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Thailand delays purchase of Chinese-made submarines after public backlash
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], Sep 1 (ANI): The Thai government on Monday delayed the purchase of Chinese-made military submarines for a year following public outrage over the controversial agreement.
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Despite economic slump, Thailand govt buys 22.5 billion baht submarines fr
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], August 24 (ANI): Amid the economic slump due to COVID-19 pandemic, the recent 22.5 billion baht submarine purchase of two S-26T by the Thailand government from China has irked the citizens.
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Pak's ISI using crime syndicates in France, Thailand to further its agenda
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], Aug 23 (ANI): Pakistan's intelligence agency, ISI, has been using the services of Pakistani crime syndicates operating in several countries, including France and Thailand, to further its agenda, according to a report in the Global Watch Analysis.
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Thousands gather in Bangkok to protest against govt
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], August 17 (ANI): Thousands of people hit the streets on Sunday in Bangkok to demand the resignation of the government, changes to the constitution and an end to the harassment of opposition activists.
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Fear of rivers drives China to tame even Mekong river
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], Aug 1 (ANI): As China perceives rivers as dangerous and wild natural systems that need to be tamed to be productive for mankind, the Beijing government constructed a dam on the Mekong river, thus, impacting the food and economic security of Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Tha
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Pandemic response in SE Asia must address rising inequalities: UN Report
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], Aug 1 (ANI): The United Nations has commended governments in southeast Asia for acting swiftly to stem the most serious health consequences of Covid-19 pandemic but highlighted the need to curb rising inequalities across the region.
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ADB, ESCAP to help Asia Pacific in addressing COVID-19 crisis
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], June 3 (ANI): Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP) Executive Secretary Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana on Wednesday discussed enhancing cooperation to help the region as it addre
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Vande Bharat Mission: AI's first repatriation flight from Thailand to arri
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], May 20 (ANI): Air India's first repatriation flight from Thailand carrying stranded nationals is scheduled to arrive in New Delhi on Wednesday evening.
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India, Thailand will work together to fight coronavirus pandemic: PM Modi
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday discussed issues related to coronavirus pandemic with his Thailand counterpart Prayut Chan-o-Cha and said that New Delhi and Bangkok will work together to deal with the multifarious challenges posed by the current cr
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China limiting Mekong river's flow triggered drought in region, says US-ba
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], April 14 (ANI): A US-based research company has found that China limited the flow of the Mekong River following the construction of a number of its sprawling dams in its territory in the backdrop of a severe drought in the region last year.
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Thailand hospitals come up with mini face shields to protect newborns from
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], April 11 (ANI): As a measure of protection for the newborn babies, some hospitals in Thailand are going the extra mile amid the coronavirus outbreak which has infected more than 1.5 million people worldwide.
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Increase spending on managing COVID-19 pandemic, tackle climate emergency:
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], April 9 (ANI): The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is having far-reaching economic and social consequences for the Asia Pacific region with strong cross-border spillover effects through trade, tourism and financial linkages, according to a new report by the United N
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