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Hunt on for first Miss Bhutan – Daily News and Analysis
THIMPHU: These aspiring beauty queens idolise Sushmita Sen and Aishwarya Rai and come September, one of them will be crowned the first Miss Bhutan at a pageant with no swim-suit round. Held for the first time, 77 contestants from across the country …
India’s credit facility to help Bhutan – Business Standard
The commitment was made during Prime Minister Jigme Y Thinley’s recent four-day visit to India. “This facility will be used as and when we face a shortage,” said an official, who was part of the Bhutanese 42-member delegation during Thinley’s …
Essar eyes Bhutan power play – Economic Times
MUMBAI: Essar Power is planning to set up a 500 MW hydel power plant in Bhutan at an estimated cost of over Rs 4,000 crore. However, it is not clear at this stage whether Essar will implement the project on its own. Sources close to the development …
Want to see Friday’s solar eclipse? You have to pay plenty, fly far or … – Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON (AP) _ A total solar eclipse will darken some of Earth’s skies on Friday, but geography, weather, the economy and even the Olympics are combining to make it a hard and expensive for people to see it. The total blotting out of the sun …
Eclipse of sun on the Internet – Everett Herald
Read more about Friday’s total solar eclipse or watch a live webcast. A telescope-only feed is slated 3 to 5:15 a.m. PDT. The live program feed is 3:30 to 4:30 a.m. PDT. The eclipse reaches its peak at 4:09 a.m. PDT. WASHINGTON — A total solar …
Enthusiasts to See Remote Solar Eclipse on Internet – FOX News
WASHINGTON — A total solar eclipse will darken some of Earth’s skies on Friday, but geography, weather, the economy and even the Olympics are combining to make it a hard and expensive for people to see it. The total blotting out of the sun, which …
Sri Lanka fighting kills 37 – Straits Times
COLOMBO – SRI Lankan troops have killed at least 34 Tamil Tiger rebels and lost three of their own in the latest reported clashes in the island’s north, the defence ministry said on Tuesday. Security forces fought with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil …
Sun eclipse Friday will be costly, hard to see – Arizona Daily Star
WASHINGTON — A total solar eclipse will darken some of Earth’s skies on Friday, but geography, weather, the economy and even the Olympics are combining to make it hard and expensive for people to see it. The total blotting out of the sun, which …
World’s Skin Cancer Hotspots – Forbes
You probably know by now that making bad decisions when it comes to sun protection can be life threatening. While some people smartly skip the mid-day sun altogether, others work outdoors in tank tops every day or hit the beach with a bottle of baby …
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Kuensel – Bhutan’s National Newspaper
Kuensel correspondent discovers Thimphu all over again
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| FIELD WORK – Getting down to grass roots |
29 July, 2008 – After working as Kuensel’s eastern Bhutan correspondent for nearly two years, I was posted recently back to head quarter in Thimphu. I soon realized that the capital had more to offer than I’d bargained for.
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| JUST MARRIED: Tony Leung and Carina Lau posing in their bridal photo at the Ugyen Pelri palace in Paro |
28 July, 2008 – Bhutan, the exotic destination for tourists hosted a high-end wedding of Hong Kong actors on July 22.
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28 July, 2008 – The term cirrhosis means scarring. It is usually characterized by diffuse fine scarring, with uniform loss of liver cells and formation of small regenerative nodules. It is also called micro nodular cirrhosis. When we talk of cirrhosis of liver, we usually mean alcoholic cirrhosis, but there are other conditions which lead to the same condition.
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28 July, 2008 –
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. TRIBUTE
by Nora Roberts
2. FEARLESS FOURTEEN
by Janet Evanovich
3. THE LAST PATRIOT
by Brad Thor
4. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
by David Wroblewski
- A mute takes refuge with three dogs in the Wisconsin woods after his father’s murder.
5. SWAN PEAK
by James Lee Burke
28 July, 2008 –
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Steps
1. Cut out a coloured chart paper into oval that is slightly larger than your head. Cut a paper nose with rectangles for tabs on each side. Fold the tabs back. Glue your nose in place.
