Drug-resistant malaria detected at Myanmar-India border

Scientists have detected drug-resistant malaria at the Myanmar-India border. It was revealed in a Oxford University led study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal. Tests have shown that this drug-resistant malaria is on the verge of entering India and now poses an enormous threat to global health. These detected drug-resistant malaria parasite have ability ..

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2015

Topics: Cambodia • Current Affairs 2016 • Diseases • Health • Laos • Myanmar • Thailand • Vietnam

Highlights of India-Myanmar 5th Joint Trade Committee Meeting

The 5th India- Myanmar Joint Trade Committee (JTC) meeting was held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. The JTC meeting was co-chaired by Minister of Commerce & Industry Nirmala Sitharaman and Myanmar Union Minister of Commerce U Win Myint. Both sides had intensive interaction and exchanged views to find ways and means to enhance the bilateral ..

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2015

Topics: Current Affairs 2016 • India-Myanmar • Ministry of Commerce and Industry • Myanmar

Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon city votes after six decades

Nearly after six decades, residents of Myanmar’s commercial hub Yangon city voted for Yangon City Development Committee elections i.e. local municipal elections on 27th December 2014. This election is considered test for Myanmar as it is undergoing transition from previous military rule towards the democracy since 2011 and ahead of a landmark nationwide elections to ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2014

Topics: Aung San Suu Kyi • International • Myanmar • Naypyidaw city • Yangon city

India inks FTA in Services, Investments With ASEAN

India inked a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in services and investments with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), paving the mode for a more relaxed movement of professionals and additionally opening prospects for investments between India and ASEAN. India implemented FTA in goods with 10-member ASEAN in 2011. 9 out of 10 ASEAN ..

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2014

Topics: Brunei • Cambodia • Current Affairs 2014 • IBPS • India-International Relations • Indonesia • Laos • Malaysia • Myanmar • Philippines • Singapore • Thailand • Vietnam

China inaugurates new Tibet rail link near Sikkim border

China opened its second railway line in Tibet, constructed at a cost of $ 2.16 billion, close to Indian border in Sikkim. The rail link will make efficient mobility of its military in the remote and strategic Himalayan region. The railway line stretched over 253 km connects Tibet’s provincial capital Lhasa with Xigaze, the second-largest ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2014

Topics: Arunachal Pradesh • Bhutan • China • Current Affairs 2014 • India China • India-International Relations • Myanmar • Nepal • Sikkim