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Hundreds of artists, scientists and visitors from three wildly different cultures _ Texas, NASA and the isolated Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan _ converged Wednesday at the opening of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall.
The tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan has formally adopted a new constitution that transforms it from an absolute to a constitutional monarchy, a move initiated by its royal family.
In a March 24 story about Bhutan holding its first democratic elections, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the Himalayan country’s new prime minister. His name is Jigmi Y. Thinley, not Jigmi Kinley.
A political party seen as the more royalist of two groups seeking power swept the first parliamentary elections ever held in this secluded Himalayan kingdom, Bhutan’s election commissioner said Monday.
Election officials say a royalist party has swept the first parliamentary elections in the secluded Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.
The secluded Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, a land that’s made promoting happiness its paramount goal, became the world newest democracy Monday when it held its first parliamentary elections.
The command came from the king, as commands normally do in a nation where royalty has ruled for a century. But when the Precious Ruler of the Dragon People spoke that day, he stunned this deeply isolated corner of the Himalayas: The age of monarchs is ending, he said, and power should be yours.
A separatist group in India’s remote northeast has been forcibly recruiting people and taking them to camps in neighboring Myanmar for military training, Indian police said Thursday.
Thousands of Bhutanese went to the polls Monday to elect a National Council, the final stage before democratic elections that will end nearly 100 years of absolute monarchy in the secluded Himalayan country.
Saving the world’s remaining tigers will require as much as $500 million a year, but average annual international funding only comes to $5 million, a conservation group said Monday. Most of this was given to non-governmental organizations, while governments of 12 countries with tiger populations were expected to come up with funding themselves, S. C. Dey, secretary-general of Global Tiger Forum, told reporters.
When scientists keep warning us every now and then about the hazardous consequences of global warming, many of us dismiss it off as something that will take years to turn into reality. But the threat of floods, change in monsoons and rain patterns...
The country is moving to modernization but at a slow pace. Bhutan is looking towards more advancement, but with that it does not want to loose its originality. There are few examples which indicate that now people are becoming aware and are looking...
Until the 1960s, Bhutan, a tiny Himalayan hamlet, was a happy kingdom with its monarchy rule dating back a thousand years; it’s mainly Buddhist population living in apparent peace and content in their bucolic lifestyle. However, things changed when...
Even after all its sincere efforts to protect one of the world’s top 10 biodiversity hotspots, Bhutan may have to pay a high price for the sins of others! If you are one of those contributing towards global warming-triggering activities in their own...
In a supreme act of benevolence, the king of Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuk, announced to abdicate his powers in favor of the democratic rule in the country.
Mock exercise of casting votes:
The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan created history for...
Millions of women throughout the world live in conditions of abject deprivation and attacks against, their fundamental human rights for no other reason than that they are women.
In South Asian countries, the culture of patriarchy is deeply...
Not many travelers have actually heard of Bhutan- the Land of the Thunder Dragon, as it hardly traces on map. But despite its anonymity to the people, Bhutan boasts of several magnificence landscapes, monasteries and moreover, enriched with all features...
Now, Bhutan is going to launch a three-year campaign to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS in her territory. This three-year campaign aims at spreading out information about HIV/AIDS and promoting safer sex and using condom during sex. In addition, this...
Dr. Ross McDonald of the University of Auckland Business School has recently suggested that Bhutan should ban all advertisements. In his argument he hold since Bhutan is primarily a non-industrialized society therefore the fear of job loss do not apply...
A lake bursts its way through the Ghat (bank), destroying it. I know, it’s nothing unusual a story about the river and bank interactions. But, it did hit the headlines and the environmentalists’ concerns. It all happened high in the Himalayas. Such a...
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Indian Tourism and Culture Minister Ambika Soni, left, smiles at a meeting with Bhutan’s Prime Minister Jigmi Y. Thinley, right, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, July 15, 2008. Thinley began his maiden visit to India on Monday, his first trip abroad as...
