Home builders are likely to have a hard time turning a profit as the interest payments on their debt mountains get bigger They are likely to be less aggressive bidding for land, and are coming under …
Crackdown On Pro-Pakistan Separatists Intensifies As ED Attaches Shabir Shah’s Property
The crackdown on pro-Pakistan separatists intensified on Thursday as the ED attached a Srinagar-based property of Shabir Shah under the provisions of PMLA.
1967 Mizoram became template for India’s counter-insurgency operations. None worked since then
In ‘In Hard Times’, Praveen Swami says that India’s policymakers have been too seduced by force and argues for a policing-led model to be used instead.
No longer a forbidden kingdom
Pristine nature has long been a key feature of the Kingdom of Bhutan since it began welcoming guests in 1974. The small mountainous nation, located in a biodiverse hotspot on the edge of the …
Here’s why Bhutan just gave itself a new ‘brand’
After more than two years behind closed doors, Bhutan has reopened its borders for tourists. To mark the occasion, the country unveiled a new national identity designed to inspire citizens and …
Bhutan is back (but can you actually afford it?)
When I petition him to discuss this more, we end up on a trek together. It turns out that’s how you can interview the prime minister of this Himalayan kingdom – with hiking boots on. He is …
Winter session to discuss Clean wage Bill
The NA also mentions that the government also submitted three money Bills – the clean wage (Pay Revision) Bill of Bhutan 2022, the property tax Bill of Bhutan 2022, and the tax Bill of Bhutan 2022.
Bhutan keen to use Indian rail for trade
The Bhutan government is keen to use two Indian railway stations in the Dooars region of Bengal that are nearest to it for movement of goods and passengers to the country and simultaneously Indian …
Bhutan can do it
We also know stories of veteran marathoners who visited Bhutan and were amazed by the highland youth who carried their luggage and kept up with them. The Snowman Race did not receive the media …
Podcast: How Bhutan’s tryst with democracy is faring
At a time of fraught democracy in South Asia, Editor of The Bhutanese Tenzing Lamsang takes stock of Bhutan’s unique experience of participatory democracy and elections since 2006, on this …