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Un General Assembly Urges Israel To Conduct Credible Investigations … - Imemc.org
The United Nations General Assembly thursday, by a recorded vote of 114 in favour to 18 against, with 44 abstentions, adopted a resolution giving Israel and the Palestinians three months to undertake ‘independent, credible investigations’ into …    [read more]

PM calls for fighting poverty, climate change - The Daily Star
Bhutanese Premier Jigme Y Thinley and his wife Aum Rinsy Dem accompany Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina amidst a red carpet reception as she arrives at Paro Airport of Thimphu yesterday afternoon on a four-day visit to the Himalayan country. Photo: PID …    [read more]

Activists launch climate hunger strike - Grist
SYDNEY—Climate activists from around the world will launch a hunger strike here on Friday, describing their protest as a “moral reaction to an immoral situation” in the face of environmental catastrophe. Strike leader Paul Connor and seven …    [read more]

Special ok, item yake?’ - Deccan Herald
Gaalipata’s bubbly girl Neetu, was recently seen in a special song Paro in Yograj Bhat’s Manasaare and says that she had a blast shooting for the song especially since the team was so familiar. “It was something different and funky so I jumped …    [read more]

A better economic yardstick - Merced Sun-Star
The latest gross domestic product numbers for the United States - showing 3.5 percent growth in the third quarter - are surely the light at the end of the recessionary tunnel. You or somebody you know probably doesn’t have a job or health insurance …    [read more]

Ceramic wares export potentials - New Nation
Of the products, ceramic table wares are being exported to about 50 countries including the United States and Canada, tiles to India, Nepal and Bhutan and sanitary wares to the Middle East, specially to the United Arab Emirates. Besides earning …    [read more]

A Glimpse of the Future: Robots Aiding the Elderly - Sci-Tech Today
Among the products in development in Japan: A robotic bed from Panasonic that transforms into a joystick-controlled wheelchair on the user’s spoken command. There’s also Riba, a robot nurse disguised as a giant teddy bear, which can lift patients …    [read more]

Hasina in Thimpu: Trade deal with Bhutan to be signed today - New Nation
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Thimpu, the Bhutanese capital, on a four-day official visit on Friday. This is Hasina’s first visit to Bhutan and also her first bilateral visit to any South Asian country since she was elected as Prime …    [read more]

Goldstone report: UN adoption vote ‘vitally important’ for … - Amnesty International UK
Absent were Bhutan, Cape Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Honduras, Kiribati, Madagascar, Sao Tome Principe, Seychelles, Togo, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.    [read more]

Remote Indian state readies for Dalai Lama visit - NWI.com
Buddhist monks and nuns spruced up their monasteries and hung up welcome banners Friday in anticipation of the Dalai Lama’s contentious visit to this remote Indian town near the Tibetan frontier. China has strongly protested the Dalai Lama’s visit …    [read more]

Kuensel - Bhutan’s National Newspaper

Small Is Beautiful

6 November, 2009 -A decade ago, when millions around the world were captivated by the tragic
romance of Jack and Rose in the movie Titanic, the giant ship was all that
mattered to a small boy.
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ask Mr Thimphu

6 November, 2009 - Different people have different types of body. If not mistaken, scientifically three types. I don’t exactly know which type I fall under.
My question is; will it make a difference while building? Which type of body is the best for bodybuilder? Please answer.
Penjor
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Picture story

6 November, 2009 - The annual crossing: Cattle take the Thimphu-Babesa express way for the warmer valleys of Punakha
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Bangladesh PM on first visit to Bhutan

6 November, 2009 - The Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, will arrive today in Thimphu on a four-day state visit at the invitation of Lyonchhoen Jigme Y Thinley.
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Ministry takes over farmers market
Introduces a host of new rules

These products cannot be sold at the market according to the new rules

6 November, 2009 - Vendors at the centenary farmers market (CFM) will either have to agree with the rules and regulations of its new authority, the Bhutan agricultural and food regulatory authority (BAFRA), or risk having no stall at the Thimphu market.    [read more]

I wish I could walk…

Dechen and her husband Taupola

6 November, 2009 - It was a sunny spring morning in Kanglung, Trashigang. Like everyday, Dechen took her cattle out to graze. But when she decided to climb a tree to lop branches, she didn’t know it would change her life completely.
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Bhutan Observer

Live telecast draws huge crowds
Who said only live EPL and champions league football matches drew hundreds of Bhutanese before television sets? The live telecast of the second coronation archery match final between Drukpa and Zimdra on BBS TV saw hundreds of people glued to television sets. Besides hundreds of spectators at the Changlingmithang archery range, hundreds of people at […]    [read more]

RICBL reduces premium
Commemorating the first coronation anniversary of the fifth Druk Gyalpo, the Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan Limited (RICBL) has announced premium reduction for fire and motor insurance, which are the company’s biggest insurance portfolios.
“The reduction in premium is a part of the company’s overall restructuring processes to provide affordable insurance services besides improving our service […]    [read more]

Forest management for poverty alleviationt
Poverty alleviation by managing forest resources and other issues related to forestry were discussed in the forestry conference in Zhemgang last week.
Addressing to chief forest officers, park managers, dzongkhag forest officers and senior range officers from across the country, Agriculture Minister Dr Pema Gyamtsho said managing forestry resources well would help alleviate poverty.
“Preserving the forest […]    [read more]

Family flees violent father
When Dechen Wangmo, 38, first met her husband Samdrup Norbu, she had never thought that one day she would have to run from him for life. Dechen is yet another victim of domestic violence.
On the night of November 3, Dechen’s husband came home drunk and declared that he would either kill her or himself. In […]    [read more]

the BG factor
Wai! Once upon a time, when the government officials were seized by a pang of guilt, misuse of government vehicles was vehemently opposed. For sometime after that, BG-numbered vehicles retreated into government garages, and our officials grudgingly took to parsimonious use of their private cars. That was once upon a time.
Today, we seem to have […]    [read more]

Cosco tennis tournament ends
Jigme Sherab emerged the winner of men’s single in the first nine-day Cosco National Tennis tournament. He defeated Kinley Wangchuk 6/1, 6/1.
In women’s single, Aum Patrizia Tshering defeated Rinzin Lham 6/4 and 6/0 to claim the title. Jigme Sherab also took home the rolling trophy along with the winning trophy.
In the senior singles (above 45) […]    [read more]

Drukpa demolish Zimdra
After a thrilling match for two days, Drukpa emerged the winner of the 2nd Coronation National Archery Tournament defeating Zimdra on November 3 at the Changlingmithang archery range in Thimphu.
Karma Dorji of Drukpa, who turned the course of match by displaying great skills, was named the man of the match. On the first day of […]    [read more]

Don’t worry babes, it’s just coincidental
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Rural schools calling
Education is in the spotlight once again. And this time it is because of imbalance in teacher transfer, an issue that is at the heart of several educational heartaches. For a long time now, while the urban schools have burst at the seams, the rural schools have suffered an acute teacher shortage. That despite the […]    [read more]

Pemagatshel DYT concludes
The 24th Dzongkhag Yargye Tshogdu (DYT) of Pemagatshel Dzongkhag was conducted on November 4 to discuss points for the forthcoming parliament session.
Some gups raised the issue of inadequate fund for some activities in the gewogs which could not be taken up under the present financial regulations. But Dzongda Gholing Tshering reminded the house that it […]    [read more]

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