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It’s time to rethink and reset post-COVID: Bhutan Foreign Minister

Bhutan-China talks won’t focus on Doklam tri-junction, says Tandi Dorji

The Hindu

Bhutan-China ties won’t harm India’s interests: Bhutan Foreign Minister

After over two years of COVID-19-induced lockdown, Bhutan will open its doors for tourists on September 23 with a new expensive policy for international tourists and Indians as well. Bhutan Foreign Minister Tandi Dorji says the lessons of COVID-19 include better ties with neighbours, including China.

The Hindu

Happy Guru Purnima 2022: Images, Quotes, Wishes, Messages, Cards, Greetings, Pictures and GIFs

A festival celebrated by Hindus, Jains and Buddhists all over India, Nepal and Bhutan, Guru Purnima is the celebration of all the teachers in your life. Maybe this teacher is your school English teacher, or the spiritual one you met in an ashram, a math tuition teacher, or even a…

The Times of India

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Bhutan to lift mandatory five-day quarantine for incoming travellers

PMO announces that mandatory five-day quarantine will be lifted and replaced with a 24-hour quarantine for incoming travellers

The Independent UK

Bhutan to lift mandatory five-day quarantine on Monday

Officials in Thimphu acknowledged that the strict measures caused inconvenience to travellers but were necessary to "protect" the country and communities from COVID-19.

The Hindu

Bhutan to welcome tourists 'who can spend' for first time since COVID

Bhutan will reopen for international tourists from September for the first time since the pandemic began more than two years ago, officials said on Thursday, as the tiny Himalayan kingdom looks to revive its economy.

Reuters

Deadly flood reminds of need for cooperation

It is gratifying to note that Bangladesh and India resolved to work more closely for further collaboration in the areas of common rivers and water resources management during the seventh session of the Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) meeting held in Delhi on June 14.

Bangkok Post

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Ruchira Kamboj to be India's Permanent Representative to U.N.

Ruchira Kamboj, who is currently serving as India's envoy to Bhutan, will succeed T.S. Tirumurti as the Indian ambassador to the U.N.

The Hindu

Proud lesbian, Miss Bhutan 2022 will represent country at Miss Universe 2022

Modern women have taken over the task of breaking stereotypes and proudly setting up goals for the posterity. After Indian beauty queens made it to the centre stage by bagging most of the top spots at the international beauty pageants, a model from our neighboring country wishes to make her…

The Times of India

Ludhiana: Police arrest Bhutanese national with Ganja in Khanna

LUDHIANA: The police in arrested a Bhutanese National after they recovered Ganja from him. The accused was identified as Amosh Sanwar of Village Lachu Tara, District Samste in Bhutan, now resident of Village Mehru in district Kapurthala.

The Times of India

Bhutan banned smoking and it didn’t go so well

The world watched as Bhutan enforced a blanket ban on tobacco: could the solution be as effective as it was simple?

360info

Bhutan faces grain shortages, spike in prices - minister

(Refiles to remove extraneous word in headline)

Reuters

Birdwatchers from India, Nepal and Bhutan to count birds in the Himalayas

First edition of the Himalayan Bird Count (HBC) to be held on May 14

The Hindu

Jaishankar calls on Bhutan PM, exchanges views on current global and regional developments

Earlier, External Affairs Minister Jaishankar met his Bhutanese counterpart Lyonpo Tandi Dorji

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Thailand, Bhutan to raise bilateral trade to $120m

Thailand and Bhutan have agreed to raise bilateral trade to US$120 million in 2025, with Thailand specifically calling for the support of Thai herbal and traditional medicines.

The Hindu

Book slams Sashastra Seema Bal for sloth on Bhutan border during peak of militancy in northeast

Personnel of the Central Armed Police Force were totally indifferent to sounds of sporadic gunfire on border, former Bengal DGP Dilip Mitra writes

The Hindu

The goal of an energy-secure South Asia

While universal coverage can catalyse the region’s economic growth, energy trade must be linked to peace building

The Hindu

Explained | What is the BIMSTEC grouping and how is it significant?

How does the regional organisation work? What has it done over the years and how does it figure in the current geopolitical calculus?

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IIT Madras launches Master’s course for international students

Focus is on enrolling candidates from Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal

The Independent UK

Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom – how a low-budget Bhutanese drama made Oscar history

Pawo Choyning Dorji, the director of Bhutan’s first Oscar-nominated film, talks to Maanya Sachdeva about putting the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Lunana on the awards radar, the ‘surreal’ feeling of being in competition with Paolo Sorrentino, and sharing his landmark movie with his community

The Independent UK

Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom – how a low-budget Bhutanese drama made Oscar history

The Independent UK

Oscars diary: A yak in the classroom, a family in Hollywood

The unlikely Oscar contender “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom” recently became the first film from the small Asian nation of Bhutan to be nominated for best international film

The Hindu

Bangladesh, India, Nepal move ahead on motor vehicle agreement project

Bhutanese parliament has decided not to endorse the plan over sustainability and environmental concerns

Al Jazeera

Lunana: Bhutan’s first Oscar nominee explores ‘happiness index’

The tiny Himalayan nation’s Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom is competing for the Best International Feature Film award.

The Guardian - UK

From icy mountains to subtropical lowlands: Bhutan’s varied climate

Buddhist kingdom has three distinct zones as altitude rises from south to north

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