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B.Grimm enters historic hydro power venture with Bhutan
Bangkok Post
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June 23, 2025
PUBLISHED : 23 Jun 2025 at 08:19 B.Grimm Power Plc has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Druk Green Power Corporation Limited (DGPC), marking a significant step in developing a hydropower project in Bhutan. The agreement positions...
Venture Capital and Private Equity For Bhutan’s Digital Economy
Business Bhutan
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June 23, 2025
According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report 2025, “Venture capital and private equity funds are emerging as key players in the digital economy.” This trend is reshaping how digital...
Climate-resilient seedlings to help revive Bhutan’s declining orange production
Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS)
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June 22, 2025
Can climate-resilient seedlings help combat citrus greening and revive Bhutan’s declining orange production? The agriculture and livestock minister said that it is one of the solutions introduced to address the issue. This was highlighted during...
Their Majesties grace GCIT Tech Innovation Showcase
The Bhutanese
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June 21, 2025
His Majesty The King, Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen, and Their Royal Highnesses Gyalsey Jigme Namgyel and Gyalsey Ugyen Wangchuck graced Gyalpozhing College of Information Technology (GCIT)’s 2025 Capstone Tech Innovation Showcase 18 June 2025. At the...
Bhutan-UK team tracks glacial flood risk in Lunana
Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS)
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June 12, 2025
Druk Holding and Investments is partnering with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom to study the growing threat of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods. Today, the focus is on Thorthormi Lake in Lunana. They are using state-of-the-art technology to...
BYD launches SHARK 6 pickup model in Bhutan
Gasgoo
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June 20, 2025
Shanghai (Gasgoo)- On June 11 local time, BYD officially launched its plug-in hybrid pickup truck—the BYD SHARK 6—in Thimphu, the capital of Bhutan, according to a press release from BYD. Photo credit: BYD As the first vehicle of its kind in the...
Prince William and Cate Blanchett Visit Science Lab for Sustainable Fashion
Us Weekly
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June 19, 2025
Prince William and Cate Blanchett took a break from their day jobs to visit a science lab focused on sustainable fashion in Norwich, England. The pair teamed up on Thursday, June 19, to check in on 2023 Earthshot Prize finalist Colorifix, which is...
International GNH conference explores pathways to operationalise GNH in Bhutan and beyond
Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS)
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June 19, 2025
The two-day conference titled “Operationalising Gross National Happiness in Bhutan and Beyond” began today at Dungkar Dzong in Paro. The event explores how Bhutan’s GNH vision can be put into action, starting in villages and growing into a global...
IALC 2025 Reveals Steady Growth Amid Structural Shifts in Farming and Livestock
Bhutan Times
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KINZANG DORJI TSHERING Thimphu The agriculture and livestock sectors have registered modest yet significant growth in the past year, according to findings from the Integrated Agriculture and Livestock Census of Bhutan 2025 (IALC 2025), released by...
Bhutan Launches National Cryptocurrency Payment System for Tourists
Rus Tourism News
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June 9, 2025
Bhutan cryptocurrency payment system is now changing the way travelers experience the country. This peaceful Himalayan kingdom has become the first nation in the world to launch a national-level digital currency payment system for tourism. In a...
Bhutan Sets Sights on the Future with Groundbreaking 10X Economic Vision 2050”
Business Bhutan
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June 9, 2025
The Royal Government of Bhutan has unveiled its comprehensive 10X National Economic Vision 2050, a transformative strategic roadmap aimed at increasing the country’s GDP tenfold from Nu 185 billion in 2023 to Nu 1,850 billion by 2050. Central to...
Davos of the East
Bangkok Post
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July 6, 2025
It's been several weeks now since I returned from Bhutan and Gelephu Mindfulness City, and I can't stop thinking about what I saw there. You know how Davos brings together all those world leaders every year? Well, imagine something similar, but...
The sacred and the soiled
Kuensel
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Two spiritual events. Two vastly different outcomes. What separates the squalor left behind at the recent oral transmission from the orderly conclusion of the menlam chenmo gathering is not money, not manpower, but planning. oral Monk we sacred...
Sanitation Gaps addressed in New BTO Reports
Bhutan Times
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NGAWANG JAMPHEL Thimphu On June 30, the Bhutan Toilet Organization (BTO), in collaboration with Thimphu Thromde, successfully hosted a High-Level Advocacy Event on Urban Sanitation Facilities and Services. The event, held at Terma Linca Resort in...
Net zero needs green corridors, local tech, and R&D push, says top govt and industry leaders
ETEnergyworld.com
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June 18, 2025
New Delhi: India must scale up its nuclear energy capacity to 100 GW by 2047 to stay on track with its net zero targets, former power secretary Alok Kumar said at the ET India Net Zero Forum 2025. He flagged a mismatch between solar power...
A drug-free Bhutan
Bhutan Times
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National Council members submit proposal to counter the rising scourge of drugs DAWA ZANGMO Thimphu In a move to confront Bhutan’s deepening crisis of substance abuse among its youth, the National Council’s Social and Cultural Affairs Committee...
Business News | SGS Proudly Marks 75 Years Of Operations In India
Latestly
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July 8, 2025
PNN New Delhi [India], July 8: SGS proudly marked 75 years of successful operations in India with a grand commemorative event, Vishwasotsav, held in New Delhi. Also Read | Harmanpreet Kaur-Led Side Receives Warm Welcome From Consul General of...
History Today: How Bhutan became the first country to go tobacco-free
Firstpost
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June 16, 2025
Bhutan, the world’s happiest nation, was also the first one to impose a complete ban on tobacco and its products on June 16, 2010. On this day in 1963, the Soviet Union’s Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to go to space read more Tobacco...
Not Their Disability, But Their Potential
Bhutan Times
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NGAWANG JAMPHEL Thimphu Agriculture, the backbone of the country’s economy, is not an impossible path for people with disabilities—it is an opportunity by choice. At the forefront of this movement is 28-year-old Nauraj Rai, a person with blindness...
SGS Proudly Marks 75 Years Of Operations In India
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 8, 2025
PNN New Delhi [India], July 8: SGS proudly marked 75 years of successful operations in India with a grand commemorative event, Vishwasotsav, held in New Delhi. The event was graced by several eminent dignitaries and leaders from the Government of...