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Wow awesome! Are they BVR equipped like say with R-77?
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Wow awesome! Are they BVR equipped like say with R-77?
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yes. sure.!!
the photo also was in this thread. may be in early pages. bro
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Buddha is dead right????
Isn't he human?
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His prayers lives on. We consider him as a superior being who shed light on enlightenment of life and more. We worship his prayers.
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Good to see interest in dharmic universe (african buddhist monks etc). I saw some popular hindu temples in africa as well made by inspired locals and spreading the good word of Dharm peacefully but coherently (even good debates are starting)...I think it will help to better balance their societies over time, by partaking of the message all enlightened souls in dharmic realm (Buddha probably most well known world wide) have created. Myanmar doing great job here, hope it continues. Lead with action first and foremost to guide humanity wherever possible into higher thought away from base reactionary emotions.
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Yes.bro
Uganda Buddhist Center is now popular in Myanmar and Myanmar Buddhist are willing to support every movement of it.
Good point of UBC is no need to be Buddhist to learn about Dhamma and meditation ( I think this come from Hinduism ) and freely open to know what is Buddhism. Really love to See it.
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Foreign officers trying Myannmar Tea which is specially issued for armed force.
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Myanmar’s stakes in two Belt and Road economic corridors
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The country’s involvement in the two economic corridors reflects its unique geopolitical role in bridging China and South Asia as well as fostering integration of the ASEAN bloc.
The Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) economic corridor, with multi-modal connection via combination of sea and land transport. Photo - Supplied/ PwC Growth Markets Centre
MYANMAR is involved in two of the six economic corridors under China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), according to a report from a multinational professional services firm.
The country’s involvement in the two corridors underlines its geopolitical advantage in facilitating the connectivity between China and South Asia as well as in fostering integration within the ASEAN bloc.
The report Repaving the ancient Silk Routes, published by PwC Growth Markets Centre in May, illustrated how Myanmar is involved in two out of six economic corridors in Beijing’s grand scheme: the “amphibious” Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar corridor, and maritime China-IndoChina Peninsula corridor.
Southeast Asia, along with South and Central Asia, are hotspots for China’s infrastructure investments. All three regions are linked by the six BRI economic corridors.
Four corridors are land routes, including the New Eurasian Land Bridge, the new China-Mongolia-Russia, China-Central Asia-West Asia, and China-Pakistan corridors.
In contrast, the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar corridor is a hybrid, or “amphibious” route, and the China-IndoChina Peninsula corridor is an ocean route. Myanmar is involved in these two, which together make up the “21st-Century Maritime Silk Road”.
Each of the economic corridors complements each other and covers energy and transport infrastructure, including railways, highways, power stations, ports and airports. Through these channels, the BRI aims to boost productivity, trade and investment.
BCIM corridor
The Bangladesh- China- India- Myanmar corridor is a multi-modal corridor made up of both land routes mainly via the Kolkata and Kunming (K2K) highway. The sea routes start from Mandalay and end in Kolkata, India. The land routes begin from Kunming, China’s Yunnan regional capital, passing through Myanmar cities such as Mandalay and then Bangladesh through to Kolkata.
PwC estimated that the total cost of a combination of road, rail, water and air linkages for this corridor would reach US$22 billion.
The report said that trade is expected to prosper, and particularly Indian exports such as cotton, copper, electrical machinery and electronic media equipment, chemicals and minerals.
The main artery of the BCIM corridor is a land route – the K2K highway stretches between Kolkata through to Kunming, passing through Bangladesh and Myanmar, spans 2,800km, and is almost ready to operate.
The maritime side of routes, connecting Myanmar to India, is a transport loop which aims to provide maritime access of goods from Kolkata, via Myanmar’s port of Sittwe, to Paletwa by inland water transport along the Myanmar river, Kaladan, and back via highway to Mizoram in northeast India.
This sea route in which Myanmar plays an essential part is in fact highly competitive: compared with the land route, access via sea from Sittwe to Kolkata reduces the distance covered by land by 1,328km to a 539km.
According to information from the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region of the Indian government, an initial agreement between India and Myanmar was signed back in 2008, but, to date, progress has been slow and the transport loop is yet to become operational.
Nine cross-national highways form the backbone of Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) transport infrastructure. Data from the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. Photo - Supplied/ PwC Growth Markets Centre
China-IndoChina Peninsula corridor
The report went on to explain that the China-IndoChina Peninsula corridor captures many of China’s connectivity projects within ASEAN. Ten cross-national highways, including one high-speed railway (HSR) from Bangkok to Singapore, form the backbone of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) transnational infrastructure network cutting across five ASEAN countries.
