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WHO confirms Bhutan is first South-East Asian nation to achieve rabies-free milestone

The Himalayan country’s success has been credited to its decade-long One Health approach, which recognises that the health of humans, animals, and ecosystems are interlinked.

Singapore, Maldives among world’s loudest countries

Go2Africa’s Noise-Free Nations Index ranks destinations using population and tourist density, rural land, protected areas and traffic, with higher scores indicating quieter places.

Bhutan asked ‘did you find our toilets clean?’ It’s a question India won’t dare ask tourists

It’s time we stop flexing our tourism potential and start building a genuine tourism culture. One that goes beyond the platitudinous slogan of atithi devo bhava.

Bhutan’s population decline is an existential threat. Can GMC solve it?

Australia has become one of the top destinations for Bhutan’s educated youth. Among those moving to other countries, many are high-skilled, including civil servants.

A Bhutan bar mixes local stories and culture in its cocktails

The bar menu of Taj Paro is inspired by Himalayan botanicals, mountain herbs, and local ingredients, celebrating Bhutan’s natural abundance.

How the Indian subcontinent overlooked its terracotta history — the hidden clay traditions

Susan Bean delivered a lecture titled 'Hidden in Plain Sight: Clay Sculpture in South Asia’ at the India International Centre on 12 February in New Delhi.

Bhutanese temple in Varanasi, Rs 4,000-crore credit line, hydro project—Modi’s day 1 in Bhutan

Bhutan remains a cornerstone of India’s Neighbourhood First policy, and continues to be largest recipient of Indian foreign assistance, receiving ₹2,150 crore in 2025.

Modi to inaugurate Punatsangchhu II hydropower project during 4th visit to Bhutan since 2014

Punatsangchhu II hydropower project, a joint venture between India and Bhutan, was commissioned in August. It is aimed at increasing Bhutan’s power capacity by 40 percent.

Under China BRI shadow, India announces 2 Rly lines to Bhutan in push for regional connectivity

The two countries will lay 89 km of tracks, costing roughly Rs. 4,033 crores, connecting Banarhat in West Bengal with Samtse in Bhutan, and Kokrajhar in Assam with Gelephu in Bhutan.

‘BIMSTEC among least integrated trade regions’: Bhutan calls for early conclusion of FTA

Bhutan’s foreign minister highlighted the urgent need for an FTA at the 3rd BIMSTEC Dialogue in Bangkok, hours before Trump announced new US tariffs.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.