Author archives: BangkokScoop

SUSTAINIBILITY WAS KEY-THEME, AT 2022 APEC SUMMIT LEKHA SHANKAR The 2022 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit  was the first global event in Thailand, after the 4-year pandemic. The APEC bloc of 21 countries, makes up 60% of global GDP, and accounts for 47% of the volume of world trade. While…

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has released its 2023 strategic direction, launching its “Visit Thailand Year 2023” campaign to attract more tourists and boost the country’s revenue to up to 2.38 trillion baht. Despite global uncertainties, TAT Governor Yuthasak Supasorn is confident that this campaign will help stimulate the…

Sunil Kothari is a well-known business person in Thailand and person who relentlessly works to help the Indian mission and associations of Indian diaspora in Thailand and the Thai society to help and nurture the welfare of local communities both countries. Sunil Kothari, Thailand, India, Indian diaspora in Thailand, Philanthropist…

Owing to the ever-increasing violence against children, the ongoing state-level awareness programme called ‘Jago Bacho Jago’(‘Awaken Children Awaken’ as in towards their rights) was organized at Aarti Balika Griha in Alwar city with the kind cooperation of NRI and social worker Mr. Sunil Kothari. The chief guest of this awareness…

World Hindi Day or Vishwa Hindi Divas is celebrated on 10th January every year to commemorate the first-ever World Hindi Conference in Nagpur in 1975. It is celebrated across the world to promote the use of Hindi, an official language of India. Besides spreading awareness about Hindi as an international…

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) is a flagship event of the Government of India and provides an important platform to engage and connect with the overseas Indian Diaspora. PBD is celebrated on 9th January every year since 2003. On 9 January 1915 Mahatma Gandhi, the greatest Pravasi, returned to India from…