AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoDigital Payments Expansion: India’s UPI has gone live in Greece via a Eurobank–NPCI International Payments Limited partnership, enabling instant, secure, low-cost cross-border transfers for eligible users—another step in UPI’s rollout across countries including Bhutan. Climate & Research: Bhutan’s College of Natural Resources in Lobesa has graduated the first batch of PhD scholars in Climate Studies, with theses focused on climate impacts on food systems and climate-resilient farming in Western-Central Bhutan. Disaster Resilience: A Thimphu earthquake simulation after-action review flagged gaps in emergency coordination, communications, medical readiness, traffic management, and logistics—urging stronger preparedness before the next major quake. Urban Safety Planning: In Phuentsholing, a UNDP-supported geotechnical study is guiding safer, climate-resilient development by identifying where it’s safer to build amid landslides and flash-flood risks. Education Tech & Reform: Bhutan is moving ahead with a Cambridge-aligned secondary curriculum rollout by 2027, while students increasingly use AI for faster explanations and study support. Energy Infrastructure: DGPC, BPC and South Korea’s Hyosung signed a tripartite MoU to strengthen maintenance and technical capacity for GIS systems in Bhutan’s power grid.
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