A major project along this corridor includes the $23bn Kunming-Singapore railway by the China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) to connect China to all ASEAN countries.
Repaving the ancient Silk Routes argued that this vast undertaking would be crucial in accelerating cross-border e-commerce, closing infrastructure gaps and creating job opportunities in ASEAN. Recently, an agreement has been made between China and Laos to fund the $6.8bn 417km-railway from the Chinese-Laos border, through Vientiane, to Nong Khai in Thailand. Beijing has signed an MoU with Bangkok to connect that railway to the Thai capital. The most recently signed MoU is for the KL-Singapore High Speed Rail, according to the Hong Kong Trade Development Council.
Myanmar is extensively involved in this framework. The southern sub-corridor links Dawei with Bangkok; the East-West sub-corridor connects Kawkareik in Kayin State with Mae Sot in Thailand and all the way to Hue in Vietnam. The western sub-corridor covers Myanmar’s commercial and political capital, while the Eastern sub-corridor bridges Muse, Mandalay and Kunming.
The fact that Myanmar is included in the two economic corridors underscores its importance in both bridging China and South Asia as well as in stepping up ASEAN’s integration.
Manish Agarwal, leader partner in capital projects and infrastructure in PwC India, said that it is hard for corridor projects compete for investments with those related to immediate congestion.
“Having designed several multi-geography corridors, we realise that traditional institutional structures designed for optimising local benefits often miss the trade-offs involved in maximising regional benefits.
“Also, as corridor projects create infrastructure ahead of demand, financing them becomes a challenge if they compete for capital with projects prioritised to address congestion.
“We expect multilateral agencies to continue to have a key role in articulating the win-win scenarios, and in strengthening institutions that can enable planning and financing of these projects in innovative ways,” he said.
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The country’s involvement in the two economic corridors reflects its unique geopolitical role in bridging China and South Asia as well as fostering integration of the ASEAN bloc.
MYANMAR is involved in two of the six economic corridors under China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), according to a report from a multinational professional services firm.
The country’s involvement in the two corridors underlines its geopolitical advantage in facilitating the connectivity between China and South Asia as well as in fostering integration within the ASEAN bloc.
The report Repaving the ancient Silk Routes, published by PwC Growth Markets Centre in May, illustrated how Myanmar is involved in two out of six economic corridors in Beijing’s grand scheme: the “amphibious” Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar corridor, and maritime China-IndoChina Peninsula corridor.
Southeast Asia, along with South and Central Asia, are hotspots for China’s infrastructure investments. All three regions are linked by the six BRI economic corridors.
Four corridors are land routes, including the New Eurasian Land Bridge, the new China-Mongolia-Russia, China-Central Asia-West Asia, and China-Pakistan corridors.
In contrast, the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar corridor is a hybrid, or “amphibious” route, and the China-IndoChina Peninsula corridor is an ocean route. Myanmar is involved in these two, which together make up the “21st-Century Maritime Silk Road”.
Each of the economic corridors complements each other and covers energy and transport infrastructure, including railways, highways, power stations, ports and airports. Through these channels, the BRI aims to boost productivity, trade and investment.
BCIM corridor
The Bangladesh- China- India- Myanmar corridor is a multi-modal corridor made up of both land routes mainly via the Kolkata and Kunming (K2K) highway. The sea routes start from Mandalay and end in Kolkata, India. The land routes begin from Kunming, China’s Yunnan regional capital, passing through Myanmar cities such as Mandalay and then Bangladesh through to Kolkata.
PwC estimated that the total cost of a combination of road, rail, water and air linkages for this corridor would reach US$22 billion.
The report said that trade is expected to prosper, and particularly Indian exports such as cotton, copper, electrical machinery and electronic media equipment, chemicals and minerals.
The main artery of the BCIM corridor is a land route – the K2K highway stretches between Kolkata through to Kunming, passing through Bangladesh and Myanmar, spans 2,800km, and is almost ready to operate.
The maritime side of routes, connecting Myanmar to India, is a transport loop which aims to provide maritime access of goods from Kolkata, via Myanmar’s port of Sittwe, to Paletwa by inland water transport along the Myanmar river, Kaladan, and back via highway to Mizoram in northeast India.
This sea route in which Myanmar plays an essential part is in fact highly competitive: compared with the land route, access via sea from Sittwe to Kolkata reduces the distance covered by land by 1,328km to a 539km.
According to information from the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region of the Indian government, an initial agreement between India and Myanmar was signed back in 2008, but, to date, progress has been slow and the transport loop is yet to become operational.
