Ferring Donates US$3 Million to the Royal Textile Academy of Bhutan

SAINT PREX, Switzerland, July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Frederik Paulsen, Chairman of Ferring Pharmaceuticals, a pharmaceutical company with presence in all major European markets and in the US, announced a US$3 million donation to the Royal Textile Academy of Bhutan. This money will be used to fund ...

Beef, Pork Ban Hit Bhutan Restaurateurs

Restaurants and the flourishing livestock trade in Bhutan have been hit hard with the government banning the sale of beef and pork following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the kingdom.// A Bhutan government spokesperson said cases of the contagious viral disease that affects all specie...

HIV/AIDS Epidemic Scare In Bhutan

The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is racing against time to prevent HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, from assuming epidemic proportions with the nation witnessing a rise in// the number of prostitutes and lack of safe sex practices. Bhutan's Public Health Division has launched a three-year prog...

India to Revive Exporting of Processed Chicken to Bhutan

Nearly seven months after banning the import of poultry products following an outbreak of bird flu in India, Bhutanese officials are making// arrangements to allow "restricted" processed chicken from the country. A processing unit in India's West Bengal state has been identified from where th...

Indian Luxury Hotel Boss Calls for Major City Clean-up

... "India has a tremendous future if we get our act together," he added. The Oberoi Group also operates or owns hotels in Egypt, Australia, bhutan and Cambodia among other countries. ...

Routine Hib Vaccination Could Save Innumerable Asian Children

...hildren in Asian countries are presently not benefiting from this easy, life-saving vaccine. However, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and bhutan have reviewed existing evidence and made the decision to bring in Hib vaccine and applied for support from the GAVI Alliance. "We are delight...

Hib Vaccination can Prevent Pneumonia

...e-saving vaccine. However, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and bhutan have reviewed available evidence and made the decision to introduce Hib vac...iance and the countries of Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and bhutan for moving quickly to reduce needless Hib related child deaths. ...

Bio-Rad Gets Life Science Industry Awards – 200

... offices at Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore and Hyderabad. The company’s operations in the neighbouring countries of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, bhutan and Maldives are also coordinated from the Bio-Rad India. For any queries please contact Marketing Manager Bio-Rad Laboratories To learn ...

Bhutan Leads the World in Preserving the Environment

...Tuesday to mark the 20th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol on Ozone, the bhutan government will clearly create a landmark in the international drive to protect the environment. The government of bhutan has made environmental protection a centerpiece in its development agenda. ...

Indian Doctors Headed to Lahore to Take Part in Gynecology Conference

...sons of the conference and both are very happy that over 600 delegates will visit Lahore from Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives, bhutan and Myanmar," Malhotra said. The Indian delegation is carrying desi sweets like laddoos, Agra ka petha, mementoes and gifts for their counterpar...

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Bhutan in Biological News

'Genetic corridors' are next step to saving tigers

...FEBRUARY 13, 2008) The Wildlife Conservation Society and the Panthera Foundation announced plans to establish a 5,000 mile-long genetic corridor from bhutan to Burma that would allow tiger populations to roam freely across landscapes. The corridor, first announced at the United Nations on January 30th, wou...

New study warns limited carbon market puts 20 percent of tropical forest at risk

...Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. The HFLD countries are Panama, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Peru, Belize, Gabon, Guyana, Suriname, bhutan and Zambia, along with French Guiana, which is a French territory. Three of them Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana comprise much of the Guayana Shi...

Team of international scientists departs today to discover the unknown in China's Himalayan region

...otr Naskrecki, Ph.D., director of the Invertebrate Diversity Initiative at CI and specialist in orthoptera (insects); Rebecca Pradham, a botanist from bhutan with extensive knowledge about the plants of the Himalayas; and U.S. scientist Jim Sanderson, Ph.D., a specialist known for his work in studying small...

Bhutan in Biological Definition

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