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Bhutan adopts India's BHIM-UPI payment system
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Bhutan on Tuesday became the first country to adopt India's Unified Payment Interface (UPI) standards for its quick response (QR) code.
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US' gift of 500,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses reach Bhutan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): As many as 5,00,000 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine gifted from the United States arrived at Paro International Airport in Bhutan on Monday.
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Several countries laud CoWIN platform, India's support during COVID-19 pan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Several representatives from countries including Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, and Guyana participated in CoWIN Global Conclave on Monday and lauded India's role in providing COVID-19 vaccines globally. They also showed an inclination towards adopting the
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Amit Shah urges IPS officers to stay away from publicity
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that officials of All India Services, especially IPS officers, should stay away from publicity as it hinders work.
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India commits Rs 4500 crore for development projects in Bhutan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): India has committed assistance of Rs 4500 crore for the implementation of development projects and Rs 400 crore for the transitional trade support facility during Bhutan's 12th Five Year Plan, the Ministry of External Affairs Ministry said on Monday.
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7th International Yoga Day celebrated with 'great enthusiasm' across world
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): From Bhutan to Uzbekistan, and from the UAE to Guatemala, the Seventh International Day of Yoga was celebrated with great enthusiasm across the world on Monday, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi.
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World is realising benefits and uniting potential of Yoga, says PM Modi
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): The world is realising the benefits and the uniting potential of Yoga, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the seventh International Yoga Day on Monday.
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We'll be wiped out if we can't control COVID now: Bhutan PM
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Thimphu [Bhutan], May 24 (ANI): Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering has expressed concern over the prevailing threat of COVID-19 in the country and said: "We will be wiped out if we can't control the virus now."
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China slowly invading Himalayan neighbour Bhutan, says new study
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 23 (ANI): China has been gradually and stealthily invading its tiny neighbour Bhutan for years now, reveals new research findings.
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India in greater need for COVID-19 vaccines to save lives, will not exert
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): In view of the deadly second wave and surge of COVID-19 cases in India, neighouring Bhutan has said it is not going to pressurise New Delhi for supply of vaccines as it is in greater need.
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Fitch projects quick rebound for Bhutan's economy
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Singapore, May 13 (ANI): Fitch Solutions has revised its real GDP growth forecasts for Bhutan to minus 2.4 per cent in the calendar year 2020 and 2.9 per cent in 2021 from minus 3.5 per cent and 4.7 per cent previously.
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COVID-19: Bhutanese PM expresses solidarity with India in phone call with
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): In a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bhutan PM Lotay Tshering expressed his solidarity with the people of India amid its efforts against the recent wave of COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said on Tuesday.
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