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You can count on India, as a friend, Manmohan tells Bhutan – newindpress
THIMPU: Becoming the first world leader to address the Bhutan Parliament, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday strongly pitched for a South Asia that is “at peace with itself” and expressed India’s readiness to assist in making the region more …
Why Bhutan Matters to India and China – BusinessWeek
For a tiny country that has very little contact with the rest of the world, Bhutan seems to be in the news a lot these days. Today India’s prime minister, Manmohan Singh, is visiting the Bhutanese capital of Thimphu, the first visit by an Indian …
India commits Nu 100 billion to Bhutan – Kuensel Online
19 May, 2008 – Addressing the joint session of the newly elected Bhutanese parliament today in Thimphu the prime minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh, committed Nu 100 billion for Bhutan’s 10th Five Year Plan. “Our bilateral engagement with …
Rumors abound after quake – Boston Globe
BEIJING – Almost as soon as the initial aftershocks stopped reverberating last week, the rumors began. Some say that frogs, insects, and other animals fled shortly before the earth shook. Others insist that water mysteriously drained from ponds, or …
‘India Desires To See A South Asia Which Is At Peace With Itself’ – Outlook India
I t is a great privilege for me to address the Joint Session of the National Assembly and the National Council of Bhutan. I bring to you the warmest greetings and felicitations of the Government and people of India. I am delighted to be in your …
India not placating China: Arunachal CM – Hindustan Times
India is not placating China in any respect, including on the latter’s claim over Arunachal Pradesh or in its insistence on denying permission to Dalai Lama to visit this state in view of the Tibet situation, Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu said on …
Terrorists want to hamper Indo-Pak ties: PM – Hindustan Times
In the backdrop of Jaipur serial blasts, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said terrorists want to prevent normalisation of Indo-Pak relations and that an effective strategy needed to be adopted to defeat such “nefarious designs”. “There is …
DNA profiling the snow leopard – Kuensel Online
19 May, 2008 – How many snow leopards are there in Bhutan? Where do they stay? Are they safe? These are some of the many unanswered questions about Bhutan’s elusive big cats about which little is known. To answer precisely these questions, animal …
Three Pak NGOs win WB grants for AIDS projects – Nation
ISLAMABAD – Three civil society organisations from Pakistan won grants worth US $ 40,000 each from the World Bank’s South Asia Development Marketplace (DM) to implement projects aimed at reducing stigma and discrimination associated with HIV and AIDS …
To catch a terrorist – Indian Express
Home Minister Shivraj Patil has arguably been an unmitigated disaster for the country’s internal security. The Jaipur blasts, the latest in the series to rock the country, have revived at the Centre the idea of setting up a federal investigation …
Kuensel – Bhutan’s National Newspaper
20 May, 2008 – If Bhutanese celebrate birthdays like they do in the west, tens of thousands of them would be cutting cakes and blowing candles on January 1.
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| A wealthy forest for a healthy society |
20 May, 2008 – In 1997, villagers of Dozam, Mongar were given a portion of a forest to be managed by them.
The villagers were stumped. Like others across the country, they depended on the forest for many things, but managing one seemed beyond their doing.
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19 May, 2008 – Addressing the joint session of the newly elected Bhutanese parliament today in Thimphu the prime minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh, committed Nu 100 billion for Bhutan’s 10th Five Year Plan.
“Our bilateral engagement with Bhutan over the next five years will be of the order of Rs 100 billion,” said the prime minister in his address.
19 May, 2008 – How many snow leopards are there in Bhutan? Where do they stay? Are they safe? These are some of the many unanswered questions about Bhutan’s elusive big cats about which little is known.
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19 May, 2008 – “All forward!” As the command from our guide Pema hit our ears, we paddled furiously, smacking into the first rapid, bucketfuls of water splashing our faces as we shrieked and laughed in a rush of adrenalin.
19 May, 2008 – To support the 11 National Assembly committees, that the government has been discussing to establish, the cabinet this week directed all ministries and agencies to ensure that Members of Parliament are invited to participate in workshops, seminars and study visits.
