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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Climate change
dangerous signals : Climate change, global warming's untamed offspring, has been increasingly noticeable in Bhutan, according to NEC (National Environment Commission). A NEC project on greenhouse gas
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A loophole in car ban rule
With more than 100 second hand cars bought by Thimphu residents in the past year alone, the merits of banning the import of reconditioned and second hand cars from third countries appears to be
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Rains will not delay power projects
The recent spate of rains has severely hampered work at the Tata Hydroelectric Project but will not affect its 2004 completion deadline, according to Project Director (technical), Mr.D.P. Goyal. Tala
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Bhutan at the four-nation biodiversity conference
Bhutan was elected as the speaker of the four countries - Bhutan, Benin, Costa Rica and the Netherlands - that signed the sustainable development agreement in 1994 during the Fourth Conference of
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Smokeless stove project
funding problems : Financial assistance is what the National Stove Project needs desperately to survive. Inspite of its being a potential project, in terms of health, environment and economy - the
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Mass illiteracy in South Asia
A U.N. funded think tank said that Pakistan, with 50 million illiterate adults, should amend its constitution to make primary education compulsory and give schooling the first claim on budgetary
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Mass illiteracy in South Asia
A U.N. funded think tank said that Pakistan, with 50 million illiterate adults, should amend its constitution to make primary education compulsory and give schooling the first claim on budgetary
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- Danish contribution of Nu 1.2 million for pesticide disposal
A Nu 1.2 million agreement for support to the Interim Storage of Pesticide Resides Project was signed between the Resident Co-ordinator of the Liaison Office of Denmark and the Deputy Finance
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- Decline in state powers leads to NGO growth
Cities in developing countries are influenced more and more by multinational corporations and international financial institutions because economic globalization has weakened national governments.
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Environmentalists to save lake
Bhutanese environmentalists have stepped in to save a drying lake in Wangduephodrang and assuage the fear of local people who believe it might spell misfortune for their