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Heavy rains on way but less than 2023
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/05/2024
» The Office of the National Water Resources (ONWR) has warned of heavy rainfall from August to September due to the impact of the La Nina phenomenon, but the total amount of rainfall this year is expected to be 26% below average.
Students could get big digital boost
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 30/05/2024
» The Education Ministry plans to ask for a 15-billion-baht budget to provide electronic devices, including iPads, tablets and laptops, for 600,000 students and teachers, starting next year.
Cabinet nod to protect coastal areas
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/05/2024
» The cabinet has approved three ministerial notifications about measures to protect the environment in the three Andaman coastal provinces of Phangnga, Krabi and Ranong.
Beyond the hype: Gauging AI's true economic impact
News, Published on 30/05/2024
» According to tech leaders and many pundits and academics, artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to transform the world as we know it through unprecedented productivity gains. While some believe that machines soon will do everything humans can do, ushering in a new age of boundless prosperity, other predictions are at least more grounded. For example, Goldman Sachs predicts that generative AI will boost global GDP by 7% over the next decade, and the McKinsey Global Institute anticipates that the annual GDP growth rate could increase by 3-4 percentage points between now and 2040. For its part, The Economist expects that AI will create a blue-collar bonanza.
Protests of both despair and conflict in Gaza
News, Published on 30/05/2024
» These are crazy times. Biblical disturbances in nature, such as the repeated torrential rain in Dubai or the mass fish die-off in Vietnam's overheated reservoir, seem to mirror our overheated politics and social environment.
Maris plans diplomatic visit to Cambodia
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 30/05/2024
» Foreign Affairs Minister Maris Sangiampongsa plans to visit Cambodia to negotiate an overlapping claims area (OCA) in Koh Kood, the border province of Trat.
City needs to do more
News, Editorial, Published on 30/05/2024
» Halfway into his term as city governor, Chadchart Sittipunt still rates himself a five out of 10, which is the same as last year's self-appraisal. Judging from that, we can only hope there is room for improvement.
20 years of errors can't be fixed easily
News, Chartchai Parasuk, Published on 30/05/2024
» I have a strong feeling that piecemeal measures are what the economy is going to get from the government to combat Thailand's long-standing economic problems.
Genetic test to aid displaced Thais
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 30/05/2024
» MALAYSIA: The Foreign Affairs Ministry has joined hands with the Justice Ministry to provide a genetic test for displaced Thai nationals in the border city of Kota Bharu in Malaysia.
AI can accelerate SDG in Thailand
News, Published on 30/05/2024
» We have just passed the halfway point in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Adopted by all UN members in 2015, the agenda laid out 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to mobilise efforts to end poverty, fight inequalities, and tackle climate change.