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19 May, 2008 – Clothes and hair are two ways youth express themselves, both separately and as part of a group. Despite the change in fashion, from parallel pants to corduroys and now to slim jeans, baggy pants are a staple in everyone’s wardrobe.
19 May, 2008 – Even as police step up their vigil to curb increasing drug abuse, three separate drug smuggling busts have been made this week.
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| Potatoes in plenty and cheap |
19 May, 2008 – Potato and onion have become cheaper in the border town of Phuentsholing, thanks to a bumper harvest in the neighbouring Indian states of West Bengal and Assam.
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19 May, 2008 – Syncope or fainting is a transient disturbance of consciousness. This is due to less blood flow to the brain and less oxygen. The commonest type of syncope is fainting attack or simple syncope, which occurs during prolonged standing, sudden fear/fright orsevere pain. In such a condition, the subject falls to the ground and is unconscious for less then 2 minutes and recovery is rapid.
Bhutan Observer
Should Indian Idol (or any other foreign artists) be allowed to perform live concerts in Bhutan?
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Three feet tall on cloud nine
At a height of merely three feet, Namgay Dorji may be one of the shortest adults in the country but that also makes him one of the most ingenious of cow herders around.
“I’m good at milking – I do it standing up,†he says. “Or, I can just stand below a cow’s udder and suck.â€Â
The [...]
Chilli and cash: a spicy combination
Half an hour’s walk from Duksum, below a stiff terrain, lies a few make shift huts. The dwellings
are surrounded by banana and papaya trees planted by cow herders. A small stream runs alongside paddy fields cultivated by the people of Ramjar and Yalang gewogs.
Immediately after the harvest, Ramjarpas and Yalangpas go to their lower lands, [...]
Restoring Memelakha
The Thimphu City Corporation will be rehabilitating the landfill at Memelakha.
It had carried out a survey last month and the work will be started as soon as the financial assistance comes through.
Earlier, the TCC had found another site for the city’s dumping ground, between Memelakha and Hongtsho but had to reject the site as there [...]
Food crisis has no impact on WFP
The World Food Programme’s (WFP) activities in Bhutan have not been affected by the global food crisis that has raised food prices and forced some countries to ban exports.
The disproportionate rise in population and production of food grains, income inequalities, change in climatic conditions and decline of arable lands due to industrialisation are few of [...]
Dressed to kill
The sun can be oppressive in the small mining town of Khothakpa in Pemagatsel, even during the winter months. During summer, the temperature hovers around the mid-30s, forcing residents to wear light clothing.
As people look for ways to beat the midday heat, one boy is oblivious to it, preferring to wear layer upon layer of [...]
Indian Prime Minister addresses National Assembly of Bhutan
Following is the text of the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh’s address at the National Assembly of Bhutan, in Thimphu:
“It is a great privilege for me to address the Joint Session of the National Assembly and the National Council of Bhutan. I bring to you the warmest greetings and felicitations of [...]
MY UNTOLD MISERY
The golden sun lends a bright radiance to the tree top. It was a pleasant and jolly moment. The blue firmament of the endless universe seemed naked as the golden sun shone smilingly. It was as if it was showering me blessings to begin my life with a joyous moment that would ever brighten. The [...]
A drunken sobriety: as the wine dines the mind
The great bard Shakespeare said, “Purpose is but a slave to memory.†I think he said it to this intent: People believe I’m a habitual drunkard, so I have acquired an instinctive nature to put together the incidences of the aftermath of a night’s carousing; bringing my ignominy to light partly through the recess of [...]
The magic of the wooden phallus
Today I was blessed by a monk wielding a large wooden phallus. Apparently this Bhutanese
blessing has proved remarkably successful in promoting fertility.
That’s all very well but I’m not sure that, should I return home with a living reminder of Bhutan, that my husband will believe me that it was the divine gift from a famous [...]
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