China-IndoChina Peninsula corridor
The report went on to explain that the China-IndoChina Peninsula corridor captures many of China’s connectivity projects within ASEAN. Ten cross-national highways, including one high-speed railway (HSR) from Bangkok to Singapore, form the backbone of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) transnational infrastructure network cutting across five ASEAN countries.
A major project along this corridor includes the $23bn Kunming-Singapore railway by the China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) to connect China to all ASEAN countries.
Repaving the ancient Silk Routes argued that this vast undertaking would be crucial in accelerating cross-border e-commerce, closing infrastructure gaps and creating job opportunities in ASEAN. Recently, an agreement has been made between China and Laos to fund the $6.8bn 417km-railway from the Chinese-Laos border, through Vientiane, to Nong Khai in Thailand. Beijing has signed an MoU with Bangkok to connect that railway to the Thai capital. The most recently signed MoU is for the KL-Singapore High Speed Rail, according to the Hong Kong Trade Development Council.
Myanmar is extensively involved in this framework. The southern sub-corridor links Dawei with Bangkok; the East-West sub-corridor connects Kawkareik in Kayin State with Mae Sot in Thailand and all the way to Hue in Vietnam. The western sub-corridor covers Myanmar’s commercial and political capital, while the Eastern sub-corridor bridges Muse, Mandalay and Kunming.
The fact that Myanmar is included in the two economic corridors underscores its importance in both bridging China and South Asia as well as in stepping up ASEAN’s integration.
Manish Agarwal, leader partner in capital projects and infrastructure in PwC India, said that it is hard for corridor projects compete for investments with those related to immediate congestion.
“Having designed several multi-geography corridors, we realise that traditional institutional structures designed for optimising local benefits often miss the trade-offs involved in maximising regional benefits.
“Also, as corridor projects create infrastructure ahead of demand, financing them becomes a challenge if they compete for capital with projects prioritised to address congestion.
“We expect multilateral agencies to continue to have a key role in articulating the win-win scenarios, and in strengthening institutions that can enable planning and financing of these projects in innovative ways,” he said.
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Myanmar women around the world
PREVIEW: MIMI AUNG
PROJECT MANAGER, MARS HELICOPTER
MiMi grew up in Burma (Myanmar), with no television and few amenities, and having to pump water from a well. But she looked at the night sky, and the view of space, with a sense of wonder.
Coming to the U.S. by herself at 16, she found her passion in engineering. Today she is leading the project to develop a Mars helicopter technology demonstration, an entirely new type of space flight.
https://women.jpl.nasa.gov/mimi-aung.html
PREVIEW: MIMI AUNG
PROJECT MANAGER, MARS HELICOPTER
MiMi grew up in Burma (Myanmar), with no television and few amenities, and having to pump water from a well. But she looked at the night sky, and the view of space, with a sense of wonder.
Coming to the U.S. by herself at 16, she found her passion in engineering. Today she is leading the project to develop a Mars helicopter technology demonstration, an entirely new type of space flight.
https://women.jpl.nasa.gov/mimi-aung.html
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Myanmar Scientist Wins Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Work on Cancer Research
Yimon Aye, a Howard Milstein faculty fellow and assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell University, with a secondary appointment at Weill Cornell Medicine has won the 2017 Pershing Square Prize in Cancer Research, which supports New Yorkbased scientists exploring innovative avenues in the fight against cancer as young investigator. Aye said one unique aspect of this award was the panel of experts – 30 of the leading cancer biologists in the country, including several Nobel laureates – who conducted the interviews during the third and final stage of the proposal process. “I have gone through other award competitions,” said Aye, who won a Beckman Young Investigator Award, a National Science Foundation early career award and an NIH Director’s New Innovator Award in 2014, a Sloan Foundation fellowship in 2016 and an Office of Naval Research Young Investigator award in 2017. “But this one was special because several of the interviewers are highly accomplished scientists you wouldn’t often get the opportunity to meet, let alone talk science with or be grilled by. So, when I was invited for the third-round interviews, I was just so excited for the chance to meet these people and I’m always been interested in applying my chemistry and chemical biology insights to real-world relevance in human medicine and I was very honored to get the secondary appointment to Weill Cornell Medicine, which was a big attraction to me in addition to Cornell being a strong university,” said Aye, who has been a lecturer to first-year medical students at Weill Cornell every fall since her arrival. The awards, established in 2014, are given by the Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance, dedicated to accelerating cures for cancer by advancing innovative cancer research and by facilitating collaborations between the science and business communities. It has created a prestigious program that awards substantial funding to exceptional young scientists in New York City with innovative ideas in the field of cancer research. Yimon Aye is one of six New York City scientists who win Pershing Square Sohn Prize for young investigators in cancer research.
