren Calls For Intensified Crackdown On Drug Networks
Northeast Today
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July 22, 2025
Former Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Tuesday urged authorities to step up countermeasures to dismantle drug networks and work towards a drug-free India. Commending the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) for a major drug bust in...