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Flyers say booze ran out on debut Air India Surat-Bangkok flight, officials deny

Air India Express' inaugural four-hour flight from Surat in Gujarat to Thailand capital Bangkok saw good sales of liquor onboard, with some passengers claiming the stock ran out. The flight, operated with a Boeing 737-8 aircraft on Friday, had 175 passengers and six crew members onboard. Officials of the budget airline on Sunday said there were brisk sales of alcohol …

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2 days, 23 hours ago

An ethnic armed group in western Myanmar claims to have captured a major regional army headquarters

Associated Press

BANGKOK — A powerful ethnic armed group in western Myanmar claimed Friday to have scored a major victory in the war against the ruling military, even as neighboring nations at a meeting in Thailand were discussing efforts to end the conflict peacefully. Rakhine has become a focal point for Myanmar’s nationwide civil war, in which pro-democracy guerrillas and ethnic minority …

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Air India upgrades 2025: From changes in fleet, schedules to international routes - All you need to know

Live Mint

Air India is set to updates to its international route network from next year onwards. The Tata group-owned airline will use its flagship A350 and B777 aircrafts along these routes with upgraded cabin interiors on multiple US and UK routes, Economics Times reported. From January 16 onwards, India's flag carrier will deploy its retrofitted A320neo between Delhi and Bangkok flights …

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1 week ago

Upgraded aircraft, expanded routes for Air India passengers from 2025

Hindustan Times

Private carrier Air India on Monday unveiled its 2025 vision which included upgraded aircraft and expanded routes for the benefit of passengers, the airline said in a statement. “The updates also lead to optimised flight schedules for key international routes to offer greater flexibility to travellers as well as to enable seamless intercontinental travel between North America or Europe and …

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Delhi’s IGI airport connects capital to 150 destinations, first to do so in India

Hindustan Times

The Indira Gandhi International airport on Monday became the first in India to connect directly to 150 airports or destinations — both domestic and international — with the launch of a Thai AirAsia X direct flight between Delhi and Bangkok’s Don Mueang airport on Sunday, the Delhi International Airport Limited said on Monday. In recent years, DIAL said, 20 exclusive …

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1 week, 3 days ago

14yo Australian teen found stabbed to death in Thailand, police say

ABC

Police in Thailand are preparing to charge a school student who allegedly stabbed an Australian teenager to death. The suspect told investigators he and the victim harboured a mutual dislike from school and they agreed via the Line messaging app to meet outside a grocery store near their homes in Chonburi province, said police colonel Tanapol Klinkesorn, director of the …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Thailand introduces e-visa for Indians: What is it? Which countries offer Indians this facility?

Firstpost

Thailand is one of the top international destinations for Indian tourists, with Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket, Chiang Mai, and Koh Samui being favourite spots. PTI/File Photo From January 1, 2025, Thailand will introduce an Electronic Visa system for Indian passport holders. Thailand will introduce an e-visa system for Indian passport holders starting January 1, 2025. New Zealand Indian tourists can apply …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

When your flight goes awry, it helps to be with a European airline

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. One dispatcher at London Stansted told me: “This is the worst day I’ve had in the last two years. At …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Chef Garima Arora on winning two Michelin stars

Live Mint

Last week, chef Garima Arora made Indian culinary enthusiasts proud. Arora cooks inventive Indian cuisine in Bangkok using locally available Thai ingredients and heads a team of chefs from different parts of Asia. Consider the main course in her tasting menu, a dish named The Tandoori Story, which is durian prepared in a tandoor—a melding of a Thai ingredient and …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Foreign National Wearing Personal Jewellery To India Not Subject To Import Duty: Delhi High Court

Live Law

The Delhi High Court has held that the jewellery worn to India by a foreign national is not subject to customs duty. The same was not brought in a concealed manner…We accordingly hold that the order of confiscation, customs duty and the penalty imposed is without any legal foundation.” The High Court said that the present case stands squarely covered …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Relic of the Buddha loaned by China gets a warm welcome in Thailand

Associated Press

BANGKOK — More than 2,000 people took part Wednesday in a procession to escort a relic of the Buddha lent by China to a shrine in the Thai capital Bangkok to honor the birthday of King Maha Vajiralongkorn and to celebrate half a century of diplomatic relations between Thailand and China. Loans of the tooth as a show of friendship …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Bangkok trip unravels ₹1 lakh visa scam at Delhi airport, two arrested

Live Mint

Immigration authorities at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport have uncovered a major visa scam through a ₹1 lakh fake visa that led to the arrest of multiple involved parties, according to a News18 report. Officers noted a page from Kanwaljit's passport had residue marks which indicated a remove sticker and on further inspection noted that the Greece visa was deliberately …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Bangkok Art Biennale 2024 | Anish Kapoor at the mall

The Hindu

A large coral-coloured resin horn, Good Like Gaia by Italian artist Lello Esposito, curves to the sky in the gardens at the Wat Prayoon temple complex. These seemingly distinct installations cohesively come together when viewed through the lens of Bangkok Art Biennale’s 2024 theme, ‘Nurture Gaia’ — embracing themes of hybridity, contemplative ecology, femininity, disappearing knowledge, and the supernatural. Reddy’s …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Weekend food plan: Thanksgiving pies and innovative cocktails

Live Mint

Pick a pie Thanksgiving weekend is here, and there’s no better time to dig into a heartwarming pie. Mumbai-based baker Aditi Goel, who runs the brand Pie & Co., has introduced two new festive items—Rhubarb and Mulberry Custard Pie for those with a sweet tooth, and a good old meat pie with Goan chorizo. While these are festive specials, the …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