Yimon Aye’s success started from the time she stood 3rd in the whole country in Myanmar’s matriculation exams. She won a scholarship at Cambridge Tutors College (CTC), UK to do her ‘A’ levels from 1998 till 2000. In the June 2000 A-level exams, Yimon gained top marks in the whole world for Chemistry and won the Royal Society of Chemistry’s National Prize. She also won a place at Oxford University where she went on to achieve First Class Honours on her degree course in Chemistry. Whilst at Oxford University, Yimon was chosen as the British Council’s very first International Student of the Year, receiving her award in 2003.
She moved to the UK to study for sixth form (high school) and then read chemistry at Oxford University, UK (2004). After Oxford University, Yimon took a post-graduate course in Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University where she gained a PhD in organic chemistry under the supervision of Professor Dave Evans (2009). After her time at Harvard, Yimon was the Damon Runyun Cancer Research Postdoctoral Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where she researched the cellular and biochemical regulatory mechanisms of the enzyme ribonucleotide reductase (RNR). Since July 2012, Yimon has been Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University and in 2014 was awarded the US National Institutes of Health Director’s “New Innovator Award” for her groundbreaking project entitled Deconvoluting redox biology with targeted chemistry. The 5-year award came with a $2.29 million grant supporting exceptionally creative new investigators who propose highly innovative projects with the potential for unusually high biomedical impact. In February 2016, Yimon was named recipient of a fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which supports early career faculty members’ original research and broad-based education related to science, technology and economic performance.
Yimon Aye, a Howard Milstein faculty fellow and assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell University, with a secondary appointment at Weill Cornell Medicine has won the 2017 Pershing Square Prize in Cancer Research, which supports New Yorkbased scientists exploring innovative avenues in the fight against cancer as young investigator. Aye said one unique aspect of this award was the panel of experts – 30 of the leading cancer biologists in the country, including several Nobel laureates – who conducted the interviews during the third and final stage of the proposal process. “I have gone through other award competitions,” said Aye, who won a Beckman Young Investigator Award, a National Science Foundation early career award and an NIH Director’s New Innovator Award in 2014, a Sloan Foundation fellowship in 2016 and an Office of Naval Research Young Investigator award in 2017. “But this one was special because several of the interviewers are highly accomplished scientists you wouldn’t often get the opportunity to meet, let alone talk science with or be grilled by. So, when I was invited for the third-round interviews, I was just so excited for the chance to meet these people and I’m always been interested in applying my chemistry and chemical biology insights to real-world relevance in human medicine and I was very honored to get the secondary appointment to Weill Cornell Medicine, which was a big attraction to me in addition to Cornell being a strong university,” said Aye, who has been a lecturer to first-year medical students at Weill Cornell every fall since her arrival. The awards, established in 2014, are given by the Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance, dedicated to accelerating cures for cancer by advancing innovative cancer research and by facilitating collaborations between the science and business communities. It has created a prestigious program that awards substantial funding to exceptional young scientists in New York City with innovative ideas in the field of cancer research. Yimon Aye is one of six New York City scientists who win Pershing Square Sohn Prize for young investigators in cancer research.
Yimon Aye’s success started from the time she stood 3rd in the whole country in Myanmar’s matriculation exams. She won a scholarship at Cambridge Tutors College (CTC), UK to do her ‘A’ levels from 1998 till 2000. In the June 2000 A-level exams, Yimon gained top marks in the whole world for Chemistry and won the Royal Society of Chemistry’s National Prize. She also won a place at Oxford University where she went on to achieve First Class Honours on her degree course in Chemistry. Whilst at Oxford University, Yimon was chosen as the British Council’s very first International Student of the Year, receiving her award in 2003.
She moved to the UK to study for sixth form (high school) and then read chemistry at Oxford University, UK (2004). After Oxford University, Yimon took a post-graduate course in Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University where she gained a PhD in organic chemistry under the supervision of Professor Dave Evans (2009). After her time at Harvard, Yimon was the Damon Runyun Cancer Research Postdoctoral Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where she researched the cellular and biochemical regulatory mechanisms of the enzyme ribonucleotide reductase (RNR). Since July 2012, Yimon has been Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University and in 2014 was awarded the US National Institutes of Health Director’s “New Innovator Award” for her groundbreaking project entitled Deconvoluting redox biology with targeted chemistry. The 5-year award came with a $2.29 million grant supporting exceptionally creative new investigators who propose highly innovative projects with the potential for unusually high biomedical impact. In February 2016, Yimon was named recipient of a fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which supports early career faculty members’ original research and broad-based education related to science, technology and economic performance.
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