NEW DELHI – Since reducing inequality became an official goal of the international community, income disparities have widened. This trend, typically blamed on trade liberalization and technological advances that have weakened the bargaining power of labor vis-à-vis capital, has generated a political backlash in many countries, with voters blaming their economic plight on “others” rather …

The case of Sonam Tamang, a Learn and Earn Program (LEP) student who fell into coma with massive brain damage after getting TB and Meningitis in Japan, has elicited much sympathy. It is perhaps time to ask why Sonam is in the state she is in today and who failed …

GENEVA – From infrastructure damage caused by extreme weather events to drought-induced food insecurity, there are many climate risks for which the world should urgently be preparing. But one of the areas where climate change poses arguably the most significant risk is barely being discussed: human health. When natural disasters …

Generally speaking, the DNT government has been given credit for being smart in the way it approached a host of issues -including the recent the pay hike. However, trust a smart person or in this case -the government to make some basic but fundamental errors. The government may not have …

There are two private clinics in Thimphu, Padkar and Menjong diagnostic centre. The two clinics have been receiving quite a good number of patients every year. Menjong clinic was established in 2012 while Padkar was established in July 2015. In 2018, Padkar Diagnostic received 4,267 patients and Menjong Diagnostic centre …

A major consequence of austerity measures by successive governments is a continuing decimation of the private media as advertisement budgets get cut, and so the crisis is a creation of the government, unintended as it may be. This decimation flies in the face of the responsibility of any government to …

PARIS – The political parties that once dominated Western democracies have been shaken to the core. Many have suffered electoral debacles, not least in France, Italy, Greece, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere. Others have changed so radically that only their name remains the same. The Republican Party of US President …

From the campaign pledges and its recent pay hike, the government has made it clear that its main focus is in the social sectors of education and health. Both, in fact, are correlated -as the first important step to good education is a healthy child with a healthy brain. With …

The Thorthormi glacial lake in northern Bhutan is considered the country’s likeliest climate-induced disaster. The lake, perched at a height of more than 4,400 metres, is swelling because of melting ice, and is in danger of bursting its wall. Efforts by the Bhutanese government to lower the lake’s water level …

Located in the northeast part of the country, surrounded by rugged terrains, narrow roads and sensitive topography, Lhuentse Dzongkhag is considered one of the most isolated districts in the country. The Dzongkhag has eight Gewogs— Gangzur, Jaray, Khoma, Kurtoe, Menbi, Metsho, Minjay and Tshenkhar. However, the natives believe that they …