"The depression over southeast Bay of Bengal moved northwestwards during past 06 hours with a speed of 05 kmph and lay centered at 2330 hours IST of 9th May 2023 over the same region near latitude 8.5°N and longitude 89.3°E, about 510 km west-southwest of Port Blair, 1460 km south-
Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways and AYUSH Sarbananda Sonowal and Myanmar Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Communications Admiral Tin Aung San jointly inaugurated the Sittwe Port in Rakhine State, Myanmar on Tuesday.
The ceremony is likely to inaugurate regular transit of cargo ships between Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port in Kolkata, India, and Sittwe Port in the Rakhine state of Myanmar, heralding a new age of transportation between the two countries.
In May 2022, APSEZ announced the signing of a share purchase agreement (SPA) for the sale of its Myanmar Port. The SPA had certain condition precedents (CPs), including completion of the project and relevant approvals for the smooth conduct of business by the buyer.
A cargo ship was flagged off on Thursday from a Kolkata port for a trial run to a facility at Sittwe in Myanmar which is funded by India as part of the Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport project, officials said.
"Earthquake of Magnitude:4.2, Occurred on 04-05-2023, 05:19:05 IST, Lat: 27.03 & Long: 96.34, Depth: 10 Km, Location: Myanmar," tweeted National Center for Seismology.
During an inspection tour in the China-Myanmar border area in Yunnan on Tuesday, Qin Gang emphasised the necessity to sincerely carry out the Chinese Communist Party's 20th National Congress's policies and uphold stability at the border region.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday that at the meeting Qin Gang will exchange views with other SCO member states' foreign ministers on the international and regional situation
With this victory, India qualified from Group F for Round 2 of the tournament scheduled for September later this year. In the three-team group, India won both their matches against the Kyrgyz Republic and Myanmar and finished with six points.
India are placed in Group F of the qualifiers consisting of three teams, with Myanmar, being the other side. The first match of the group saw Myanmar edge Kyrgyz Republic 1-0 on Monday.
According to authorities, insurgents shot and killed the deputy chairman of Myanmar's military-appointed election commission in the nation's commercial hub Yangon. This is the most recent high-profile murder connected to the country's military rulers, reported Al Jazeera.
AIFF announced a 23-member squad on 19 April for their 'Group F' fixture. India will play against hosts Kyrgyz Republic on 26 April, and Myanmar on 28 April at Bhiskek. The squad started its preparation under coach PV Priya in January in Chennai along with the Senior and Under 20 women's squ