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Top Thai Fund Sizing Up Mekong Neighbors Amid Slowdown at Home

Edit Bloomberg 01 Aug 2016
Faced with what he sees as a prolonged slowdown at home, Thai fund manager Atikrai Chatikavanij is embracing his favorite investment analogy as he looks across the Mekong river to greener but riskier pastures ... Kraisri was director general of the customs department and a founding board member of the Thai stock exchange, while his grandfather was police commissioner and a member of the royal privy council....

Thai queen improves after lung infection treatment

Edit Topix 01 Aug 2016
In this May 10, 2015 file photo, Thai Queen Sirikit leaves Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, to return to a seaside palace with King Bhumibol Adulyadej who has been hospitalized since October 2014, when he had his gallbladder removed. Thailand's royal palace says that 83-year-old Queen Sirikit suffered a lung infection but her condition has improved ... ....

Supermodel Chrissy Teigen laughs at diversity of Miss Teen USA finalists

Edit Philadelphia Daily News 01 Aug 2016
Supermodel and new mom Chrissy Teigen, wife of Penn alum John Legend and a beautiful mixture of Norwegian and Thai, took to Twitter to weigh in on the 2016 Miss Teen USA competition.Rarely one to court controversy, ......

New Collectors for Thanjavur, Tiruvarur districts take charge

Edit The Hindu 01 Aug 2016
Annadurai took over as the Collector of Thanjavur district here on Sunday ... While the priority would be on taking government schemes to the people, Thanjavur being an agriculture-oriented district, specific focus would on meeting the aspirations of the farmers, Mr ... He also solicited the cooperation of development-oriented individuals and organizations in drafting and implementing schemes for the progress of the district people....

Assess impact of landslides, floods on schools, DEOs told

Edit The Himalayan 01 Aug 2016
The Department of Education has directed all 75 district education offices to assess the impact of landslides and floods on schools and submit a report to it ... DoE has asked the district education offices to call a meeting of District Education Cluster and prepare an action plan to reduce the impact of water induced hazards and seek support from various organisations....

27.5 lakh affected in Bihar floods

Edit The Hindu 01 Aug 2016
The flood situation remained grim in 12 districts of Bihar where an estimated 27.50 lakh people were affected though no fresh casualty was reported, with the toll standing at 26. Ghaghra is flowing above the danger mark at Darauli and Gangpur-Siswan district, Bagmati at Benibad in Muzaffarpur district, Koshi at Baltara in Khagaria district, Mahananda at Dhengraghat in Purnia district and Jhhawa in Katihar district....

Can Australia move beyond disputes in the South China Sea? (UNE - University of New England)

Edit Public Technologies 01 Aug 2016
(Source. UNE - University of New England) ... Prominent national and international academics and government officials from various backgrounds (Australian, Chinese, Pilipino, Bangladeshi, Indonesian, Malaysian and Thai) and disciplines (international law, international relations) will meet in Armidale today to discuss how Australia can best move beyond disputes in the South China Sea. Four major research questions will be considered....

Heavy rains lash Mangrol, Umarpada

Edit The Times of India 01 Aug 2016
Heavy rain lashed Mangrol and Umarpada talukas of Surat but other parts of the district recorded only moderate downpour on Sunday ... Valsad district received heavy rainfall for the second consecutive day on Sunday ... Navsari district's Jalalpore taluka recorded 63mm and Navsari town 55mm of rainfall ... However, Vyara taluka in Tapi district recorded around 49mm of rainfall....

DDC seeks stringent norms for quarrying

Edit The Hindu 01 Aug 2016
A meeting of the District Development Committee (DDC) held on Saturday passed a resolution asking the State government to reinstate the earlier condition that necessitated no-objection certificate (NOC) from the District Collector mandatory before giving permission to quarries ... District Collector Biju Prabhakar gave instructions to the police as well as the Regional Transport Officers (RTOs) to seize such speeding tipper lorries....

Jutanugarn makes historic major breakthrough at Women’s British Open

Edit Arabnews 01 Aug 2016
Attached Files. . ID. . 1469990429790352600. Publication Date. . Sunday, July 31, 2016. WOBURN, England. Ariya Jutanugarn made history on Sunday when she became the first Thai golfer — man or woman — to win a major title with a final round 72 and a 16 under par 272 total at the Women’s British Open ... Lee three-putted the 18th for a bogey and a 73 left her having to share second place with 2014 champion, Mo Martin ... Sports. ....

DGP to SPs: Mend your ways, try to be people friendly

Edit The Times of India 01 Aug 2016
Telangana director-general of police (DGP) Anurag Sharma at a meeting on Sunday warned district superintendents of police (SPs) to mend their ways and turn people-friendly ... Aggrieved people from various districts are coming to meet me to get their problems solved. They are saying that district SPs were not giving them time ... Anurag Sharma reviewed district-wise work proposals and the budget required to execute them....

Pradhan launches Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana

Edit The Hindu 01 Aug 2016
The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan today launched the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) at Motihari in Bihar’s East Champaran district....

Parents ask Fayette schools to transport medically fragile children

Edit Lexington Herald-Leader 01 Aug 2016
Parents say that the Fayette County Public Schools district doesn’t offer enough transportation options to school children with disabilities in Lexington who go to Kidz Club while offering a myriad of services and extra curricular activities to able-bodied students ... Jones said the district only provided transportation between Southern Elementary and Kidz Club in the 2015-16 school year for her daughter after she hired an attorney....
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