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Russia, China thwarting response to Myanmar coup: EU foreign policy chief

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Sunday it was no surprise that Moscow and Beijing were blocking efforts at the UN Security Council to impose an arms embargo

Myanmar: India committed to engage on measures for democratic transition

India at the UNSC stated that there should be no falling back on the path to democracy in Myanmar and assured its commitment to engage on measures to accelerate and support democratic transition

Myanmar junta attacks again as spokesman defends violent crackdown

Security forces in Myanmar cracked down heavily again on anti-coup protesters even as the military downplayed reports of state violence

Best of BS Opinion: Mosques in the rear-view mirror, Covid-19 crisis & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Can't deport Rohingyas to Myanmar without due process, says Supreme Court

The bench, also comprising Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, passed the order on an application seeking release of detained Rohingya refugees

11 killed as Myanmar protesters fight troops with handmade guns, firebombs

Taze is near the town of Kale, where at least 12 people were killed in a similar clash between troops and protesters on Wednesday

China reports 32 cases of coronavirus on April 4, highest since January 31

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in mainland China now stands at 90,305, while the death toll remains unchanged at 4,636

Myanmar death toll mounts to 550 amid protests, military crackdown

The civilian death toll in the crackdown by the Myanmar junta has reached 550 since the Feb. 1 coup, a human rights group said Saturday. Of those, 46 were children, according to Myanmar's Assistance Association for Political Prisoners. Some 2,751 people have been detained or sentenced, the group said. Threats of lethal violence and arrests of protesters have failed to suppress daily demonstrations across Myanmar demanding the military step down and reinstate the democratically elected government. Late Friday, armed plainclothes police took five people into custody after they spoke with a CNN reporter in a Yangon market, local media reported, citing witnesses. The arrests occurred in three separate incidents. Two women reportedly shouted for help as they were being arrested, Myanmar Now news service reported. One police officer, who was carrying a gun, asked if anyone dared to help them," a witness told the news service. They pointed their pistols at everyoneat passersby and at peo

US condemns Myanmar military for crackdown on pro-democracy protesters

The US Department of State on Monday (local time) said that the junta has responded to calls for the restoration of democracy in the country with bullets

Myanmar military cuts wireless internet services amidst coup protests

Myanmar's wireless broadband internet services were shut down on Friday by order of the military

We condemn any use of violence: MEA on situation in Myanmar

At a media briefing, Spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs Arindam Bagchi said India has urged for the release of political prisoners

Myanmar military cuts wireless internet service amid coup protests

Myanmar's wireless broadband internet services were shut down by order of the military, a local provider said, as protesters continued to defy the threat of violence to oppose the junta's takeover

Myanmar detained leader Suu Kyi faces new charge under official secrets law

After over two months since the military coup in Myanmar on February 1, the country's detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi was slapped with another charge under the official secrets law

UN condemns violence against Myanmar peaceful protesters and deaths

The UN Security Council late Thursday strongly condemned the use of violence against peaceful protesters in Myanmar and the deaths of hundreds of civilians

Myanmar's junta makes one-month ceasefire offer, but not to protesters

The statement called on ethnic armed groups to "keep the peace" and said the military would "suspend its operations unilaterally from April 1 to April 30."

Myanmar refugees influx at Indian borders likely just beginning: UNSG envoy

The influx of refugees from Myanmar at the Indian and Thai borders and elsewhere is ominous and likely just the beginning, UN Secretary General's special envoy on Myanmar has told the Security Council

India condemns violence in Myanmar, calls for release of detained leaders

India has condemned the violence in Myanmar and condoled the loss of life, as it urged maximum restraint and called for the release of detained leaders

Hindustan Aeronautics denies having business links with Myanmar's military

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has denied having any business links with the military forces in Myanmar

Myanmar faces possibility of civil war at an unprecedented scale: UN envoy

The UN special envoy for Myanmar has warned that the country faces the possibility of civil war "at an unprecedented scale" and urged the UNSC to consider action to reverse the military coup

China reports Covid outbreak on border with Myanmar, at least 9 positive

At least nine people have tested positive for Covid-19 in a Chinese city on the border with Myanmar, health officials said Wednesday