WHO says Nipah virus risk low in India with no sign of spread
By Reuters and published by CNA GENEVA – A World Health Organization official said on Friday (Jan. 30) that the risk of the spread of the Nipah virus is low, saying that none of the over 190 contacts of the two people infected in India had tested positive or developed symptoms of the disease. […]
Read MoreSuffering mangosteen farmers helped with prices now rising
AFTER THE Commerce Ministry’s Internal Trade Department stepped in to help mangosteen farmers in southern Nakhon Si Thammarat province last week prices of this fruit have now increased, Naewna newspaper said today (July 10). The farmers’ plight came to light when Commerce Minister Jatuporn Buruspat visited this province on July 4 after which he […]
Read MoreFarmers call for help as price of 1 kg paddy rice is lower than a pack of instant noodles
FARMERS at northeastern Khon Kaen province urged the government to help them as the price of one kilogramme of paddy rice is now only 6 baht, lower than a pack of instant noodles generally sold at 7 baht, Amarin TV said today (May 24). This TV channel’s reporters went to Ban Kota village in […]
Read MoreThai inflation lowest in 33 months – Commerce Ministry
By Reuters and published by CNA THAILAND’S headline consumer price index (CPI) came in at -0.44 percent in November from a year earlier, the second consecutive month and lowest in nearly three years, the Commerce Ministry said today (Dec. 7). The figure compared with a 0.31 percent year-on-year drop in the previous month and […]
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