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…𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕-𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝑼𝑺$58 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 60% 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒍 𝑮𝑫𝑷 Phurpa Wangmo Water, the world’s most precious yet undervalued resource, is at the heart of a mounting global crisis that threatens both human and planetary health, as warned by a new report published by World Wildlife Fund …

…𝑪𝑺𝑶𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆-𝒆𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑬𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑭𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝑺𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝑭𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 Sonam Deki The undersigned civil society organizations (CSOs) are deeply concerned by the Civil Society Organizations Authority’s recent decision on the endowment fund requirement for CSOs. While they welcome the Authority’s decision, the amounts are exorbitant for most CSOs. The Authority arrived at the decision …

…𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 In Bhutan, the absence of footpaths in suburban and urban areas has emerged as a pressing issue that demands immediate attention. The prevailing situation, where footpaths are predominantly confined to urban locales, leaves a significant gap in the country’s infrastructure. Footpaths are an integral part of …

…𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒏’𝒔 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 Sonam Deki Prime Minister Dr. Lotay Tshering presented the State of the Nation Report to Parliament on October 13, unveiling an ambitious roadmap for the future. According to the report, the 13th Five-Year Plan will primarily focus on boosting the private sector, signaling a strategic …

…𝑰𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒉𝒔, 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 Sonam Deki In the realm of extraordinary travel adventures, few tales rival that of Ilario Lavarra, the intrepid Italian traveler who has embarked on a six-year odyssey exploring the world astride his trusty two wheels. Bhutan marks his 100th visited country. Recently marking a significant achievement – a century of …