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Bangkok: Two Indian women were arrested at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport on charges of smuggling after 109 live animals were found in their luggage, media reports said. The wild animals were discovered following an x-ray of two suitcases of the women travelling to Chennai, CNN reported citing Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation. […]

Bangkok: A 32-year-old previously healthy female veterinarian contracted Covid after being exposed to an infected cat, according to the first documented case of suspected cat-to-human transmission. Researchers from the Prince of Songkla University in Thailand reported the case of the vet who was diagnosed with Covid after being sneezed on by a cat owned by […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s Himanshu Jain qualified for the Pro Circuit World Snooker after defeating Kritsanut Lertsattaythorn 4-3 in the final qualifier in Bangkok. He became the first Indian to qualify for the professional circuit through Qshool and fifth Indian to play in the Pro Circuit World Snooker. Yasin Merchant, Pankaj Advani, Aditya Mehta and Lucky Vatnani […]

Bangkok: Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth opened his Thailand Open 2022 men’s singles draw with a victory over France’s Brice Leverdez, here in Bangkok on Wednesday. Playing on Court 2, Srikanth defeated Leverdez 18-21, 21-10, 21-16, in a match that lasted 49 minutes. Srikanth made a spectacular comeback after losing the first game and clinched victory […]

Hyderabad: Industry body Federation of Telangana Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FTCCI) urged Thai Airways to resume passenger and cargo flight operations in Telangana to pre-covid level. The flights were curtailed due to the pandemic and were not resumed even under the air bubble arrangement. “The withdrawal of direct flight between Hyderabad and Bangkok has […]

Bangkok: The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has announced that it will cancel all of its new year countdown events due to potentially rapid spread of the Omicron strain of Covid-19. According to Deputy Governor of Bangkok Kriangyos Sudlabha, all new year’s eve activities including Buddhists chanting hosted by the BMA across all 50 districts will […]

Authorities ordered the evacuation of an area 5 kilometres (3 miles) around the scene amid fears that thousands of liters of leaking chemicals may cause more explosions.

The city's emergency medical service Erawan reported 33 people, including 13 police, were injured by rubber bullets, rocks and tear gas.

The protest movement campaigned last year for Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and his government to step down.

Satwiksairaj and Ashwini have made a jump of 16 places and are placed at the 19th spot in the rankings which got updated on Tuesday.

In the first game, the Olympic silver medallist faced a tough fight from the local player as both the players sweat it out for each point, but it was Sindhu who had the upper hand in the game.

In a Group B match that lasted more than an hour, Srikanth once again squandered the opening game lead to lose 21-12, 18-21, 19-21 against world number eight Long.

While Kidambi lost 21-19, 9-21, 19-21 to Wang Tzu Wei of Chinese Taipei, Sindhu suffered a 18-21, 13-21 loss to Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon.

The unseeded Indian pair registered a 18-21, 24-22, 22-20 win over their world number six opponents in a nail-biting quarter-final clash which lasted for an hour and 15 minutes.

Satwiksairaj and Ashwini defeated their German opponents 22-20, 14-21, 21-16 in a match that lasted for 56 minutes.

Prannoy recovered from a game down to beat sixth seed Christie 18-21 21-16 23-21 in a match that lasted an hour and 15 minutes.

Another Indian shuttler HS Prannoy also contracted the virus. Both tested for the virus and their reports came with positive results in their third test.

Developed by the Royal Thai Airforce, the ZnO-NP-coated socks were trialled in a real-life setting by researchers at the Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, in Thailand.

The monarchy has long been considered sacrosanct in Thailand, and is protected by a law that makes defaming senior royals punishable by a prison term of three to 15 years.

The youth-led movement has suffered several blows this week, with scores arrested after demonstrators surrounded a royal motorcade and flashed a pro-democracy salute to Queen Suthida during a Wednesday protest.