TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire -02/14/12)- The first ever snow leopard prey survey in Bhutan’s newest national park revealed astonishing footage of snow leopards scent-marking, a sub-adult snow leopard, Tibetan wolf, threatened Himalayan serow, musk deer and a healthy population of blue sheep, the main food source for snow leopards. This is the first pictorial evidence that snow [...]
Snow Leopards Thriving In Bhutan National Park
[ Watch the Video ] A new joint survey by the Government of Bhutan and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) found that snow leopards are thriving in Bhutan’s newest national park. The scientists have footage of snow leopards scent-marking and running around in a corridor between Jigme Dorji National Park in the West and Bumdeling [...]
Elusive snow leopards seen thriving in Bhutan park
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The elusive, endangered snow leopard is apparently thriving in a park in Bhutan, as seen in camera trap images released on Tuesday by the government of Bhutan and World Wildlife Fund. Over 10,000 pictures of the snow leopards were captured last October and November by four cameras placed in Wangchuck Centennial Park [...]
Bhutan to barter with West Bengal
Bhutan and the neighbouring Indian state of West Bengal are working out an arrangement where power will be bartered during the winter and summer seasons starting in the winter of 2012 until 2016. The energy department had initially requested its Indian counterpart to look at the possibility where Bhutan could import power in winter from [...]
The money cost of alcohol abuse in Bhutan
Thimphu (Kuensel/ANN) – About Nu 30 M(US$607,165) went into treating alcohol related diseases in 2010 a study by Bhutan’s National Statistical Bureau’s socio-economic research and analysis division (SERAD) estimates. The amount includes Nu 25.7M spent to treat the patients in the country, about Nu 2.4M spent on patients referred to India, whose serious condition were [...]
A spiritual journey in Bhutan
I am sitting cross-legged on a mat, facing a middle-aged Buddhist monk with a sturdy build, a square jaw and kind eyes in the small Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.He’s presented me with a choice. It’s one that, even in my wildest dreams, I’ve never considered. Would I like to come back as a woman or [...]
Catherine Cussaguet: Bhutan: Evolution of the "Happy" Country
The drums are rumbling and the dancers swirling around the courtyard of the monastery. Watching them are hundreds of Bhutanese who have come from town and nearby villages to attend their annual local festival, dressed in their best outfit. I, too am attending the Jakar Festival in Bhumtang, Bhutan. My return to the small Himalayan [...]
Research and Markets: 3Q11 Bhutan Mobile Operator Forecast, 2011
DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/f2dc1c/3q11_bhutan_mobile) has announced the addition of IE Market Research Corp.’s new report “3Q11 Bhutan Mobile Operator Forecast, 2011 – 2015: Bhutan to have 0.45 million mobile subscriber connections in 2015 with Tashi Infocomm taking 30% market share” to their offering. Mobile Operator Forecast on Bhutan provides key operational and financial [...]
‘I keep my two worlds apart’
Pavan K. Varma at the Calcutta Literary Meet. Picture by Anindya Shankar Ray Translator and ambassador to Bhutan, Pavan K. Varma speaks to Metro about wearing two hats. What was your experience at the Calcutta Lit Meet? I think it’s a very good beginning. It has a potential, which needs to be developed. I have [...]
Essential commodities to Bhutan exempt from export ban
India has exempted essential commodities to Bhutan from export ban, according to a Commerce and Industry Ministry statement on Friday. The Minister of Commerce, Industry and Textiles, Mr Anand Sharma, during his meeting with Mr. Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk, the Minister for Economic Affairs of Bhutan, here on Friday, informed that the Director General of Foreign [...]