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Petty dealings
Postbag, Published on 12/05/2024
» Re: "Court fines NACC over Prawit watches secrecy", (BP, May 10).
The mother of all climate feedbacks?
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 10/05/2024
» 'Just like this year, last year the heatwave extended from parts of India to Bangladesh and Myanmar, and all the way to Thailand. This year it went further east, into the Philippines. So, it's the same pattern," said Prof Krishna Achutarao of the Indian Institute of Technology. "I do not particularly buy into this idea that El Niño is the cause."
Global heat records set for 11th straight month
Published on 08/05/2024
» The world just experienced its hottest April on record, extending an 11-month streak in which every month set a temperature record, the European Union’s climate change monitoring service said on Wednesday.
EEC prepares for water shortages
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 30/04/2024
» A water shortage, caused by an El Niño-induced drought, in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) could be avoided as water supplies have been prepared for factories to help them get through the dry season this year, says the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT).
Heat wave in Southeast Asia closes schools, triggers health alerts
Published on 29/04/2024
» MANILA: The Philippines has closed schools down and warned of overloading on its power grid, as authorities across Southeast Asia issued a series of health alerts for a crushing and deadly heat wave.
Ministry preps standards for durian
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 15/04/2024
» Thailand is preparing to issue product standards to ensure the quality of its durian exports and maintain competitiveness among exporters.
Agencies told to boost preparedness for floods
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/04/2024
» Water management agencies have been told to regularly report their progress in implementing 10 key measures to cope with this year's rainy season, which forecasters have said would be an unusually wet one.
Rice exporters predict higher prices in Q2
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 08/04/2024
» Rice exporters expect global prices will increase in the second quarter because of the impact of the El Niño climate phenomenon and India's rice export restrictions.
SET looking for catalysts to restore momentum
Business, Published on 06/04/2024
» The SET index found support at 1,350 in the first week of March and later bounced back. The 1,350 level has acted as a critical support through the entire quarter as the market struggles to sustain momentum. Among the key factors influencing the market:
Mercury could hit 50C by 2084
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 04/04/2024
» Thailand could see temperatures hit 50C in the next 60 years, with the number of days where the mercury climbs above 40C rising from nine to 75 each year, a leading climate scholar said on Wednesday.