BBC News

Indian elephants 'electrocuted' BBC News, UK - 7 hours ago North-east India falls in the great elephant corridor that stretches from northern Thailand to the foothills of Bhutan - a corridor used by hordes of Asian …

Reuters

FACTBOX: Tibet, Dalai Lama and relations with China Reuters - Oct 16, 2007 Wedged between the Himalayan mountain range to the south and the Kunlun range in the north, Tibet borders Myanmar, India, Bhutan and Nepal. …

10 questions

23 October, 2007 - Nado, 28, from Chendebji in Trongsa, has been in the snooker business for the last five years and has lived his life so far in the capital. He left school and took up a job as a marker for one the many snooker joints in the capital. That was five years ago, now he runs his own poolroom at Zangtopelri shopping complex.

Celebrating victory over evil

23 October, 2007 - It is yet again that time of year when you see the Lhotsampa community coming together to celebrate their main festival Dashain and commemorate the victory over evil.

Autumn

23 October, 2007 - Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, golden leaves and temperature falls, dry skin and moisturizers, chapped lips and lip balms, knee-length boots and warm coats, short days and long nights …

Like in other seasons, with fall too descends many changes - in weather, fashion, landscape and so on and so forth.

The Future of Tertiary Education in Bhutan
23 October, 2007 - This is the sixth instalment in a series of articles written by
Dr Austin Reid setting out the challenges and the choices facing Bhutan in its development of a tertiary education policy.

What is the quality of the degrees that are brought back to Bhutan?

As is well recognised, India produces some of the best educated people in the world and has a world class reputation at the top of the scale especially in Maths Computing and IT; and the current world champion in Chess is from India. It has a number of world class institutions. However, it would be idle to ignore that it also has a large number of colleges and universities that offer poor quality education. The best quality in India higher education lies not in its university and college system but outside that system in the IITs and IIMs. Although there are good universities, the system is based on an old model of instruction where students prepare for external examinations. It is derived from the old University of London external examination system. It may be suitable for schools; but it was abandoned in UK in the 60s, but has been retained in India.

Journey’s End
22 October, 2007 - If I ask you what the
capital of Japan is and
you answer “Islamabad,” I will understand two things, which you may or may not know.

Druknet Addiction
“It’s too much! Go home. You’re keep
ing me from my work,” said Dad, rather annoyed. I checked my watch: it was 3:00 pm. I tried to remember when I first entered his office and found the answer to be 8:30 in the morning. Since then, I’ve been ‘chatting’ with all and sundry.

Land kidu for Beldrok community

Her Royal Highness Ashi Sonam Dechan Wangchuck with the kidu recipients

22 October, 2007 - In continuation of the tradition of granting land kidu to the most deserving sections of society, a total of 46 households from the remote community of Beldrok under Kazhi gewog in Wangduephdrang, comprising more than 300 people, received land kidu from His Majesty the Druk Gyalpo.

Poverty alleviation through creativity
22 October, 2007 - Observing the international day for the eradication of poverty on October 17 in Thimphu, Bhutan looked at the possibility of incorporating the concept of cultural industries into government policy to address poverty.

Zhemgang expectant mothers’ plight
22 October, 2007 - Zhemgang dzongkhag people are used to being left out.

They have long accepted, among others, the fact that they have to walk, in the absence of roads, close to 40 km just to reach a hospital. But what bothers the people here is the plight of pregnant women, some nearing due dates, who too have to trudge up and down hills to get to the nearest hospital in Yebilaptsa. Basic health units are there in the geogs, of course, but woefully ill equipped to handle pregnancy complications, so many get referred to Yebilaptsa hospital.

Call centres still on hold
22 October, 2007 - Low band wave and costly connectivity are still the source of major headaches for Bhutan’s call centre business hopefuls and perhaps that can explain, say observers, why the centres are not taking off as some of them said they would by now.

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