Ahan Shetty just finished shooting Border 2, and he posted some behind-the-scenes shots with his castmates Sunny Deol, Diljit Dosanjh, and Varun Dhawan, plus actual military personnel. The guy said wrapping felt heavier than expected because the project pushed him hard, and he walked away grateful for everyone involved.
He called the movie more than entertainment since it tackles real military stories and the kind of courage that matters beyond theaters. Director Anurag Singh assembled a pretty stacked cast, and the film picks up the franchise that started with the 1997 war drama.
This sequel reportedly centers on the 1999 Kargil War between India and Pakistan, while the original focused on the Battle of Longewala.
Myanmar keeps tearing down sketchy buildings in the Shwe Kokko and Myawady zones, where scam operations were running wild. Authorities flattened four more structures in KK Park and have taken down 297 illegal buildings out of 635 total across the whole area. They also shipped 278 Chinese people back home through the friendship bridge after catching them running online gambling rings.
Security teams grabbed 248 people during raids in Myawady, with 25 being Chinese nationals and the rest from Myanmar. They confiscated computers and phones from everyone involved. One three-story building got demolished to stop anyone from using it again for fraud stuff.
Since late January, border agents have picked up nearly 13,000 people who snuck into...
Myanmar's Energy Ministry just chopped up to 200 kyats per liter off their locally made gas after crude prices dropped. They switched up how they sell Ron 68 petrol by giving it straight to regular people instead of auctioning it off to private companies like they used to do.
The ministry keeps cranking out Ron 72 and Ron 77 grades whenever they have enough crude oil and natural gas sitting around to make it happen. They want to eventually pump out even better quality fuel without relying on anyone else for the supply chain.
Myanmar sent a crew to Manila for the rollout of a big Southeast Asia education report, and Deputy Minister U Nay Myo Hlaing showed up to represent the country at the Hilton. Education Minister Dr Chaw Chaw Sein dropped a video message talking about how this SEA-PLM thing matters for keeping ASEAN schools on track.
The deputy minister gave props to the report release, and he talked about using the data to help kids across the region get better classroom experiences. Myanmar wants to lean on these findings when it figures out its next moves for education policy.
The event pulled in education bigwigs from ASEAN nations plus reps from international groups like UNICEF and SEAMEO.
Myanmar's commerce boss, U Chit Swe, sat down with Russia's honorary consul, Sergey Shatirov, at a Nay Pyi Taw meeting room to talk about pumping up trade between the two countries. They kicked around ideas about getting Myanmar farm goods and seafood better shelf space in Russian markets, and they looked at bringing Russian fertilizer the other way.
The conversation touched on setting up trade fairs and centers to help businesses link up and show off what they make. Myanmar wants gear for a natural fertilizer plant they plan to build in the capital area.
Deputy Minister U Min Min and some investment fund reps from Russia joined the discussion about expanding economic cooperation across the board.
Myanmar's science deputy minister Aung Zeya hit up the Liuzhou Industrial Museum with his crew to learn about China's electric vehicle game. Museum staff walked them through how the place has been churning out cars and appliances since the early 80s, and they talked about the shift toward eco-friendly production methods.
After that, the delegation rolled over to Liu Gong Group to scope out their heavy-duty vehicle factory. A senior director gave them the full tour of the manufacturing floor and research center while everyone swapped gifts and asked questions about how everything runs.
Myanmar's Rural Development Department threw a workshop at a hotel in Yangon about turning villages into smart hubs across ASEAN countries. Union Minister U Hla Moe talked about how they're trying to upgrade life for the 69 percent of people living outside cities through six main focus areas, like building better roads and giving farmers money to help.
The event featured a video message from an ASEAN deputy secretary and a speech from an ActionAid guy about rethinking how development should work in the region. Representatives from different ASEAN nations jumped into panel discussions that ran through multiple sessions.
The whole thing wraps up with field trips to check out a model village setup and some research centers where they...
Min Aung Hlaing stopped by the Maha Muni Buddha Image in Mandalay to check on repairs after earthquake damage messed up some of the religious structures there. He showed up with his wife and a crew of military officials, and they all paid respects before looking at how the restoration work was going.
The military leader told workers to fix everything back to how it originally looked and make sure the staircases stay nice for people visiting the site. He and his wife dropped off some cash for the overall restoration fund and looked through a museum where donated jewelry and fancy ornaments are kept. Some of that stuff had fallen during the quake, and he gave instructions about taking care of it properly.
Myanmar's military leader, Min Aung Hlaing, just cut the ribbon on a brand-new Central Bank branch in Mandalay. Governor Daw Than Than Swe joined him for the ceremony along with a bunch of ministers and military brass from different commands.
The bank says it wants to get better at watching over money stuff in border areas and making sure financial services reach more people across the country. They started building this spot back in the 2022-23 budget year, and the Construction Ministry handled everything to make it look like international bank standards.
Basically, the Central Bank is trying to update how it runs things to match what modern times need, especially when it comes to keeping tabs on regional money flows and improving...
