The stabbing of an ACC Director of Investigation and the assault on an ACC Commissioner in the Supreme Court in full view of the full bench of the Justices is a dark day for our democracy. It is not only a dark day for the incident that happened but what …

LONDON – With Elon Musk set to buy Twitter for $44 billion, commentators are scrambling to understand what the “free speech absolutism” espoused by the world’s richest person will mean for the platform. But the principle could also create headaches for Musk himself. With the European Union and the United Kingdom about …

When the social media first made its presence felt in Bhutan around a decade ago it was primarily seen as a force for good. The power of the press was now in the hands of every citizen, and what could possibly go wrong? However, around a decade later social media …

CHICAGO – For most of the past two years, China’s “zero-COVID” strategy was seen as a drastic but effective way to maintain impressively low infection rates. The Chinese government locked down millions of people at a time, ordering them to stay in their homes – or even in schools and …

Some mining companies had been eagerly awaiting the auction of the Chunaikhola Dolomite Mine and Khothakpa Gypsum Mine and there was much controversy over what would happen to these mines, with it also being a sub text in the Parliamentary discussions on the Mines and Minerals Bill 2020. However, the …

There are three important lessons to learn from two news stories this week. The first two lessons are from the case of DB Chhetri. This case has attracted much discussion on social media and people have jumped to their own conclusions. The social media has effectively become a court of …

There is no doubt that when it comes to counting friends in South Asia, India will count Bhutan as its closest friend and vice versa. One of the bedrocks of this relationship is a sense of mutual trust, and that leads to the two countries making special exceptions for each …

BUDAPEST/PHILADELPHIA – Hungary’s autocratic prime minister, Viktor Orbán, was expected to win re-election to a fourth consecutive four-year term this weekend, owing to a rigged electoral system and a largely state-controlled media that made it impossible for the united opposition to reach many voters. But the scale of Orbán’s victory …

The government has been under tremendous pressure to open relaxations, and so far it has been ahead of schedule doing away with more and more restrictions by the day. This is as cases start shooting up, testing is only for the symptomatic, red homes are lifted and the testing and …