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A hailstorm on Tuesday has damaged more than 22 acres of maize, potato and buckwheat field in Shermuhoong Gewog of Monggar. The gewog officials visited the affected areas to assess the extent of damage yesterday.

The high-end neuronavigation system at the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) in Thimphu has enabled the country's lone neurosurgeon in providing neurosurgical care to a good number of patients in the country. He said the system has significantly contributed in carrying out safe brain surgeries.

Amidst a relatively small industrial base, there has been some form of innovation and inventions happening in the country. An analysis of the trend of inventions filed during the last six years shows that Bhutanese invented more in the field of mechanical and electrical.

A Bhutanese truck driver suffered injuries after a mob of Indians attacked him. The incident happened on Monday at Deosuri, an Indian town in Assam about 20 kilometres away from Gelegphu.

Former cabinet ministers, National Assembly Speaker, National Council Chairperson, Opposition Leader and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court spent Nu 55.01 M on hospitality and entertainment in a year. The expenditure exceeded by Nu 15.01 M from the approved hospitality and entertainment budget of Nu 40 M.

Government offices, institutions and schools across the country can now have access to high-quality international published online journals, e-books and research publications for free. This will be possible through a platform called Digital Access to Research.

In a rare case, a live leech was found inside the throat of a man from Tsirang. The leech has been living inside the throat for over two months and was removed at the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) on March 30.

People of Dhur_Lusibee chiwog in Bumthang are not happy with the Natural Resource Development Corporation’s (NRDCL) logging activities along their farm road. They are blaming the company’s timber carrying trucks for the majority of the damages caused to the road. 

Hostel congestion is one of the many challenges the students of the College of Language and Culture Studies (CLCS) in Trongsa are faced with. However, this issue is expected to be solved once the new hostels, which are under construction, are completed.

People of Gelegphu Gewog in Sarpang were promised continuous drinking water supply with the start of Balukhola mega drinking water project in 2016. The work completed in May last year but local residents are still waiting for drinking water from the new project.