India proposes to build road in Bhutan’s ‘Yeti territory’...
July 15 ,2020
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By: Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury
India has proposed to build a road in Bhutan’s ‘Yeti territory’- which China claimed recently- enabling New Delhi to...
What WMFP could bring in Bhutan?
July 14 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Waste continues to be a growing problem in Bhutan, especially in the bigger population centres. One year after the Waste Manageme...
Recovery rate of COVID-19 in Bhutan at over 90 percent
July 13 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Bhutan's Ministry of Health reported Monday that 76 of the country's total 82 positive COVID-19 patients have been declared recovered a...
Bhutanese vegetable export to India comes to a halt
July 11 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
While it is the peak vegetable production season for farmers and a chance to earn by selling vegetables at the auction yard in Phuentsh...
China lays claim to a wildlife sanctuary, making it the th...
July 10 ,2020
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By: Nirmala Ganapathy
Bhutan, a tiny Himalayan kingdom squeezed between two giant neighbours, India and China, prefers to maintain a low profile.
It has two...
Boundary with China not demarcated, under negotiation: Bhu...
July 9 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Amid the border dispute between China and Bhutan, the Bhutan Embassy on Tuesday asserted that the boundary between the two nations is u...
China for border talks with Bhutan, India wary
July 8 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
To India’s discomfiture, China is signalling its desire to hold border talks with Bhutan after objecting to funding of a wildlife...
Covid-19 will not affect Bhutan’s graduation from LDC: PM
July 7 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The Covid-19-induced economic disruptions will not affect Bhutan’s plans to graduate from the club of the United Nations’ L...
China makes border dispute with Bhutan public, in apparent...
July 7 ,2020
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By: SAM Report
China has refused to let go of its claim on the Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary in far-eastern Bhutan, days after Thimpu issued a demarche t...
BHUTAN-1 orbiting the earth for two years
July 3 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
At about 330 kilometres above the earth’s surface, Bhutan’s first satellite BHUTAN-1 is orbiting the earth. Last Friday, on...
Bhutan's prince finally gets a name: Jigme Ugyen Wangchuck
July 2 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The King and Queen of Bhutan have shared the name of their newborn son, four months after his birth.
King Jigme Khesar Namgyel W...
Bhutan says no to Covid drug from India
July 1 ,2020
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By: Taran Deol
The drug regulatory body of Bhutan has said that Patanjali’s Coronil, which the company’s founder Ramdev has touted as a cu...
India, Bhutan sign pact for first joint venture hydropower...
June 30 ,2020
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By: Suhasini Haidar
The 600 MW Kholongchhu project
India and Bhutan took a major step forward for the construction of the 600 MW Kholongchhu project,...
Bhutanese people relieved after the announcement of relief...
June 30 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The announcement of the second phase of the Covid-19 relief measures by the prime minister on June 27 on His Majesty’s command ca...
TCB to reinforce Bhutan as a high-end destination
June 29 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The hotel industry that has seen an explosion in recent years and directly dependent on tourism will be in for shake up with the Touris...
Now, Bhutan stops irrigation water for Indian farmers
June 27 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
When the entire nation was busy in discussing about violent stand-off between Indian and Chinese soldiers in eastern Ladakh and Nepal&r...
Covid-19 hits Bhutan-India water cooperation
June 26 ,2020
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By: Shailendra Yashwant
In Baksa district of Assam in north-east India, right next to the Bhutan border, hundreds of farmers held a demonstration this month. T...
High prevalence of corruption in public service delivery i...
June 25 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The perception of corruption in the form of favouritism based on friendship and family relationship is prevalent in public service deli...
Crime drops in Bhutanese capital during Covid-19 pandemic
June 20 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
With fewer people on the streets, especially during the night, and more at their homes, the capital city is witnessing a drop in crime....
COVID-19 may delay Bhutan’s third LG elections
June 11 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Apart from hobbling the economy and putting immense strain on the health system, the global coronavirus pandemic is delaying elections...
Bhutan parliament endorses Budget Appropriation Bill 2020-...
June 9 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The National Assembly of Bhutan on Monday endorsed the Budget Appropriation Bill 2020-21 amounting to almost Nu 74B with the curr...
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