Cyclone Michaung is a severe category cyclone that has emerged from Bay of Bengal and headed for the south-eastern states of India. It has caused havoc in Chennai & is now headed to Andhra Pradesh.
The Manipur government had issued a letter to local authorities that they must not offer food and shelter to refugees from Myanmar and people trying to seek refuge should be politely turned away.
The military detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior members of the governing party, the National League for Democracy (NLD) and took control over Myanmar on Monday 1st February.
Laungi Bhuiyan dug a 3-km-long canal for 30 years to divert water to his small village in Gaya, Bihar.