The Lunana area of Bhutan is remote even by the standards of an isolated Himalayan kingdom: It covers an area about twice the size of New York City, borders far western China, includes glacial lakes and some of the world’s highest peaks, and is inaccessible by car. Still, most people living there have already received … Read more
Covid-19 flight ban: At present, India has “air bubble pacts” with 24 countries like the United States of America (USA), the United Kingdom, the UAE, France, Kenya, and Bhutan, among others. (File image) Covid-19 flight ban: The aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) announced on Thursday that the suspension of scheduled international passenger … Read more
Mao Zedong reportedly said that Tibet was China’s ‘right hand palm’ and Ladakh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and the area known today as Arunachal Pradesh the palm’s ‘five fingers’. Mao believed it was the duty of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to ‘liberate’ the territories India had ‘occupied’ — Ladakh, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh — as … Read more
NEW DELHI: Corridor-led economic development programmes are gaining momentum in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) and it is now time for them to join the dots. “Given new and emerging infrastructure linkages, it is vital to advance, adapt and accelerate the use of big data and analytics to conceptualise corridor assessment and monitoring mechanisms … Read more
(This story originally appeared in on Nov 01, 2020) NEW DELHI: The average retail prices of all essential food items, except that of wheat, have increased in the past one year with potatoes witnessing the steepest rise of 92%, followed by onions at 44%. High food inflation has emerged as a policy worry although experts … Read more