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Bhutan to give cash incentives to families for more babiesBhutan is facing a population decline and is introducing financial incentives for families. Starting June 4, 2026, parents will receive mon...
Quote of the Day by Adam Sandler: 'I definitely connected to the fact that life gets…'—Inspiring quotes by the famous American comedian and actorQuote of the Day: Adam Sandler's quote, "life gets out of control and you end up doing things and wishing you were doing other things inste...
Why Sharmaji’s son can’t be the benchmark for your happinessHappiness is often mistaken for success and material achievements, but it truly resides in small, everyday moments and simple joys. A balan...
A vacation to Bhutan taught Stanford University Professor the key to happinessA journey to Bhutan became the catalyst for a Stanford professor’s discovery of happiness and inner peace. In an interview with CNBC, Ron G...
Grossed out or not, but whose GDP is it anyway?During a speech by King's College London's Anand Menon on the likely decline in Britain's GDP against the backdrop of the Brexit referendum...
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...
How digital cash can lift gross national happinessBig gains are expected from the monetary authority making its IOUs available to the public directly, as electronic cash that can be spent o...
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...
Bhutan confirms first coronavirus caseThe isolated Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has reported its first case of the coronavirus after a US tourist tested positive.
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.
Which party will you vote for in Lok Sabha polls 2014? Choice not clear or comfortingA survey published this week says 70% of Indians are dissatisfied with the country’s direction, regardless of which party they will elect.
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...
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.
India never allows intolerance: PresidentMukherjee said the mutual co-existence and understanding is the country's strength and managing this diversity its greatest power.
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...
India to provide funds worth Rs 1.5 billion to BhutanBhutan's economic body Gross National Happiness Commission, yesterday signed 10 cheques amounting to Rs 1.5 billion with Indian government ...
Former PM Thinley out, India to continue 'special' relationship with BhutanVictory of PDP in what was only the second democratic elections in tiny, landlocked but strategically important Bhutan has raised hopes.
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.
- 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...
- 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...