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Dolphin census begins in Chilika Lake after sightings across lagoon
Updated : 2 months ago IST
The three-day enumeration drive is being carried out by the Chilika Wildlife Division in coordination with the Chilika Development Office to assess the current population, distribution, and habitat use of dolphins in Asia's largest brackish water lagoon.
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Report cites how new face of Chinese investment in Myanmar represents crim
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The rise of Wan Kuok Koi — popularly known as ‘Broken Tooth’— and the enterprises run by him and his associates represent the new face of Chinese investment in Myanmar—and the criminalization of the country under the current junta, The Irrawaddy reported.
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China helps military junta with fighter aircraft to strengthen its control
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In October, Irrawaddy, a newspaper in Myanmar run by the opposition claimed that the country had ordered several FTC-2000G midrange fighter jets from China. Although the news about the delivery of the aircraft was kept confidential Aero time, a Web magazine, quoting the local and internation
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Twelve killed in Myanmar Air Force plane crash
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], June 10 (ANI): Twelve people were killed as a Myanmar Air Force military transport plane crashed in a mountainous area in the country's Mandalay region, the local media reports said on Thursday.
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Chilika Lake becomes favourite destination for rare Irrawaddy Dolphins
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Satpada (Odisha) [India], January 18 (ANI): Chilika Lake has become a favourite destination not only for migratory birds but also for rare Irrawaddy Dolphins.
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'China would do well if gives up aggressive posture along LAC'
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Chiang Ma [Thailand], September 25 (ANI): The Chinese government "would do well" if it gives up its aggressive posture along Line of Actual Control (LAC) and takes the lead in defusing the tensions with India, The Irrawaddy reported.
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'Chinese-run casinos in conflict zone in Karen raise concerns about peace
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Nay Pyi Taw [Myanmar], September 3 (ANI): The presence of Chinese-run casinos in the centre of an armed conflict zone in Karen State is raising serious concerns for the peace process, suggests Aung Zaw in The Irrawaddy.
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China resorting to confrontation along LAC to punish India for rejecting B
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], July 3 (ANI): The confrontation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and China is the result of Beijing wanting to punish New Delhi for rejecting the multinational infrastructure programme -- Belt and Road Initiative -- and has nothing to do with the b
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