One in three Bhutanese overweight, finds study
The increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on health facilities demands greater multi-sectoral actions for the implementation of NCD prevention activities. NCDs are a major public
Kuensel (Bhutan)
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Endorses some Thimphu declaration initiatives
Environment Ministers’ Meeting 30 September, 2011 - One of the outcomes of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation environment ministers’ meeting, which ended yesterday, was the endorsement
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990 structures damaged in Chukha
The September 18 tremors damaged 990 structures throughout Chukha dzongkhag, the final damage assessment report the dzongkhag compiled showed. Darla and Doonga were the worst hit of the 11 gewogs.
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Short-listed Bhutan falls short
Future Policy Award 27 September, 2011 - Bhutan’s forest policy, which was short-listed with five other countries from a total of 20, for the Future Policy Award, did not win. This UN-backed award celebrates
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The first Bhutanese village to feel the shock
Changju, Bara 26 September, 2011 - With most of their houses damaged, about 24 families of Changju, the first Bhutanese settlement to be hit by the September 18 earthquake, are living in temporary huts.
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Powerful tremor rock western Bhutan
A wave of panic gripped people across the country when tremors from an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale hit Bhutan last evening around 6.40pm. They lasted for less than a minute and was
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Bhutan should mainstream climate change
Bhutan’s environmental policies, which are admired world over, are at risk of reversal from the threats of climate change. This is a challenge to which the Bhutanese must rise to, although it’s not
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An ecological disaster in the making
The proposal to construct the 67-km Shingkhar-Gorgan secondary national highway that runs through a core tiger habitat has brought together environmentalists in Bhutan lobbying for reconsideration on the
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Illegal business unfazed by busts
Despite a bust almost every time a patrol is carried out, the illegal timber business in Paro is not only still prevalent but growing, says the dzongkhag’s department of forests division. “Every patrol
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Health ministers agree to intensify routine immunisation
High level ministerial meeting 4 August, 2011 - The year 2012 was declared as the year of intensification for routine immunisation in the South East Asia region by the world health organisation, following
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First smart grid electricity at Rukubji
Homes in Rukubji, Wangduephodrang have been installed with the smart grid, which will empower them to stabilise their own electricity grids and curb damaging voltage drop situation known as brownouts.