Many states in India have entered either full or partial lockdowns as the cases and deaths rise. There is also the possibility of a national lockdown in India on the horizon if the numbers there keep getting worse. For Bhutan, West Bengal and Assam which just came out of their …

After much delay, the World Health Organization (WHO) has finally recognized the aerosol or airborne transmission of COVID-19 and it has updated this in its latest brief on 30th April 2021. Aerosol is small but airborne matter produced by sneezing, coughing or even talking people which can remain suspended in …

Six customs officers and three referral patients had tested positive in Kolkata according to the Consul General Thinley Wangchuk. The CG said that the customs officers had tested positive around two weeks ago. He said one of them was more serious and required hospitalization but he has now stabilized and …

The government aims to revise rural and urban land taxes rates along with building tax rates through a Property Tax Bill drafted by the Ministry of Finance (MoF). This will replace the 1992 property taxation policy under which people currently pay very nominal land and property tax rates. Finance Minister …

The national capital was in high panic on 20th April as three staff, two females and one male, at a quarantine hotel in Lanjophakha tested positive but this was not the bad news as it was found that the male cook had violated the quarantine and containment protocol to slip …

But the high risk area protocol and JDWNRH testing protocol saved the day On Friday evening 16th April a 10-year-old student and his 29-year old mother tested positive for COVID-19 as the first two cases in Phuentsholing. However, in a strange coincidence the first contacts of the the 29-year-old mother …

A combination of over confidence with the first dose of the vaccine and general COVID-19 fatigue is leading to an increasing number of people flouting COVID-19 safety protocols from not wearing facemasks to taking part in gatherings. This is as seven community cases came up in Phuentsholing, including two young …

The Health Minister Dasho Dechen Wangmo said that the ministry has asked the Dzongkhags to compile the details and identity of the people who are eligible and have not taken the vaccines. She said this data is difficult for the MoH to collect by itself and so this is why …

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) is looking into the Multi Level Car Parks (MLCPs) which is Bhutan’s first Public Private Partnership (PPP) project between Thimphu Thromde and KCR Pvt Ltd after the cost of the project ballooned from an estimated Nu 480 mn in 2014 to Nu 850 mn in …

Decision taken by former Thromde Tshogde headed by Thrompon On 30th March 2021 the Thimphu Thromde announced a dramatic hike in parking fees within Thimphu Thromde areas saying it got approval from the Finance Ministry. The rate for on street parking was raised from Nu 15 per 30 minutes to …