A Thailand trip right now might not be the best ideaTourists visiting Thailand during the election period are facing a temporary ban on alcohol sales, which is affecting dining experiences an...
06 Feb, 2026, 01.30 PM IST
What to know about Thailand's election as economic growth slows, nationalism risesThailand is heading into a snap general election on Sunday, called by Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to avoid a no-confidence vote. The...
06 Feb, 2026, 06.53 AM IST
Thailand: Surging in polls, reformist opposition tests new playbookThailand elections: Now reborn as the People's Party, Thai voters are once again backing the progressives' promises of change, making the p...
21 Jan, 2026, 11.11 AM IST
School Assembly Headlines for July 29: Top national, international, sports and business updatesIndia resumes tourist visas for Chinese nationals after five years, while Parliament debates the Pahalgam attack and Operation Sindoor. Glo...
28 Jul, 2025, 08.05 PM IST
Bitcoin miners rush to beat Trump’s tariff clockCrypto firms scramble to ship equipment from Southeast Asia as steep US levies loom.
07 Apr, 2025, 12.00 PM IST
Trump announces $20 billion US investment by Emirati businessmanPresident-elect Donald Trump announced a $20 billion data centre investment in the US by Emirati billionaire Hussain Sajwani's DAMAC Proper...
08 Jan, 2025, 10.42 AM IST
Daughter of former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra will be nominated as new leader in parliamentary voteThailand's Pheu Thai party has nominated Paetongtarn Shinawatra for prime minister following Srettha Thavisin's removal by court order. If ...
15 Aug, 2024, 04.29 PM IST
Thailand's billionaire ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra taken to hospital on first night in jailThe influential founder of Thailand's populist Pheu Thai Party was transferred to a police hospital overnight, 15 hours after a vaunted hom...
24 Aug, 2023, 12.57 AM IST
Real estate tycoon Srettha Thavisin secures votes to become Thailand's 30th prime ministerThailand's Srettha Thavisin to become PM after securing endorsement of parliament. Srettha, a real estate mogul thrust into politics just a...
22 Aug, 2023, 03.40 PM IST
Thailand's monarchy looms over battle for prime ministerThailand faces political deadlock over the role of the monarchy, after the progressive Move Forward party proposed amending lese majeste, A...
11 Jul, 2023, 09.14 AM IST
Former Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa returns to Sri Lanka from DubaiDuring his visit to Dubai, Rajapaksa visited the exotic animal farm called "Fame Park," according to news portal newsfirst.lk. Rajapaksa, 7...
07 Jan, 2023, 12.46 AM IST
Myanmar guerrillas capture government base; airstrikes followMyanmar's military staged airstrikes several hours later on villages in territory controlled by the Karen forces, said a guerrilla spokesma...
27 Apr, 2021, 05.19 PM IST
Millennial voters are the face of Asia 2019Half – 400 million in India - are from the millennial generations. Young voters are likely to vote for jobs.
30 Dec, 2018, 05.50 PM IST
- 3 Indian students to join as Scholastic kid reporters
Since 2000, the Scholastic News Kids Press Corps has delivered "news for kids, by kids."
16 Sep, 2017, 05.27 PM IST
- Thai protesters allow empty planes to leave
Anti-government protesters in Thailand allowed 37 empty aircraft to leave Bangkok's main airport, as 3 lakh travellers remained stranded fo...
02 Dec, 2008, 09.21 AM IST
- Cambodia's longtime PM expected to coast to election victory
Longtime Cambodian PM Hun Sen was widely expected to extend his 23-year tenure with a victory in Sunday parliamentary elections.
27 Jul, 2008, 05.05 PM IST
- Emergency declared in Thailand
Thailand prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra declared a state of emergency before demonstrations intended to oust him were due to take place,...
20 Sep, 2006, 02.46 AM IST