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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Emission control
The Council of Ministers has approved a joint proposal by the Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA) and the National Environment Commission (NEC) on vehicle emission testing and emission
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Vehicle emission test from April
Bhutanese drivers will not have to go to India for vehicle emission tests from April with the service being provided by the Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA) in Thimphy, Phuentsholing,
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Bhutanese vehicles fail emission test
While vehicular emission standards for Bhutan have yet to be set, about 90 percent of some 250 vehicles tested for carbon monoixide (CO) emission in Thimphy over the past two weeks have failed to
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NHDR lauds Bhutan's progress
Life expectancy in Bhutan has gone up to 66 years, literacy rate is 54 precent and the per capita income US $ 594 (1997), according to Bhutan's first National Human Development Report (NHDR) released
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Thristy planet predicted
Over three billion people could face chronic or severe water shortage by the year 2025, reveals a new report. This is a four-fold increase over the 505 million people affected today says the US
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Scientist says Asia threatens ozone layer
The failure of China and India to phase out dangerous chemicals threatens the progress made in healing the earth's protective ozone layer, the man who discovered the ozone hole over antarctica said
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Tala and Kurichhu are on track
The project authorities of the Tala Hydroelectric Project, the Kurichhu Power Project and the Dungsam Cement Project met in Thimphu, Bhutan and took several decisions to ensure progress on the three
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Cloning
perfect-match tissue for transplant? : Australian scientists have claimed a world first by demonstrating in a mouse all the major technical steps of so-called therapeutic cloning. This technology,
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Crater Lake was formed 7,700 years ago
New detailed images of the bottom of Crater Lake in Oregon, US, are giving scientists a new look ag a previously hidden place. Crater Lake, with a depth of 608 metres, is the deepest in the US and
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Pesticides act
The Pesticides Act of Bhutan, endorsed by the National Assembly this year lays down a comprehensive set of specifications on the manufacture,import,sale,licensing, use,monitoring and seizure of