Thailand Tops List Of Asian Countries For Best Street Markets, India And Vietnam Come Next
Thailand comes first on the list of Asian countries for the region’s best street markets, followed by India and Vietnam with three diverse street markets each, according to a guide released by TripAdvisor, a travel website. The list also includes markets that operate through the night and floating markets, all of…
Cyclone Phailin is half the size of India and strengthening quickly as it heads for land
An atmospheric beast is forming in the Bay of Bengal and heading straight for India. Cyclone Phailin—pronounced pie-leen; it’s a Thai word for “sapphire”—has exploded from tropical storm strength to potentially the equivalent of a category 5 hurricane. + Meteorologists can’t precisely determine Phailin’s current strength because there are no “hurricane hunter“ aircraft taking…
Thailand Proposes Myanmar To Use Single-window System
PM Yingluck has stressed the importance of strengthening ties within ASEAN, in her speech at Asean Summit in Bruei. Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Yingluck Shinawatra attended the 23rd ASEAN Summit in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei’s capital, yesterday. The PM engaged in talks about strengthening ties and reviewing initiatives…
India-ASEAN services FTA by year-end
India and the 10-nation ASEAN are set to formally sign a free trade agreement on services and investments by the end of 2013 and implement the ambitious agreement by July 2014, a top official said Monday. Secretary East in the ministry of external affairs Ashok K. Kantha told reporters in…
University of Mysore to strengthen its exchange programmes Chulalongkorn University
MYSORE: University of Mysore (UoM) and Chulalongkorn University (Thailand) on Thursday decided to strengthen their bonds through student- and teacher-exchange programmes and finetune their research in the field of physics, bio-chemistry, chemistry and biotechnology. UoM also intends to explore the strong points of Thailand tourism and related curricula. Speaking at…
India’s lack of infrastructure, transport deter Thai tourists, says envoy
Soonthorn Chaiyindeepum deputy head of mission Royal Thai Embassy in India said Thailand – India relations are building up in the post-cold war era and Thailand as a member of Asean is looking towards India for strengthening friendship bonds between two countries. “Thais are more interested and keen to visit…
OTOP products to be offered at Suvarnabhumi International Airport Bangkok
The Ministry of Commerce has inked a memorandum of understand to sell OTOP products at Suvarnabhumi International Airport, expecting the sales of the products to top 30 billion baht a year. Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan has penned an MoU with King Power Company on OTOP products….
Thailand Remains the World’s Largest Rice Exporter in Terms of Value
Thai rice exports from January to August 2013 totaled 4.2 million metric tonnes, valued at 2.9 billion US dollars, or 87.2 billion baht. In terms of export value, Thailand remains the world’s largest rice exporter. Deputy Director-General of the Department of Foreign Trade Tikhumporn Natvaratat said that, during the eight-month…
RBI bans zero interest loans on EMI to credit card holders
In a move that is likely to dent retailers’ festive season sales, the Reserve Bank of India has barred ‘zero per cent interest’ schemes offered by banks to credit card holders. Banks will now be able to recover dues through equated monthly installments only when customers are billed regular…
India surprises with repo rate rise but eases rupee measures
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan surprised markets in his maiden policy review on Friday by raising interest rates to ward off rising inflation, while scaling back some of the emergency measures recently put in place to support the ailing rupee. Rajan, who took office early this month…