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…𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒔, 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒄𝒌 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕, 𝒉𝒚𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑵𝒖. 4,000 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒆, 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒂𝒏 𝒏𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒓 By Tashi Tshewang & Yeshi DolmaIndia’s latest commitments to its Himalayan neighbour, announced during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit, mark a transformational moment in cross-border connectivity, energy cooperation, and economic integration. Central …

…𝑹𝑻𝑪 𝑾𝑭𝑪 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒆 3-0 𝒘𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏’𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚 By Tashi Tshewang Royal Thimphu College (RTC) Women’s Football Club (WFC) clinched the Bank of Bhutan (BoB) Bhutan Women’s National League 2025 title with a commanding 3-0 victory over Transport United Ladies, concluding months of spirited competition in a …

…𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒆𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒏’𝒔 𝒛𝒆𝒓𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 2030 By Leki Chungdon The Social and Cultural Affairs Committee (SCAC) of the National Council conducted consultation meetings and field visits to Gasa, Punakha, and Wangdue Phodrang Dzongkhags as part of its oversight functions and in preparation for an upcoming public hearing. The consultations, held under the theme …

…𝑩𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒌𝒉𝒂 𝒗𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆-𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒖𝒑𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒚𝒅𝒓𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕 By Tashi Tshewang Bunakha Village, located in Chapcha Gewog of Chhukha Dzongkhag, is steadily transforming its agricultural landscape through its first commercial greenhouse initiative, which began in September this year. The project, designed to boost local food production and support the upcoming 180 MW Bunakha Hydro Project, …

…𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒍 𝒇𝒖𝒆𝒍 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒙 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒖𝒆, 𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚’𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒐𝒏-𝒏𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒔. By Kinzang Lhamo Bhutan’s reputation as a carbon-negative nation is facing renewed pressure as carbon emissions rose to 3.97 million metric tons in 2024, while revenue from green taxes fell to Nu 814 million from Nu …