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Bhutan’s first satellite to orbit earth soon

Postat den 2018-06-09 av

By the end of summer, Bhutan will have its first satellite orbiting the earth. The miniature satellite is called Bhutan-1, and weighs less than two kilograms. Four Bhutanese studying space engineering at the Kyushu Institute of Technology (KyuTech) in Japan … Fortsätt läsa →

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Country’s first satellite builders attend the BHUTAN-1 workshop

Postat den 2018-06-09 av

  As Bhutan’s first satellite BHUTAN-1, a 10x10x10 CubeSat, is scheduled to be launched in June, the engineers building it shared their stories at the BHUTAN-1 workshop held at the College of Science and Technology (CST) yesterday. The four engineers … Fortsätt läsa →

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Bhutan improves in Corruption Perception Index

Postat den 2018-06-09 av

Bhutan climbed a spot up to the 26th position among 180 countries in the global Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2017 that Transparency International (TI) released on February 21. Bhutan had occupied the 27th spot consecutively in the previous two years. … Fortsätt läsa →

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Study finds 30% college students are addicted to internet

Postat den 2018-06-09 av

More than 30 percent of college students in Bhutan are addicted to Internet, according to the findings of a recent study on internet addiction among college students. The research paper highlights that internet addiction among adolescents and young adults may … Fortsätt läsa →

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Drukair to purchase one more airbus to boost its fleet

Postat den 2018-06-09 av

Come 2020 and Drukair- the national airline will have one more airbus added to its fleet, expanding its international route to Dubai and Japan. The new airbus, A3-20 is said to be bigger than the current aircraft A3-19 series and … Fortsätt läsa →

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Gross National Happiness Visit to Sweden

Postat den 2018-06-07 av

Center for Bhutan Studies and GNH (Gross National Happiness) President Dasho Karma Ura and three co-workers, Dr. Dorji Penjore, Sangay Chophel and Chhimi Dem visited Stockholm and Uppsala in January. The network GNH Sweden arranged the visit and hosted a … Fortsätt läsa →

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PhD in Organic Chemistry at Stockholm University

Postat den 2018-06-07 av

A number of Bhutanese students have completed master’s programs in Sweden, but doctoral degrees are rare. Are far as we know, there has been only one until now, but now there are at least two. Wangchuk Rabten has a masters … Fortsätt läsa →

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Swedish librarian in Bhutan

Postat den 2018-06-07 av

Not many Swedes live in Bhutan, but last year the number increased by 100% from one to two. Since August 2017 Kerstin Brütte is librarian at Royal Thimpu College in Ngabiphu in the mountains above Babesa in Thimphu. Kerstin has … Fortsätt läsa →

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Annual meeting 2018

Postat den 2018-06-07 av

The association’s annual meeting was held May 15, 2018. After the annual meeting, Axel Odelberg talked about his journey from west to east in Bhutan under the heading ”Biker in Bhutan – On motorcycle through Bhutan in the Spring of … Fortsätt läsa →

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