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Industry pushes to keep power tariff
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 07/12/2023
» The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) is calling on the government to maintain the power tariff, which is used to calculate electricity bills, at 3.99 baht per kilowatt-hour (unit) because a higher rate would drive up operating costs, causing manufacturers to increase prices by 5-10%.
Govt sends out alert on PM2.5 risk
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 07/12/2023
» The Interior Ministry has ordered provincial authorities to immediately implement preventive measures against fine particulate matter (PM2.5) now the country has entered the high-pollution risk season.
Celebrations mark global recognition of Songkran
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 07/12/2023
» Activities will be held on Thursday to celebrate the Songkran festival being listed as an Intangible Cultural Heritage item by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco).
ACE sinks B20bn into renewable projects
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 07/12/2023
» SET-listed Absolute Clean Energy (ACE), a local biomass power developer and operator, is planning to allocate 20 billion baht to finance 55 renewable power plant projects it won in auctions as part of Thailand's clean energy policy.
Stray jumbo calf dies despite intensive care
News, Post reporters, Published on 07/12/2023
» Duen, the one-month-old elephant calf which strayed from its herd in Nakhon Ratchasima last month, has died, authorities said on Wednesday.
Police in paedophile bail case face action
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 07/12/2023
» The chief of Pattaya City police station in Chon Buri and a number of his staff will face disciplinary action for failing to object to bail granted to a German national accused of child sexual abuse.
Ministry to promote childbirth
News, Oraphin Phangyang, Published on 07/12/2023
» The public health minister has vowed to promote childbirths among the younger generation and to increase the welfare available for new parents to incentivise more people to have children.
Update alphabet
Postbag, Published on 07/12/2023
» Re: "Thai students score poorly in maths, reading, science", (Online, Dec 6).
The dark underworld of online fraud
News, Kung Chan, Published on 07/12/2023
» The Chinese film No More Bets, which sheds light on the intricacies of overseas online fraud, has emerged as a blockbuster success, dominating the big screen and box office earnings.
Mitigating climate change impacts
News, Qu Dongyu, Published on 07/12/2023
» Growing up on a small rice farm in China in the 1960's, my family was keenly aware that any single adverse weather event could wipe out a year's worth of effort. The climate and weather patterns are something a farmer feels in his bones, but changes in these patterns and the extremity of events have, in recent years, shocked rural communities. We never imagined seasons might alter at the pace and scale we see today, bringing losses and damage that undermine years of hard-won rural development.