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Friday, April 11, 2025
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Topic: Thailand

Monkey ‘gang war’ erupts over a single banana in coronavirus-hit Thailand

Monkeys were filmed brawling over a banana in Thailand's Lopburi, where the coronavirus has led to a sharp fall in the number of tourists.

Thailand is among the countries best prepared for health emergencies

Today, with the globe in the grip of coronavirus, the question of how prepared countries are for handling an epidemic or pandemic seems even more prescient.

At least 10 killed, many hurt in mass shooting near Thailand shopping centre

Local reports say the shooter livestreamed the attack, which took place in Nakhon Ratchasima province, on Facebook.

Thailand introduces cuddly Dr Ganja to promote medical marijuana

The Thai government this week opened doors of its first medical marijuana clinic, offering free cannabis oil to patients with Parkinson’s disease, cancer and insomnia, among other ailments.

Indians, not Chinese, are now driving Thailand’s tourism industry

What’s happening to Thai tourism could prove a canary in the coal mine for the leisure sector in other Asian economies as China matures and a new India emerges.

What would happen to the world if China becomes the next US

Where is China headed? Here are four possible scenarios.

Finally, a summit where Modi govt made no meaningless, empty promises

Modi govt was talking big about BIMSTEC, but nobody bothered to look at how that long and ugly acronym looked in practice.

Trump says he ‘misspoke’ at Helsinki, and Thailand may legalise medical marijuana

Former US president Barack Obama warns against 'strongman politics' in highest-profile speech since leaving office, and China's most expensive film has been pulled from theatres.

Indian Navy’s cave diving rescue capability, like in Tham Luang, does not exist

Indian Navy regularly sends adventure expeditions to the Meghalaya caves, but diving in submerged caves is yet to be attempted.

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Mamata Banerjee is losing her iron grip. That’s what TMC infighting shows

The TMC has had its set of skirmishes, but it has managed to put up a united front. That image has been damaged, especially in INDIA, and the BJP is making the most of it.

V is not for victory, but volatility—what is VIX & why are Trump’s tariffs roiling the ‘fear gauge’

Over the last week, volatility indexes (VIX) across the world have surged, with the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and the India VIX surging by 120 and 65 percent, respectively.

Talks with France to begin for G2G deal for multirole fighter aircraft, Rafale M pact this month

MRFA deal will entail Rafale fighter & it will involve Dassault Aviation setting up a final assembly line in India in partnership with a defence industry player, ThePrint has learnt

Manoj ‘Bharat’ Kumar sang so Sunny Deol could yell—journey of Bollywood patriotism

This isn’t an obituary of Manoj Kumar. It's about the influence he had in defining patriotism for two generations of Indians across our most perilous decade, say from 1962 until the run-up to the Emergency.