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…. 𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒉 By Kezang Choden The Government of India has announced a grant of Rs 22.88 billion for Bhutan for the fiscal year 2026-27, reaffirming the country’s position as the largest recipient of Indian assistance among neighbouring nations. According to allocation details, other countries in the …

… 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 2024, 𝒑𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆 2025 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒑𝒖𝒕, 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒘𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕. By Kezang Choden Mandarin exports, like any other business, experience both gains and setbacks. Some years bring profits for exporters, while others result in losses, depending on production levels within and outside Bhutan and the export price …

QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization United Nations Glaciers – the world’s hidden water banks – are a source of life for billions. The seasonalmelt from mountains and glaciers sustains some of the world’s most important rivers, such as the Indus, the Nile, the Ganges and the Colorado. Those and other mountain-fed rivers irrigate crops, provide drinking …

… 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕 By Kezang Choden Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) and Ceffu have announced a strategic partnership aimed at moving Bhutan’s digital asset ambitions from policy planning to on-the-ground implementation, with Ceffu committing to establish local operations within GMC. Ceffu is an institutional-grade digital asset custody platform …

… 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒂𝒙𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑮𝑺𝑻, 𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 By Yeshi Dolma  The rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is increasingly drawing attention to the service sector, where many businesses are encountering sales taxation for the first time. While earlier debate concentrated on goods, policymakers now acknowledge that services, previously taxed …