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…3056 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒔𝒚𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄 𝑶𝒖𝒕𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑫𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 (𝑶𝑷𝑫) 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒔𝒚𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 Staff Reporter Department of Psychiatry, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) is the tertiary care psychiatry unit which provides specialized mental health care. It has been serving not only the people in its catchment area but to the entire population of the country. In 2021, the total number …

…𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒅𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒔 Bhutan Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre (Bhutan ADRC) since its establishment, it has received and administered mostly arbitration related to construction disputes. As per the report Bhutan Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Centre 2022, “The Centre has received 191 total cases in five years and highest being at 45 in …

…𝒃𝒚 2023, 𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒏’𝒔 𝒗𝒖𝒍𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒊𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒔. Phurpa WangmoIn 2022, the United Nations’ Country’s Team (UNCT) supported the Royal Government in improving the economic conditions of the country as well as resilience amidst the uncertainty posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. To improve economic conditions as well …

𝑰𝒇 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 2022 𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆, 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 12 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔. According to the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) April 2023, a widening fiscal deficit and declining foreign exchange reserves will remain key concerns for the government. If reserves continue to decline at the 2022 rate, …

…𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒏 Tenzin LhadenAccording to the data from the National Commission for Women and Children (NCWC) reports that since the lockdown began, there has been an increase in child violence. “We have four major steps of violence in general, i.e. sexual, neglect, …

…𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒂 𝒋𝒐𝒃 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝒖𝒑 Tenzin Lhaden The National Education Assessment (NEA) 2021-Grade II report published in 2023 by the Bhutan Council for School Examinations and Assessment, Ministry of Education and Skill Development reveals that the grade III students has positive attitudes towards learning. Almost all students, …

“… 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙩, 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙮 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙋𝙐𝘽𝙂 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙢 𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡”. Tenzin Lhaden The recent National Education Assessment 2021 – Grade III report published in 2023 by the Bhutan Council for School Examinations and Assessment, Ministry of Education and Skills …

…𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝑰𝑰𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑬𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 2021 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕, 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒔 Tenzin Lhaden The recent National Education Assessment 2021-Grade III report published in 2023 by the Bhutan Council for School Examinations and Assessment, Ministry of Education and Skill Development reports that students and …

…𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑵𝒈𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒎 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑪𝑷𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 4.15 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 (𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑱𝒂𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒚 2022 𝒕𝒐 𝑱𝒂𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒚 2023) Sonam Deki According to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for January 2023, released by the National Statistics Bureau on February 28, 2023, “The purchasing power of Ngultrum as measured by CPI is Nu. 59 as of …

…She expressed her wish to learn more songs in Bhutanese language Suchetha Satish is a 16-year old Indian girl currently studying in class XII and living in Dubai. She holds two Guinness world records for singing 120 multi-lingual songs in seven hours and 20 minutes. Her recent song ‘Toh Dha Tsoem’ is her debut Bhutanese song released on July 1 …