51 The National Elderly Council supported 5,500 elderly occupational loans with total 165 million baht.
255 Rayong governor has ordered furnace dust to be transported back to the smelting plant, where the authorities detected traces of Caesium-137 in metal dust in Prachinburi to allay local residents’ concerns over the contamination.
130 Health checks conducted on 70 employees at a metal foundry found no one was affected or fell sick from radiation exposure after the furnace dust contaminated with Caesium -137 had been discovered there, according to a senior health official.
330 His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn endorsed a decree to dissolve parliament, paving the way for elections.
305 Three factories, producing counterfeit Thai jasmine (Hom Mali) rice in China were shut down as Thai authories will intensify public relations campaing to promote Thai jasmine rice certificate mark on the package of Thai genuine jasmine rice among Chinese consumers.
214 The Oil Fuel Fund Office (OFFO) has announced another decrease in its price cap on diesel by 0.50 bhat per litre effective on March 24 to help reduce the cost of living.
344 Authorities are working to prevent a leak from an oil storage vessel in the Gulf of Thailand following an accident during the maintenance earlier this week.
154 The Royal Thai Embassy in Canberra, and Thailand’s Candidature Committee on Wednesday presented the Phuket Expo 2028 Campaign to representatives of the Pacific Islands and African countries in Canberra, Australia.
232 Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited (AIS), Thailand’s leading communication and information technologies operator, has taken its Aunjai CYBER program to represent Thailand to win an international sustainability award.
182 A joint operation of Seaport Interdiction Task Force (SITF) seized 18 kg of heroin, destined for Australia during an inspection at a private firm.
130 The Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced two anti government protesters to four years in prison for attempting to set fire to a police vehicle during an anti-government rally to expel the Prime Minister under an expressway over Din Daeng intersection in 2021.
177 The disgruntled police inspector has been detained and taken to hospital after more than 24-hour standoff in a housing estate in Bangkok’s Sai Mai district.