There is no stopping flights to Thailand as Indians make the most of visa-free arrival

Hindustan Times

In December, more airlines will start services between India and Thailand. Air India’s low cost subsidiary Air India Express will also be a new airline to operate between the two countries as it launches flights to Bangkok from Surat and Pune in December. Between January 2025 and January this year, there has been an increase of 110 weekly departures between …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

The State – and Fate – of America’s Indo-Pacific Alliances

The Diplomat

The United States’ Indo-Pacific security allies – Australia, Japan, the Philippines, South Korea, and Thailand – have a major stake in the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. During Trump’s first term in office, in 2019 he and his team published the Indo-Pacific Strategy, which sought to maintain a “free and open” region primarily through strengthening alliances and partnerships to …

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1 month ago

Gaggan Anand’s ‘memory revivers’ in India

Live Mint

Chef Gaggan Anand calls his travels around the world his “best R&D". “I don’t want the focus to be taken away from the food, and I want people to use their hands to eat my food," he reasons. For Anand, making the elaborate dinner sensorial is to ensure that “a person who has come to enjoy my food feels every …

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1 month ago

Laos alcohol death toll at 6 after second Australian teen dies in Bangkok hospital

Firstpost

The death in the Laos tainted alcohol case has reached six after two Australian teenagers and a British women died in Bangkok. A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died in a hospital in Bangkok, her family said Friday, bringing the death toll in the mass poisoning of foreign tourists to six. …

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1 month ago

Unveiling Bangkok's cocktail revolution

Live Mint

In new-age Bangkok bars, prepare for some cocktail sorcery. “Cocktails like Mango Sticky Rice, Pad Thai, or Laabh from the popular bar Lost in Thaislation are big attractions, as they offer the ability to taste the essence of a dish in a drink. “I have seen Bangkok’s drinking scene transform from older expat dive bars to a sophisticated cocktail and …

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1 month ago

How Khun Kim brought authentic Thai food to the UK: The story of Chaophraya

The Independent

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1 month ago

ICC issues arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister

ABC

Sally Sara: Good morning and welcome to AM. Lauren Day: Perth man Bailey Chalmers survived methanol poisoning in Bali five years ago and says it's upsetting to see other young people fall victim to the highly toxic chemical. Sally Sara: Donald Trump's controversial pick for US Attorney General, Matt Gaetz, has decided to withdraw his name from consideration following allegations …

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1 month ago

A fifth person dies from suspected methanol poisoning in Laos

ABC

Sally Sara: A fifth person has died from suspected methanol poisoning in Laos. Southeast Asia correspondent Lauren Day reports from Bangkok where Bianca Jones's best friend 19-year-old Holly Bowles remains on life support. Lauren Day: Club president Nick Heath says the 19-year-old's death has left the tight-knit community shattered. Lauren Day: Perth man Bailey Chalmers survived methanol poisoning in Bali …

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1 month ago

Dr. Vijaya Sarada Reddy crowned as Classic Mrs. Asia International 2024 at Bangkok

Deccan Chronicle

The elegant and inspiring Mrs. Asia International 2024 Winner, Dr. Vijaya Sarada Reddy hosted a heartfelt and empowering Meet and Greet Event, an exclusive for media, supporters, and the community to celebrate her remarkable achievements and journey. The event held at Prasad labs, banjarahills, Dr. Vijaya Sarada Reddy, entrepreneur and educationist from Hyderabad, has won the prestigious “Classic Mrs. Asia …

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Four tourists die after suspected tainted alcohol poisoning in Laos

Raw Story

Four foreign tourists have died after a suspected mass methanol poisoning from drinking tainted alcohol at a backpacker hotspot in Laos, Western government officials and media said Thursday. Two Danish citizens and an American had also died, officials said, after what media said was a night out in Vang Vieng where they drank possibly tainted alcohol. The Vietnamese manager of …

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Flyers say booze ran out on debut Air India Surat-Bangkok flight, officials deny

An ethnic armed group in western Myanmar claims to have captured a major regional army headquarters

Air India upgrades 2025: From changes in fleet, schedules to international routes - All you need to know

Upgraded aircraft, expanded routes for Air India passengers from 2025

Delhi’s IGI airport connects capital to 150 destinations, first to do so in India

14yo Australian teen found stabbed to death in Thailand, police say

Thailand introduces e-visa for Indians: What is it? Which countries offer Indians this facility?

When your flight goes awry, it helps to be with a European airline

Chef Garima Arora on winning two Michelin stars

Foreign National Wearing Personal Jewellery To India Not Subject To Import Duty: Delhi High Court

Relic of the Buddha loaned by China gets a warm welcome in Thailand

Bangkok trip unravels ₹1 lakh visa scam at Delhi airport, two arrested

Bangkok Art Biennale 2024 | Anish Kapoor at the mall

Weekend food plan: Thanksgiving pies and innovative cocktails

There is no stopping flights to Thailand as Indians make the most of visa-free arrival

The State – and Fate – of America’s Indo-Pacific Alliances

Gaggan Anand’s ‘memory revivers’ in India

Laos alcohol death toll at 6 after second Australian teen dies in Bangkok hospital

Unveiling Bangkok's cocktail revolution

How Khun Kim brought authentic Thai food to the UK: The story of Chaophraya

ICC issues arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister

A fifth person dies from suspected methanol poisoning in Laos

Dr. Vijaya Sarada Reddy crowned as Classic Mrs. Asia International 2024 at Bangkok

Four tourists die after suspected tainted alcohol poisoning in Laos