BHUTAN TODAY The New Perspective

A WFP study reveals 11.4 percent of Bhutanese obese and 33.5 percent overweight By Tandin Wangchuk Over the years, the health and nutritional status of children in the country has improved with wasting and underweight prevalence reduced to 4 and 9 percent respectively. However, a study conducted by WFP Bhutan reveals that stunting is persistent at 21 percent while overweight/obesity …

Multidimensional Vulnerability Index for Bhutan reveals senior citizens (above 60) and children (below 10) are the most vulnerable to covid-19 Chimi Wangmo It is clear that the nature of the pandemic has had a differentiated effect in different population groups, and it is also evident now that the potential adverse effects of the pandemic are unevenly distributed across the country …

The defendant seeks to fight the accuser one-on-one in the court of law By Tashi Namgyal In his latest rebuttal, the defendant in the “OAG’s AG Vs Penjore” case, Penjore seeks to openly challenge the Attorney General (AG) Lungten Dubjur in the court of law, but through a “fair ground”. Notwithstanding the nature of the case, Penjore claims that since …

Staff Reporter The SAARC Development Fund (SDF) today handed over the USD 1 million (Nu 73.31 million) to the Ministry of Health as COVID-19 emergency grant. Officer-in-Charge of SDF, Mr. Anuj Goel, presented a cheque of USD 0.5 million (Nu 36.66 million), the first tranche/50 percent of the grant amount, to Health Secretary Dr. Pandup Tshering. The remaining amount would …

By Sonam Choki In a recent change of stance against the much-debated uses of the weed, Foreign Affairs minister Dr Tandi Dorji said the government is exploring ways to legalise marijuana for medicinal use in the country. The Foreign Affairs Minister said this when the Member of Parliament (MP) from Dramedtse-Ngatshang constituency quizzed him as to when the Narcotic Drugs, …