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The ministers

One of the first tasks for the newly elected PDP government elect will be for the Prime Minister elect to select his ministers. There has been much speculation, suggestion and hopes, but the PM elect has let it be known that the selection will be driven on merit and the …

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The AI Octopus

CHICAGO – With long-gestating antitrust cases against Google, Apple, and Amazon coming to fruition, many observers think that 2024 could be a turning point for Big Tech. Yet even as authorities press ahead with this litigation, they risk being blindsided by the rise of artificial intelligence, which is likely to …

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Talk it out

The General Election results are a matter of concern given the regional divide. It is symptomatic of deeper issues that needs to be explored and addressed. However, there already is a move towards not talking about it and pretending that nothing happened. The regional divide was already there since the …

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What the new Govt faces

After 9th January Bhutan will get its fourth elected government and the tasks before it will be enormous. The first task will be to go through the draft 13th plan and give it a final shape by approving or disapproving what is there and inserting their own programs and pledges. …

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Poverty an issue in Bardo Trong

In the run-up to the Poll Day, candidates from the Bhutan Tendrel Party (BTP) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the Bardo Trong Constituency have been vocal about the pressing issues facing their communities and how to address them, if elected. Lekey Dorji, the PDP candidate, talked about the …

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Getting over Mediocrity and Pettiness

The Gelephu Mindfulness City project is not only an economic and infrastructure project, but it is a challenge to us to get over our comfort zone of mediocrity and the mindset of pettiness when someone challenges that mediocrity. While the media likes to cite others as examples it is probably …

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Gelephu questions

After the announcement of the Gelephu Mindfulness City there has been a rash of questions demanding immediate answers over land acquisition, investors, infrastructure details and more. There is either extreme optimism on one side or fearful predictions on the other side. It is natural that a project of such magnitude …

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Mindfulness City

When talk about the Gelephu City first emerged many months ago, many imagined it would be full of skyscrapers and resemble any other city in the world. However, the final vision of the Mindfulness City revealed before us has many things going for it. Given our location, resources and stage …

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