As India prepares to commission its first domestically-built aircraft carrier, its construction marks a milestone which will put the country among the ranks of few, said India's Southern Naval Command Chief, Vice Admiral M.A. Hampiholi.

Following the successful rescue of 12 youths and their football coach trapped in a Chiang Rai flooded cave, Naval Special Warfare Command chief Apakorn Yukongkaew on Wednesday handed out wristband talismans from the forest monk Khruba Boonchoom Yannawaro to media members and officials at a local hotel as souvenirs.