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Bullying

When it comes to education in Bhutan the discussion these days centers around teacher shortage, Dzongkha, board results, STEM subjects, Humanities, exams etc. In all of the above, important matters like student welfare, mental health, a safe school space and well-being of students is ignored or not given priority. While …

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Vehicle breakdowns

Ever since the issue of large numbers of Euro 6 diesel vehicles breaking down have come to the fore, the reaction of the responsible officials has been a mix of defensiveness and denial. The common refrain has been that no written official complaint has been filed on the vehicles or …

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Monopolies Are to Blame for Generative AI’s Hallucinations

BRUSSELS – In May, Google rolled out a long-expected update that incorporated generative artificial intelligence into its dominant search engine. Users searching for information in the United States are now sometimes shown an AI-generated overview that summarizes the results, followed by the usual list of websites ranked by relevance. Within days, people …

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Why Harris Can Beat Trump

WASHINGTON, DC – Kamala Harris can win the US presidency. Yes, Donald Trump is a formidable candidate, whose campaign was bolstered by his defiant reaction to the July 13 attempt on his life. But Harris has emerged as the presumptive Democratic nominee with stunning speed following President Joe Biden’s withdrawal; …

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Meetings

Whenever a service provider or official is not in office, the most probable reason will be a meeting. If a study is done on the use of time by public officials, the major chunk of time will be consumed by meetings. Meetings, when really required, are important to get more …

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Media Red Tape

Bureaucracy is the practice of taking a bunch of well-meaning people and tying them up in so much red tape, rules and process that they are unable to function, and at the end even the simplest tasks takes enormous process, time and effort. Bureaucracy and the accompanying red tape does …

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