India’s PSU hydropower companies are setting up projects entailing combined investments of R20,000-25,000 crore in Bhutan, report Noor Mohammad & Huma Siddiqui in New Delhi.

The Himalayan kingdom has allocated four projects to NHPC, SJVN and THDC for implementation in joint ventures with Bhutan’s state-owned companies. Indian banks and financial institutions are expected to finance these projects.

The country’s target to harness 10,000 MW of hydropower by 2020 got a huge boost with the government of India giving the green signal for the construction of four hydropower projects.

Health: Although the increase in multi drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) cases could partly be due to good diagnostic services, public health officials find the surge from two cases in January t

Per capita vegetable production in Asia and the Pacific has increased some 25 percent over the last decade.

Terming Bangladesh the closest and time-tested friendly neighbour, Indian prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Tuesday assured his Bangladesh counterpart of providing additional 100MW electricity to

Year ender (Wildlife) The year of the snake came to the rescue of its kin, the reptilian tokay gecko.

A Mahindra e2o is charged at the Singye agencies’ charging station in Thimphu

Samdrupjongkhar drangpon Ugyen Jamtsho and CFO Ugyen Namgyal sensitise villagers on the importance of the cameras
First national survey of the big cat is to be carried out shortly

The cause of the blaze and the extent of damage are yet to be ascertained