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Topic: Thailand

Thailand to airlift critically-ill patients from marooned hospital as southern floods kill 33

Floods have swept through nine Thai provinces and eight states in neighbouring Malaysia for a second successive year, prompting both countries to evacuate nearly 45,000 people.

Thailand lowers the bar, U-turns on afternoon booze ban after tourism backlash

Tourists and local residents will be able to enjoy their afternoon drinks again after Thailand reversed its alcohol ban just days after the restrictions...

IAF brings back 270 Indians who fled to Thailand to escape Myanmar cyber scam hub

They were lured into Myanmar by promises of lucrative jobs. But once there, they found themselves forced into criminal activities by operators of the alleged scam center.

Thailand’s Queen Mother and style icon Sirikit passes away at 93

According to the statement by the palace, Sirikit had been hospitalised since 2019 due to several illnesses. The royal family will mourn the loss for one year.

Thai parliament to vote on new PM, as Thaksin flees country amid chaos

His dramatic exit comes days before a court ruling that could see the polarising billionaire, a central figure in Thailand’s 2-decade battle for power, jailed.

Thai court dismisses PM Shinawatra on grounds of ‘ethics violation’

Paetongtarn, Thailand’s youngest PM, is the sixth Shinawatra-backed leader ousted by military or courts, marking another turn in the family’s two-decade battle with ruling elites.

Thai court dismisses royal insult case against ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra

The court said the royalist military’s case over Thaksin’s 2015 interview lacked evidence of insulting the monarchy, an offence carrying up to 15 years in jail.

Famine has struck Gaza, says global hunger monitor

According to IPC, a region is classified as in a famine when 20% of population face food shortage, 75% of children are acutely malnourished & 2 in 10,000 die daily from hunger.

3 Thai soldiers injured by landmine near Cambodian border days after ceasefire

Thailand says the blast happened in its territory recently cleared of landmines, and will complain to Cambodia for violating a landmine ban treaty; phnom penh denied the allegation.

Cambodia and Thailand begin talks in Malaysia amid fragile ceasefire

After initial talks, defence ministers will meet for a General Border Committee session, with observers from the US, China & Malaysia, to discuss maintaining the ceasefire.

On Camera

My grandmother saved her children in Bhopal gas tragedy—and sacrificed her own life

‘Mother kept pouring water in our eyes whenever the burning became unbearable. She pushed our bodies deep into the blanket, making sure not a single part was exposed,’ my father said.

India’s Russian oil imports are showing up in cryptic new places. The crude map stands redrawn

December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.