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The Myth of Global Grain Shortages

NEW DELHI – In recent years, soaring food prices and the growing frequency and intensity of floods, droughts, and other extreme weather events have prompted warnings of a looming grain shortage, potentially spelling disaster for the world’s poorest and most vulnerable populations. Although climate change poses the greatest medium to …

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Civil Servants and Pay Hike

As the massive pay hike was rolled out last week there were many grateful people but there were also many who complained that others got more or they got less than expected. The private sector and others outside the charmed circle of these 30,000 civil servants watched on amazed as …

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Food Sovereignty Increases Food Security

ABIDJAN – If you are looking for an argument in West Africa, try asking which country serves the best jollof. While Senegalese can claim to have invented the popular rice-based dish, Nigerians, Ghanaians, and others across the region will fiercely defend their own recipes as the tastiest. But one thing is not …

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The Australia Reality

As per the latest data, 15,552 Bhutanese have got visas to Australia in a 12-month period from July 2022 to June end 2023. This is almost as much as Bhutanese moving out in the last seven financial years. It should be clear by now that we have a full scale …

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What the Climate Fight Is Really About

NEW YORK – Climate change is no longer a future problem. It is here, and the effects are all around. Worse, today’s extreme weather events are just a preview of the pain that awaits humanity in the coming decades, almost regardless of how fast we manage to decarbonize the economy …

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Natural Disasters

For a long time, the world talked about climate change as something that would be in the future decades down the line once certain temperatures are crossed or carbon in the atmosphere reaches a certain limit. However, the reality is that climate change is already happening and its impacts are …

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Canadian universities and colleges to visit Bhutan

A press release said that representatives from twenty-two prominent Canadian universities and colleges will be showcasing education opportunities in Canada during the second EduCanada delegation to Thimphu, Bhutan on July 26-27, 2023. The participating universities and colleges will highlight the courses they offer, scholarships, information on student experience, accessibility, affordability …

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