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59 min ago | Kuensel

EMS gets a shot in the arm

Thimphu to get its first mobile emergency trauma team by yearend through the good graces of Bhutan Foundation 1 July, 2009 - Whether for a vehicle or a fire accident, most people in Bhutan would probably not dial 112 first - the number for the emergency medical service.

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Related Topix: Asia, World News, Fire

Sat Jul 04, 2009

People's Daily Online

Austrian scientists find witnesses of Neolithic human habitation in Himalaya

Archaeologists from the University of Innsbruck and the University of Vienna of Austria said on Wednesday that they have found witnesses of human habitation in the late Neolithic period some 5,300 years ago in the East Himalayan region.

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Related Topix: Archaeology, Anthropology, Science, World News, Austria, Geology, Asia

Fri Jul 03, 2009

Financial Times

Bhutan's unique identity

Almost for as long as I could remember, Bhutan had been a dream - " and a remarkably familiar one.

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Happy News

Animal Control Program Launches in Bhutan

After two years of ongoing discussion, Humane Society International is pleased to announce the beginning of a nationwide spay neuter program in the country of Bhutan.

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India Gazette

India, Bhutan agree to fast-track implementation of hydropower projects

India Gazette Friday 3rd July, 2009 New Delhi, July 3 : India and Bhutan will hold a meeting of the Empowered Joint Group to fast-track implementation of hydropower projects next month.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, India, Jigme Thinley, Manmohan Singh

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Kuensel

Parties in 'poor' shape

The discussion surfaced after the public accounts committee presented audit reports showing the financial weaknesses of the two political parties - DPT and PDP.

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Foreign Policy

Bhutan Gets the Shangri-Blahs

In 1972, the number one priority of new King Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan was the country's Happiness.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

South Asian Media Net

Two arrested for abetment

THIMPHU: The royal Bhutan police arrested two people in connection with the royal insurance corporation of Bhutan embezzlement case involving over Nu 10m, after the corporationa s cashier, Kencho Namgay, went missing on June 15.

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Tue Jun 30, 2009

India eNews

No anti-India insurgent on our soil since 2003: Bhutan premier

Bhutanese Prime Minister Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y. Thinley Monday categorically ruled out the existence of any anti-India insurgent group in his country ever since the Royal Bhutan Army conducted a successful operation in 2003 to flush out ultras from within its territory.

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Mon Jun 29, 2009

India Gazette

Bhutanese PM first to visit India during Manmohan's second term

Bhutanese Prime Minister Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y. Thinley will become the first head of a foreign state to visit India during the second tenure of the Manmohan Singh government when he arrives here on a four-day visit Tuesday.

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Related Topix: World News, India, Asia, Manmohan Singh, Travel, Bhutan Travel, Pratibha Patil

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Kuensel

A slap in the face of society

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Sat Jun 27, 2009

South Asian Media Net

Nu 40m education tender contested

THIMPHU: The proprietor of Discovery electronics has alleged corrupt practices and lack of transparency against the ministry of education in the tender and purchase of computers and laptops worth around Nu 40m.

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks, Computers, Asia, World News

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Kuensel

A minefield of infection

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Wed Jun 24, 2009

Kuensel

Senior citizens on the streets

The number of old and abandoned people on the streets flies in the face of our GNH philosophy 23 June, 2009 - His wrinkled right hand wrapped tight around a stick, Lhakpa, 74, sits on a roadside pavement near the Thimphu vegetable market, staring at no one in particular.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

Kuensel

Cloud over disappearance

Sources tell Kuensel that Kencho Namgay had embezzled cash over the years, when he was with the RICBL branch in Thimphu.

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Mon Jun 22, 2009

Kuensel

Newspaper

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Related Topix: Travel, Bhutan Travel, Asia, World News

India eNews

India launches Nehru-Wangchuk scholarships for Bhutanese

External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, on his maiden visit to Bhutan, announced a new series of scholarships for young students from the Himalayan kingdom to study in prestigious Indian institutions, the external affairs ministry said Saturday.

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Sun Jun 21, 2009

Kuensel

Bagdogra open to Drukair traffic

The foreign ministers of Bhutan and India inaugurate the first flight June 19, 2009 - Bhutanese, travelling to and fro the north-east Indian states and south Bhutan, will now have the option to fly and avoid the hassles of the tedious, and often hazardous, roads.

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Related Topix: Travel, Bhutan Travel, World News, Asia, India, India Travel,

Sat Jun 20, 2009

Indo-American News

India to offer scholarships to Bhutanese students

Thimphu, Jun 19 External Affairs Minister S M Krishna today wrapped up his two-day "rewarding" visit to Bhutan with an MoU under which scholarships will be provided to Bhutanese students to study at prestigious universities in India.

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Fri Jun 19, 2009

Kuensel

Paternity suits multiply

June 19, 2009 - This week, in Pemagatshel district court, a woman waited to settle a dispute that could determine the future of her child.

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