Communist Party of India Kozhikode Secretary P Mohanan has withdrawn his controversial statement linking members of the banned Popular Front of India to MEC 7, a popular fitness regimen in the Malabar region. Mohanan initially claimed that MEC 7, known as the Multi-Exercise Combination, had been infiltrated by extremist groups such as Jamaat-e-Islami, Social Democratic Party of India, and PFI, …
The US and UK’s actions Thursday are the most significant yet against the sprawling business interests of Myanmar’s military, which include telecommunications, mining and real estate. The United States and the United Kingdom on Thursday imposed sanctions on conglomerates controlled by Myanmar’s military, following the generals’ February 1 coup and deadly crackdown, with Washington calling the move a response to …
