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Myanmar’s Paul Sein Twa wins Goldman Environmental Prize 2020

December 15, 2020
Paul Sein Twa
  • International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Asia Regional Office bestowed Paul Sein Twa, for Goldman Environmental Prize 2020 for Asia.
  • This award is presented to him for his efforts in promoting the self-determination of the Karen people in managing their natural resources.

5th India – Myanmar bilateral meeting on Drug Control Cooperation

December 14, 2020
India and Myanmar
  • The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), India and the Central Committee on Drug Abuse Control, Myanmar carried out the 5th edition of the India- Myanmar Bilateral Meeting on Drug Control Cooperation.

Aung San Sui Kyi Party manages to win Myanmar Elections

November 14, 2020
Aung San Sui Kyi
  • Myanmar’s ruling party chaired by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi declared a resounding victory.
  • National League for Democracy (NLD) party has won near to 400 seats while the opposition Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) has secured only 21 seats.

India & Myanmar working together towards the operationalization of Strategic Sittwe Port in first quarter of 2021

October 7, 2020
India and Myanmar
  • India & Myanmar agreed to work together towards the operationalization of Strategic Sittwe Port in the first quarter of 2021.
  • Sittwe Port is an underwater port constructed by India at Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State in Myanmar, on the Bay of Bengal.

India and Myanmar held a virtual meeting

October 2, 2020
India and Myanmar
  • India and Myanmar held a virtual meeting that was headed by the secretaries of the respective governments.

BIMSTEC to link 3000 km long power grid from Myanmar-Thailand to India

February 26, 2020
BIMSTEC

Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is working on a project of linking about 3,000 kilometer-long power grid from Myanmar-Thailand to India.