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PM meets former Indian ambassadors |
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| Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y Thinley talks to former Indian
ambassadors to Bhutan at an informal gathering at the Bhutan embassy,
New Delhi |
8 February, 2010 - “If Bhutan is a subject
of some degree of admiration around the world it was attributable to
‘the special benefits’ that Bhutan enjoyed through its ‘special
relationship’ with India.”
Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley told former India’s ambassadors
to Bhutan at an informal gathering at the Bhutan embassy in New Delhi
yesterday. “Each of you has considerably contributed in making Bhutan
what it is today,” he told former ambassadors B S Das, I P Khosla, R
Hiremath, Salman Haidar, A N Ram, Nareshwar Dayal, Vinod C Khanna, and
Dalip Mehta.
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PM, NIIT Chairman discuss IT project |
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| NIIT chairman, Rajendra S. Pawar and Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y. Thinley |
8 February, 2010 - The chairman of Indian
ICT giant NIIT, Rajendra S. Pawar, and Prime Minister Lyonchhoen Jigmi
Y. Thinley met in New Delhi, India, to take the Nu 2.05 billion Total
Solutions forward.
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Indian rally teams take top 3 prizes |
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| Winners of the Bhutanese rally team |
3rd Indo-Bhutan friendship car rally 8 February, 2010 - The
lost time in navigating the traffic in Siliguri during the first leg
did not stop the professional rally team from Kolkota, Arindam Ghosh
and Somdeb Chanda in bagging the first prize of Rs 75,000 and a Bhutan
India Friendship Association (BIFA) trophy, during the third Indo
Bhutan friendship rally (IBFR), which ended on Saturday in Thimphu.
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Bhutan – The last bastion of the hornbill |
Researcher Rinchen Drakpa, a Thrumshingla park official, will be mapping the bird’s habitat
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| Safe in Bhutan The rufous-necked hornbil |
8 February, 2010 - Bhutan’s forests
provide a safe haven for the rufous-necked hornbill, a bird that is
classified vulnerable by the international union for conservation of
nature (IUCN) and Birdlife international, according to a Thrumshingla
national park official.
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Switch to local DTH service provider |
8 February, 2010 - Bhutanese, who have
already availed the direct to home (DTH) service from India, will have
to switch over or terminate their current subscriptions once a local
DTH television service provider is established, says Bhutan infocomm
and media authority (BICMA).
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| The ambulances were cleansed before distributing
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8 February, 2010 - Ten ambulances, each
costing Nu 3 million, were handed over to representatives of hospitals
and basic health units (BHUs) in the country on February 6 in
Phuentsholing.
The ambulances, aimed at efficient delivery of healthcare
services by saving lives of patients through improved and enhanced
ambulatory services, were handed over by the health minister, Lyonpo
Zangley Dukpa.
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Electrical engineering at Khuruthang VTI |
7 February, 2010 - Of the total 261
vocational skills the country requires for social and economic
development between 2008 and 2013, the need for electricians ranks
sixth in terms of urgency.
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“The gods have abandoned their abode” : PM |
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| From left: prime minister of Greece, George
Papandreou, Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y Thinley and the president of Kiribatic
Republic, Anote Tong |
Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 7 February, 2010 -
Bhutan is formulating policies for the construction industry to employ
green technology and practices, said Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y Thinley, while
speaking to world leaders and other members at the Delhi sustainable
development summit in India yesterday.
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Contractor’s bone of contention |
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Revision possible, says MoIC’s Lyonpo Yeshey Zimba, but industry lacks professionalism
Bhutan Schedule Of Rates7 February, 2010 -
Tender documents are to contractors what job applications might be to
young graduates in search of work. It is the first step towards
determining who is awarded the job.
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Post mortem blame apportioned |
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| Accident Scene Overloading and driving without license seem to be the main culprit |
Tsirangtoe Accident7 February, 2010 -
Tsirang residents say that the recentz Tsirangtoe accident, which killed
two men on the spot and injured five others, could have been prevented
if the road safety and transport authority (RSTA) and traffic police
had been vigil.
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