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28 July, 2008 – Karma Chezom, 22, from Martshala, Samdrup Jongkhar is an Intern at NPPF. She shares her views on social networking sites.
1. What is Internet to you?
Its is a source of information. It is teacher to me.
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| BUYER’S MARKET – Cordycep collectors want auction closer to home |
28 July, 2008 – Layap Dendup lived for a month in the deep Lunana mountains hunting for cordyceps (yartsa goenbub) this summer. On Wednesday, his hard work paid off when he pocketed Nu 80,000 from the 360 grammes of the cordyceps he sold in an open auction held in Damji, Gasa.
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| WILDLIFE CROP DAMAGE – Tashi’s damage field in Bayur |
28 July, 2008 – Farmer Tashi of Bayur village in Kanglung woke up to the biggest loss of the year on June 23. Her only maize field, measuring not bigger than a football field, was trampled and destroyed by wild boars.
Competition from imports and lack of wool contribute to weave’s decline
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28 July, 2008 – If kushuthara is the pride of Kurtoe, people of Bumthang boast about their Bumthap mathra.
28 July, 2008 – That a passionate and talented teacher makes more difference than any school policy is perhaps the worst kept secret in education.
Bhutan Observer
And the matches go on …
Some 900 archers from around the country will be aiming for the bull’s eye in this season’s most awaited and popular archery tournament in the country, the Yangphel Open, which began on July 19 in Thimphu and Paro.
The opening match was played between Team Centenary, Dorjee Phalam and Chuuk Samtsi Rang in Thimphu.
The Paro opener [...]
Taking development to Lunana
Taking development all the way – From Nikachu in Wangduephodrang to their village in Lunana, villagers walk for five days carrying their needs on their backs.
In the news
His Majesty the King granted an audience to Lieutenant General Deepak Raj, General Officer Commanding 33 Corps of the Indian army at the Tashichhodzong on July 23. Lieutenant General Deepak Raj is in the kingdom on a five-day visit. He arrived in the country on July 22.
The three-day consecration of the Jangchub chorten at Ngakeythang [...]
Private media need support
A system of “asymmetric regulations†such as the one imposed in the mobile telecom sector will, contrary to the hopes of the two private newspapers, not be introduced in the print media, according to the Bhutan Infocom and Media Authority (BICMA).
The asymmetric regulations in the telecom sector has barred B-Mobile, from lowering rates for six [...]
DPT has been in action only for 44 days
A cabinet meeting was held yesterday to discuss policies, programs and the impact of the various measures adopted by the Druk Phuentshum Tshogpa (DPT) government. Lyonchen Jigme Y. Thinley said that though the DPT government has now completed 100 days, the party had fewer days to work. “Out of the 100 days, due to the [...]
The great Indian political bazaar
India is still reeling from the experience some called the “great Indian political bazaar”, following a confidence vote on July 22. Disagreement between the ruling party and the opposition over an Indo-US nuclear deal came to a head when the latter withdrew its support to the government. The government stood its ground and called for [...]
An appeal for Dzongkha
Sir,
Some time ago, almost every Bhutanese newspaper published an article on the Dzongkha teaching pool graduation. For example, ‘first batch of masters in Buddhist philosophy’, ‘His Holiness the Je Khenpo award certificates to Dzongkha lecturers’ and ‘21 gets masters in Buddhist Philosophy’.
Since I am un-workman-likely-going in for comparative and field linguistics which is the only [...]
We are the world
The ACC workshop on the ‘Role of Media and Civil Society in building Informed Citizenry to fight Corruption’ was held this Wednesday. This dynamic initiative shone a conscious light on a loose web of concern for social justice and public propriety that constitutes a kind of nascent, invisible force.
It is a fact that we are [...]
The inquisitive Bhutanese
As Dr Amartya Sen labeled the Indian as argumentative, the Bhutanese could well be called inquisitive. The Bhutanese are by nature dangerously inquisitive, as we have witnessed time and again. The flash flood last week is one prime example. In the thirst to see the flood, caution was thrown to the wind. The news circulating [...]
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