Bhutan delegation on three-day visit to Gujarat

Bhutan delegation on three-day visit to Gujarat

Bhutan King and Prime Minister arrived in Ahmedabad on Monday for a three day visit. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and other officials receive them at the airport. | Photo Credit: Courtesy: Gujarat government Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay on Monday arrived in Gujarat for a three-day visit to … Read more

Core Diagnostics, Digistain collaborate to bring breast cancer risk profiling technology to India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh – ET HealthWorld

Core Diagnostics, Digistain collaborate to bring breast cancer risk profiling technology to India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh – ET HealthWorld

Gurugram: Core Diagnostics announced its exclusive partnership with Digistain. The collaboration aims to bring the breast cancer risk profiling technology, Digistain, to India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. Digistain is a digital solution for cancer grading and prognosis, approved by the UK’s Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). It offers a rapid, affordable, and AI-enabled … Read more

Hopes for Gelephu mega-project, economic revival dominate voters in Bhutan ahead of January 9 elections

Hopes for Gelephu mega-project, economic revival dominate voters in Bhutan ahead of January 9 elections

Young Bhutanese attend National Day announcement of mega-city project by Bhutan King in Thimphu. | Photo Credit: Suhasini Haider The Gelephu “mindfulness” mega-city project or Special Administrative Region (SAR) announced by Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck on Sunday, as well as fixing the economy and reversing youth migration trends, will be the major tasks … Read more

The locals of Parengtar, a village on India-Bhutan border, are reviving the ancient practice of Kholey Dai

The locals of Parengtar, a village on India-Bhutan border, are reviving the ancient practice of Kholey Dai

Parengtar — a quaint hamlet on India-Bhutan border in West Bengal’s Kalimpong district | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Dotted with green trees, the grid-shaped, sienna-toned paddy fields of Parengtar — a quaint hamlet on the India-Bhutan border in West Bengal’s Kalimpong district — overlook the blue-grey mountains. The nip in the air and a sudden … Read more

Book review: Biswajit Jha’s Modern Buddha is a gripping story of transformation in Bhutan

Book review: Biswajit Jha’s Modern Buddha is a gripping story of transformation in Bhutan

Biswajit Jha’s completion of the second book within a time frame of two and a half years is a marvel indeed considering his huge commitment in many spheres of life that includes work, writing, philanthropic projects, spiritual quests, family, and social commitments. His debut novel Bike Ambulance Dada, published by Penguin Random House, was a … Read more

All eyes on China boundary talks as Bhutan King arrives in Delhi

All eyes on China boundary talks as Bhutan King arrives in Delhi

File photo of Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. | Photo Credit: Getty Images As Bhutan’s fifth King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck arrives in Delhi on Monday afternoon at the invitation of President Droupadi Murmu, all eyes will be on his talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, and any possible discussions on the progress in … Read more

Boundaries could be demarcated within next one or two meetings: Bhutan PM on talks with China

Boundaries could be demarcated within next one or two meetings: Bhutan PM on talks with China

Bhutan hopes to complete the demarcation of territories with China within “one or two meetings”, said Bhutanese Prime Minister Lotay Tshering, indicating a resolution of boundary issues with Beijing could be expected soon. In an interview he gave to a Belgian newspaper during a recent visit to Brussels, Dr. Tshering also said that Bhutan is … Read more

Morning Digest: February 8, 2023

Morning Digest: February 8, 2023

Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a suspected Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon that was downed by the United States over the weekend over U.S. territorial waters off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, U.S., February 5, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. recovers balloon debris, China protests United States authorities have … Read more

PLA villages in Bhutan blow to India’s security, says Congress

PLA villages in Bhutan blow to India’s security, says Congress

The Chinese army grabbing 100 sqkm of Bhutan and setting up four new villages next to Dokalam, as per latest satellite images, was a blow to India’s national security, the Congress said. The opposition party charged the Centre with ‘compromising national security’ by letting the PLA indulge in incursions despite India traditionally being Bhutan’s adviser … Read more