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India may corner nearly half of global rice trade
Reuters, Published on 16/09/2021
» KAKINADA: India could account for as much as 45% of global rice exports in 2021 as expanded port-handling capacity allows the world's second-largest rice grower after China to ship record volumes to buyers across Africa and Asia.
Man arrested for murder of wife, stepson 10 years ago
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 16/09/2021
» SURAT THANI: A former chairman of a tambon administration in Nakhon Ratchasima wanted for shooting dead his wife, who was a provincial councillor, and her son was arrested in this southern province on Thursday after 10 years on the run.
HK had world's second largest billionaire population in urban centres
Published on 16/09/2021
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong had 111 billionaire residents, the second-largest such population among urban centres in the world, last year as the city added 15 more individuals with a net worth of at least US$1 billion each, according to the latest report by US-based Wealth-X.
CARBON PRICING: KEY DRIVER OF GREEN ECONOMY
Published on 16/09/2021
» Thai corporations are pushing forward carbon pricing as a cost-effective mechanism to facilitate lower carbon emissions to raise their environment,
Bed shortage looms in Phuket as caseload surges
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 16/09/2021
» PHUKET: The resort island has added more beds for Covid-19 patients as the number of new cases continues to rise.
A slap in the face
Oped, Postbag, Published on 17/09/2021
» Re: "Govt to entice rich expats," (BP, Sept 15).
The forsaken women of Afghanistan
Oped, Published on 17/09/2021
» Owing to the pandemic and other calamities, many referred to 2020 as a "biblical year". Now, however, it is starting to look like we are in a "biblical decade". Between the floods in Western Europe, the wildfires in Greece and Turkey, and the Delta and Mu variants of Covid-19, our planet and traditional way of life are coming increasingly under pressure.
The trade-off: Freedom and authority
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 17/09/2021
» Freedom is a funny thing. In excess, it leads to complacency and devaluation. In scarcity, it brings about urgency and desperation. Put this way, nowhere is freedom more taxed and toyed with than in the United States of America, a country that has so much going for it and yet is so conflicted within.
The Bodyguard set to get a Hollywood remake
Life, Published on 17/09/2021
» The Bodyguard, a 1992 movie that launched the acting career of the late Whitney Houston and featured her most famous hit, is getting a reboot.
Lady Gaga dubbed 'The Icon' on People's best dressed list
Life, Published on 17/09/2021
» Lady Gaga on Wednesday led a list of People magazine's best-dressed celebrities that included Euphoria star Zendaya and Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis.