Tata Power, DGPC partner to set up 600 MW hydro project in BhutanTata Power and Bhutan-based Druk Green Power Corporation Ltd have partnered to develop a 600 MW hydropower project in Bhutan, costing aroun...
07 Aug, 2024, 04.00 PM IST
Happy and high, Bhutan's Indian tourist paradoxBhutan, famously known for its Gross National Happiness index, aims to prioritize happiness over GDP as a development indicator. However, d...
02 Sep, 2023, 11.00 PM IST
Walkers & Co.Tour collaborates with John Legend & Raja Kumari01 Mar, 2023, 06.45 PM IST
Bhutan is on a path of transformation: Prime Minister Dr. Lotay TsheringDr. Tshering discusses with ET’s Vinod Mahanta, the Covid-19 impact on the Bhutanese economy, the Gross National Happiness (GNH) versus GDP...
24 Nov, 2022, 03.53 PM IST
Having strong values is central to succeeding in business — sustainability requires empathy: Arthur C. BrooksArthur C. Brooks teaches management practice and leadership at Harvard Business School. Speaking to Srijana Mitra Das, he discusses why eth...
11 Aug, 2022, 10.15 PM IST
Like it or not, to be rich is to be gloriously happy'Emotional well-being also rises with log income, but there is no further progress beyond an annual income of $75,000,' they assessed. That...
06 Feb, 2022, 09.32 PM IST
IIM Shillong to collaborate with Centre for Bhutan Studies & Gross National Happiness Research for SUSCON ConferenceThe IIM is organising is the eighth edition of its International Conference on Sustainability, SUSCON. Thematically, SUSCON is focussing on...
25 Jul, 2021, 09.58 PM IST
View: India’s police force, for all its blights and corruption, is overstretched and needs helpThe UN estimates that countries need 222 police per lakh population. India’s sanctioned police strength is 181 per lakh. But massive vacanc...
15 Dec, 2020, 11.03 PM IST
View: A policy shift away from GDP generation, and towards improving development indicators, is long overdueFor India, there are three key steps we may explore. First, to measure the destruction of natural and social capital.
10 Dec, 2019, 06.17 AM IST
Border standoff: Chinese state media takes aim at Bhutan, says they are not a happy lot"Bhutan is no Shangri-La," says an article in the hardline Global Times, written by a senior editor with People's Daily, the Chinese Commun...
12 Jul, 2018, 10.44 AM IST
India should aspire to become global power of happiness: President Pranab MukherjeeAlong with GDP, GNH is considered as one of the important factors of development, said Pranab Mukherjee.
14 Apr, 2017, 04.21 PM IST
Shivraj Singh Chouhan to expand Cabinet, set up 'Happiness Ministry'The Cabinet expansion has been on cards in the state for long and there is a buzz in the political circles that it would be done this month...
17 Jun, 2016, 09.47 PM IST
Take your chance to drive from India to another country!For travel within Bhutan, a local tour agent can be helpful as they know of many details that an Indian driver may not fully know. The Bhut...
30 Apr, 2015, 09.10 AM IST
Bhutan has learnt from failures of its neighbours: BookIt describes how the small Himalayan kingdom has learnt from its neighbours that unhappiness of local people can result in deeper troubles.
12 Jul, 2013, 02.16 PM IST
- Bhutan: A country which measures success by happiness quotient
In Bhutan, the nation that calibrates success in Gross National Happiness (GNH). I was not even imploring the Buddha for a handful of happi...
13 Oct, 2011, 08.55 AM IST
- Top World Bank official asks countries to emulate Bhutan
Bhutan's guiding development philosophy -- gross national happiness (GNH) -- has come in for praise from a top WB official who said other c...
11 Nov, 2007, 10.30 AM IST
- Haven of tranquility
There are several valleys in Bhutan that live in a time warp even today, ready for when they will be called upon to act as the vaults for t...
08 Nov, 2007, 06.15 AM IST