By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI – US President Donald Trump’s doubling of tariffs on a wide range of Indian goods, from a steep 25% to a catastrophic 50%, is reshaping India’s export economy. Half of what India sells to the United States – its largest trading partner – is now …

During the FY 2024-2025, the ACC received a total of 364 corruption reports, averaging 30.3 per month, which is an increase from the previous year’s monthly average of 26.8. Out of 364 corruption reports recorded, 204 (56%) were from known sources and 160 (44%) were anonymous.In terms of the mode …

The death of 33-year-old Biren Kumar Kafley in police custody is one of those cases that tests public trust in law enforcement, institutional transparency, and the rule of law itself. The Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) and its Narcotics Division have given their version of events that Biren attempted to escape, …

By Federico Fubini MILAN – The most shocking feature of US President Donald Trump’s 28-point peace plan for Ukraine is not its explicit and extreme bias toward Russia, exemplified by the recognition of Russian sovereignty over occupied (and even unoccupied) Ukrainian territory and the diktat to downsize Ukraine’s military radically. …

The Global Peace Prayer Festival has drawn to a close and it can be said that it was a grand success. Bhutan has always called itself the last Vajrayana Buddhist country and rightly so, but there was always a sense of insecurity about the term, almost like a last man …

By Carl Benedikt Frey OXFORD – When OpenAI recently committed $1.4 trillion to securing future computing capacity, it was merely the latest indication of irrational exuberance in 2025. By some estimates, US GDP growth in the first half of this year came almost entirely from data centers, prompting a flood …

A study published in Jama Oncology said that of 29,105 females (below 50 years) who underwent lower endoscopy in a long-term study, those with the highest consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPF) intake had a statistically significant 45% higher odds of early-onset colorectal conventional adenomas compared with the lowest quintile. The …

Milan Thomas (@drukonomist) Drukair Flight 541 from Singapore touched down in Paro to triumphant cheers, nearly a full day after its scheduled arrival. For my wife and me, it was our first time arriving in Bhutan as tourists after living in Thimphu for nearly two years. The landing in Paro …

By Khenrab Nima In the theater of global affairs, peace is often a celebrated arrival, a hard-won reprieve that follows the devastation of conflict. The world commemorates treaties signed in the aftermath of war, not the quiet wisdom that prevented war from ever breaking out. Bhutan, under the visionary leadership …

By Tashi Dema As Nishimizu wrote, “Fortunate are the people who beheld such a leader. Precious is the leader who receives such a tribute.” At the tender age of sixteen, amid mourning for the late king, his father, and trepidations of the future unseen, the young prince anchored to peace, …