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IALC 2025 Reveals Steady Growth Amid Structural Shifts in Farming and Livestock
Bhutan Times
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KINZANG DORJI TSHERING Thimphu The agriculture and livestock sectors have registered modest yet significant growth in the past year, according to findings from the Integrated Agriculture and Livestock Census of Bhutan 2025 (IALC 2025), released by...
CARLEP’s Support to Poultry Farmers Boosts School Nutrition Initiative
Business Bhutan
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July 8, 2025
As Bhutan rolls out the “One-Child, One-Egg” initiative to combat nutritional deficiencies among school children, local poultry farmers in the eastern dzongkhags are stepping up to meet the demand, thanks to the strategic support of the Commercial...
SSC CGL 2025 Registration Ends Tomorrow at ssc.gov.in: Apply for 14582 Vacancies, Check Eligibility and Steps to Apply here
Krishi Jagran
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July 3, 2025
The registration process for SSC CGL 2025 began in June 2025 and will end on July 4, 2025. (Image Source: Canva) SSC CGL 2025 Registration: The registration process for SSC CGL 2025 began in June 2025 and will end on July 4, 2025. Eligible...
New shrub with record-breaking ovule count found in Arunachal
East Mojo
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July 11, 2025
Guwahati: A team of botanists has described a striking new species of shrub from the high-altitude slopes of Arunachal Pradesh that sets a global record for ovule count in its genus. Named Berberis myriovula, the plant was found at altitudes...
International Awards Conferred to Narendra Modi: A testament to expanding global influence of India
Organiser Weekly
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Since assuming office as the 14th Prime Minister of India in 2014, Narendra Modi has emerged as one of the most globally decorated Indian leaders. As of July 2025, he has received 25 prestigious international awards—an unprecedented tally that...
Kaladan Corridor to Open Trade Route Linking NE India to Southeast Asia
Ukhrul Times
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July 8, 2025
Union Minister for Ports, Shipping & Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, announced a major ₹5,000-crore investment to accelerate the development of waterways infrastructure in Northeast India. At the centre of this initiative is the Kaladan Multi-Modal...
ARDC Wengkhar successfully develops heat- and drought-tolerant hybrid maize
Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS)
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July 8, 2025
After over five years of research, the Agriculture Research and Development Centre in Wengkhar has successfully produced Wengkhar Hybrid Maize-1 seeds with farmers in Udzorong, Trashigang. This is Bhutan’s first climate-resilient hybrid maize. It...
BIMSTEC chief calls for regional cooperation to combat plastic pollution
Bangladesh Sangsbad Sangstha
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BIMSTEC chief calls for regional cooperation to combat plastic pollution Department of Environment (DoE) of Bangladesh, in collaboration with the UNOPS and BIMSTEC organized a seminar titled “Accelerating Solutions for Plastic Pollution in...
Jadingkha farmers choose organic despite setbacks
Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS)
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July 7, 2025
As Bhutan strengthens its commitment to organic farming, some farmers are already embracing sustainable practices despite challenges in market access and public awareness. One such example is the Jadingkha Organic Farmers’ Group in Thimphu’s...
Voice of a Nation, Voice of the World: PM Modi’s Historic Addresses to Foreign Parliaments
Goa Chronicle
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July 11, 2025
An Unprecedented Journey of Words and Will In the grand halls of parliaments across continents, where voices echo the aspirations of nations, one leader has risen to stand not merely as a head of state, but as a storyteller of a civilisation....
The digital strip search: How America’s visa edicts redraw colonial borders in cyberspace
Daily Star
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July 10, 2025
First, they demand our gold, then our spices, now our selfies. But the ledger always settles. Act I: The notification The alerts hit Kathmandu and Dhaka within 24 hours of each other—twin seismic pulses in the geopolitical nervous system. First,...
Himachal floods: How can Himalayan region safeguard its people, heritage, ecosystems from climate change?
The Indian Express
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July 10, 2025
The floods wreaking havoc in Himachal Pradesh exemplify the destructive power of climate change-driven weather patterns. Early in the monsoon, heavy rainfall — measured at over 71 mm in a few hours — triggered a series of cloudbursts in Mandi,...
The Bangladesh delta is under a dangerous level of strain, analysis reveals
The Conversation
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July 10, 2025
Bangladesh is known as the land of rivers and flooding, despite almost all of its water originating outside the territory. The fact that 80% of rivers that flow through Bangladesh have their sources in a neighbouring country, can make access to...
Climate change makes South Asia's monsoon more prone to floods and landslides
Naharnet
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Each year from June to September, a series of heavy rains known as monsoons sweep through the Indian subcontinent, providing relief from heat, irrigating the country's farms and replenishing its rivers. However, as global heat increases, the rain...
Kaladan Project and Sittwe Port to Transform Tripura’s Trade Connectivity: Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal
Northeast Today
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July 8, 2025
Agartala, July 08, 2025: Union Minister for Ports, Shipping & Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, on Sunday highlighted the strategic importance of the Sittwe Port in Myanmar and the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project (KMTTP), stating that...
Davos of the East
Bangkok Post
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July 6, 2025
It's been several weeks now since I returned from Bhutan and Gelephu Mindfulness City, and I can't stop thinking about what I saw there. You know how Davos brings together all those world leaders every year? Well, imagine something similar, but...
Nu 2.38B in Irregularities Triggers Call for Legal Action in Parliament
Bhutan Times
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TIL BDR GHALLEY Thimphu The Joint sitting of the Parliament has called for legal proceedings in unresolved public fund irregularities amounting to Nu 2.38 billion. The House endorsed a recommendation from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to...
Kaladan project to be operational by 2027: India
Daily Star
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July 7, 2025
The Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport Project, a joint initiative between India and Myanmar, which will be fully operational by 2027, may open up new trade opportunities for neighbouring countries, said India's Minister of Ports, Shipping and...
TAFE, AGCO settle legal dispute over Massey Ferguson brand in India
The Economic Times
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July 1, 2025
Mumbai: Chennai-based Tractors and Farm Equipment Ltd (TAFE) and US agricultural machinery manufacturer AGCO Corporation, which were locked in a legal dispute over the use of the latter's tractor brand Massey Ferguson in India, have reached a...
A moment of reckoning, a future in the making
Kuensel
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As bulldozers break the quiet earth of Gelephu, this daring nation crosses the threshold into a future shaped not by hesitation, but by bold conviction. As bulldozers break the quiet earth of Gelephu, this daring nation crosses the threshold into...