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Dec 21, 2021 Associated Press (AP) Entry of the 200,000 people who have registered for the 'test-and-go' scheme, known as Thailand Pass, is now subject to a coronavirus test on arrival and a second test seven days later at the expense of the government.
Dec 11, 2021 PTI Arjun Lal Jat and Ravi clocked 6:57.883s to win the Asian Rowing Championships 2021 men's double sculls event. In men's single sculls event, Parminder Singh bagged silver. More medals are expected on Sunday.
The Crazy Happy Pizza is a mashup of toppings evoking the flavours of Thailand's famous Tom Yum Gai soup along with a deep-fried cannabis leaf on top. Cannabis is also infused into the cheese crust and also in the dipping sauce.
Nov 12, 2021 Associated Press (AP) US journalist Danny Fenster has been sentenced to 11 years imprisonment by a Myanmar court for allegedly spreading inflammatory information.
Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing blamed groups that were organized to oppose the military takeover for the ongoing deadly unrest in Myanmar.
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Thai media were instead abuzz with rumours that the secretary-general of the military-backed ruling party was leading the effort to unseat PM Prayuth.
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On Friday, the Disease Control Department's daily statistics report showed the average number of COVID-19 tests has fallen over the past seven days.
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The S&P 500 index climbed 1 per cent to 4,411.79, while the Dow rose 0.7 per cent to 35,061.55 and the Nasdaq composite gained 1 per cent to 14,836.99
Danny Fenster was detained at Yangon International Airport on May 24 as he was trying to board a flight to go to the Detroit area in the United States to see his family.
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Foreign Minister Dominic Raab's trip to Vietnam, Cambodia, and Singapore comes a week after Britain announced the broad outlines of a free trade deal with Australia
For generations, the country was called Burma, after the dominant Burman ethnic group. But in 1989, one year after the ruling junta brutally suppressed a pro-democracy uprising, military leaders suddenly changed its name to Myanmar.
With flights grounded and communications largely cut, Myanmar plunged back into isolation and darkness, ending 10 years of new freedoms and quasi-civilian rule that the Obama administration held up as a beacon of nascent democracy.
Kidambi Srikanth claimed the first game of his third and final round-robin match but Hong Kong's NG Ka Long Angus rallied to win the next two games
Back-to-back losses in BWF World Tour Finals has jeopardised the chances of the Indians to progress from the group stage
A week after a demoralising defeat at the Toyota Thailand Open quarterfinals, PV Sindhu produced a much-improved performance but still lost to Tzu Ying in a 59-minute match
Sindhu and Srikanth's comeback to international badminton after the coronavirus-induced break was not as good as they would have expected
The impressive run of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty came to an end after a hard-fought semifinal defeat to world number nine Malaysian combination of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in men's doubles
The world number 10 Indian pair lost to world number nine Malayasian combination of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik
A farmer sits near his red chillies at a deserted APMC market, during the weekend curfew imposed by the Karnataka government to curb the spread of COVID-19, in Hubballi.
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Delhi Chief Minister & AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal being welcomed by women supporters during his door-to-door campaign ahead of the Goa Assembly elections, in Goa.
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A health worker collects swab sample of a woman for COVID-19 test, amid concerns over rising Omicron cases, in Gurugram.
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Traffic jam on a road at Shalimar Bagh during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
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The Lajpat Nagar market wears a deserted look during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
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He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
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The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Jan 15, 2022 Saikat Majumdar 
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Jan 08, 2022 Rakhi Bose 
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
Jan 01, 2022 Saikat Majumdar 
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.
Dec 28, 2021 Tanvir Aeijaz 
