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Residents of a camp for displaced persons in Myanmar’s Laiza held a mass funeral for those killed in military airstrike on the intervening night of Monday & Tuesday. Visuals that surfaced from the funeral were heart-wrenching; grief-struck families gathered together to bury the deceased. Pics/AFP
11 October,2023 04:23 PM IST | Sanjana Deshpande
Members of Manipuri civil society and students' organisations on Sunday held a 'peace rally' at Jantar Mantar here and demanded that the government check the influx of "illegal migrants" into the state from Myanmar
04 June,2023 08:47 PM IST | Editor
At least 54 people were killed and more than 185,000 buildings damaged in Myanmar by a powerful cyclone last weekend, state television MRTV reported. Communication difficulties in the affected areas, where infrastructure was already poor, and the military government's tight control over information leave the actual extent of casualties and destruction unclear. All pictures: AFP
19 May,2023 06:02 PM IST | Editor
Rescuers on Monday evacuated about 1,000 people trapped by seawater 3.6 meters (12 feet) deep along western Myanmar's coast after a powerful cyclone injured hundreds and cut off communications. Six deaths were reported, but the true impact was not yet clear in one of Asia's least developed countries. All pictures: AP/PTI
16 May,2023 11:35 AM IST | Editor
The Assam Rifles on Monday rescued 96 people stranded in violence-hit Manipur near the India-Myanmar border in an air evacuation operation. Normalcy is slowly returning to Manipur after the violence which left 70 people dead and 1,700 houses burnt down. All pictures: PTI
16 May,2023 11:05 AM IST | Editor
Super cyclone Mocha started hitting the coastlines of Bangladesh and Myanmar on Sunday after intensifying into the equivalent of a category-five storm. The powerful cyclone is bringing heavy rain and winds of up to 195 kph, which could see dangerous flooding in areas around the Bay of Bengal.
14 May,2023 01:50 PM IST | Editor
From Taliban’s takeover of Afghansitan to the first Omicron case, we do a pictorial rewind of what major events shaped the world this year. All pics/ AFP
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