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Social Media Obsession: Effects on Children

โ€ฆ๐’๐’ ๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’† ๐‘ฉ๐’‰๐’–๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’†๐’”๐’† ๐’”๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’…๐’” 163 ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’•๐’†๐’” ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐’…๐’‚๐’š ๐’๐’๐’๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’‘๐’‚๐’“๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’ˆ๐’๐’๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’๐’‡ 145 ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’•๐’†๐’” Tenzin Lhaden With the first portable cell phone initiated in 1973 by Motorola, cell phones became popular during the cellular revolution which started in the 90s and by 1990; the number of mobile users was around 11 million. By 2020, this number …

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Two bridges in Kana and Tshephel expected to complete by June

โ€ฆ..๐’๐’†๐’˜ ๐’•๐’†๐’„๐’‰๐’๐’๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’š ๐’Ž๐’๐’…๐’–๐’๐’‚๐’“ ๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’Š๐’…๐’ˆ๐’†๐’” ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ฒ๐’‚๐’๐’‚ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ป๐’”๐’‰๐’†๐’‘๐’‰๐’†๐’ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‡๐’Š๐’“๐’”๐’• ๐’•๐’˜๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’Š๐’…๐’ˆ๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’Š๐’•๐’” ๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’… ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ฉ๐’‰๐’–๐’•๐’‚๐’ Sonam DekiA modular steel bridge using innovative technology has been newly designed to support two-way traffic and has started construction in Kana and Tshephel, Uesu gewog in Haa. The bridges are on two rivers at Kana and Tshephel connecting Chuzom …

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A widening fiscal deficit, declining foreign reserves-key concerns

๐‘ฐ๐’‡ ๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’†๐’” ๐’„๐’๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’…๐’†๐’„๐’๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐’‚๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† 2022 ๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’†, ๐’Š๐’• ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’๐’Š๐’Œ๐’†๐’๐’š ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’„๐’‰ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’„๐’๐’๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’•๐’–๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’๐’๐’š ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’…๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’“๐’†๐’’๐’–๐’Š๐’“๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’”๐’–๐’‡๐’‡๐’Š๐’„๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’•๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“ 12 ๐’Ž๐’๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’†๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’•๐’”. 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, …

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Female child more vulnerable to violence, abuse and exploitation: Child safety paramount

โ€ฆ๐’Š๐’• ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’†๐’Ž๐’๐’”๐’• ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’—๐’Š๐’…๐’–๐’‚๐’ ๐’•๐’ ๐’“๐’‚๐’Š๐’”๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Š๐’“ ๐’—๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’†, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’† ๐’‚ ๐’”๐’‚๐’‡๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’„๐’๐’๐’…๐’–๐’„๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’†๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’“๐’๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’„๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’“๐’†๐’ 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. โ€œWe have four major steps of violence in general, i.e. sexual, neglect, …

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Residents exasperated by dust and mud from incomplete Chuzom-Haa Highway

โ€ฆ๐’–๐’๐’‘๐’‚๐’—๐’†๐’…, ๐’Ž๐’–๐’…๐’…๐’š, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’…๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’š ๐’“๐’๐’–๐’•๐’† ๐’†๐’™๐’‚๐’”๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’๐’„๐’‚๐’๐’”. ๐‘ฌ๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ, ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’“๐’…๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’ ๐’…๐’“๐’š๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’” ๐’”๐’๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’‘๐’๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’… Sonam DekiThe widening of Chuzom (Bitekha) to Haa highway began in the mid of 2019 with cutting and formation of road. It has been four years since cutting and formation of road widening work was carried out without further progress. With only formation …

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๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ฆ๐จ๐ค๐ž-๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ฆ๐จ๐ค๐ž-๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ?

โ€ฆ๐™™๐™š๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜ฝ๐™๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐˜ฟ๐™ง๐™ช๐™œ ๐˜ผ๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎโ€™๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™š๐™›๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ, ๐™จ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ช๐™—๐™ž๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™—๐™ก๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™˜๐™š๐™จ Tenzin LhadenThe consumption of tobacco is not altogether prohibited in Bhutan, though it is largely banned in public places. Smoking tobacco and tobacco products in public places is a violation. The organizations/entities and public outlets are asked to declare their own …

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๐„-๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก

โ€ฆ ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’‡๐’‡ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’‰๐’๐’”๐’‘๐’Š๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’” ๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’š ๐’‡๐’‚๐’„๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’Š๐’…๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’๐’๐’• ๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’†๐’Š๐’—๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Š๐’“ ๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Š๐’“ ๐’†๐’™๐’‘๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’…๐’‚๐’•๐’† Phurpa Wangmo With recent spike in numbers of Bhutanese seeking to leave abroad for studies and working have saddled e-medical services at Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) in Thimphu. Sound E-medical certificate is prerequisite to apply …

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High unemployment rate but fewer applicants for job openings

โ€œโ€ฆ. ๐‘ฎ๐’๐’๐’† ๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’…๐’‚๐’š๐’” ๐’˜๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’ 10 ๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’‚๐’ ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’Š๐’†๐’˜ ๐’•๐’ ๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’‚ ๐’‘๐’๐’”๐’•โ€ By Sonam Deki According to the report, the first high unemployment rate of 5 percent was observed in 2020, which could be attributed to COVID-19 pandemic where it has greatly reduced the employment opportunities for those unemployed as the businesses and service …

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Protecting new Hazelnut grafts with Individual Tree Fencing

By Phurpa Wangmo As the world continues to grapple with the effects of climate change, more people and corporations are realizing the importance of planting trees. Mountain Hazelnuts is one such impact venture founded as Bhutanโ€™s first 100% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in a public-private-community partnership with the Royal Government of Bhutan, with the shared goal to address the key …

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A fatherโ€™s apprentice artisan-Clay Moulding

โ€ฆthe boy is a young apprentice to his father and during 2022 winter vacation he even moulded the stupa of Tempa (Buddha) By Sonam Deki The Skills Training and Education Pathways Up-gradation Project: Summary Sector Assessment – Education mentions, โ€œIn order for Bhutan to continue growing as a lower middle-income economy, skills development is required to address the unmet need …

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