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However, Lakshya overcame world number 18 in the second set quite easily to clinch the game in 49 minutes and sail into the second round.

Thailand last week was the first country outside Europe to temporarily suspend using the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Yong Poovorawan, an advisor to Thailand's vaccination program, said the delay, pending an investigation into the cause of the reported side effect, will not have a big impact on the rollout.

In Myanmar on Sunday, a crackdown on protesters by security forces left at least 18 people dead, according to the U.N. Human Rights Office.

The authorisation for the Sinovac vaccine will be valid for one year, according to the FAD approval letter that Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul posted on his Facebook account.

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

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.

While Sindhu went down 21-19, 12-21, 17-21 in a Group B match that lasted almost an hour, Srikanth lost 21-15, 15-21, 18-21 in 77 minutes in Group B.

In women's singles final, Marin defeated top seed Tai Tzu-Ying 21-19, 21-17 in a match that lasted 48 minutes

Momota has tested positive for the coronavirus, and the association has decided not to send any players, including Momota, to Thailand, said Japan

China's pull-out blows a big hole in the draw for the three world tour events from January 12 in Bangkok, the first in Asia since Covid-19 shut down the sport in March

The group were flown to North Sumatra province on Friday, a day after arriving in Indonesia from a wildlife rescue centre in Malaysia that was caring for the creatures.

Lahiri maintained his resurgence in form with a closing 67 which moved him up to 31st position in the latest rankings on Sunday while a final round 3-under 68, which included four birdies and a lone bogey at Port Royal Golf Course

The protesters have little confidence in the parliamentary path, declaring the government's efforts insincere.

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 survey polled 14,000 girls and young women aged 15 to 25 in 22 countries including Brazil, India, Nigeria, Spain, Thailand and the U.S