Gelephu Mindfulness City, a high-tech, culturally anchored urban experiment. (Artist’s impression) Bhutan has long been the soft, poetic rebuke to a world defined by GDP figures and glitzy ‘smart’ development models.For decades it has marketed itself — and, more importantly, governed itself — around Gross National Happiness (GNH), a state philosophy that values well‑being, cultural…

General Fabien Mandon, Chief of the Defence Staff of the French Armed Forces, receives Guard of Honour. (Image credit: HQ IDS) France’s chief of defence staff (CDS) General Fabien Mandon is in India to further strengthen the already strong strategic relationship between the two countries. During his visit to New Delhi, the French CDS met…

Render of the GCAP in flight. (Image credit: GCAP consortium) Canada, has announced that it is entering the sixth-generation Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) initiated by UK‑Japan‑Italy, as an observer. This even as the Royal Canadian Air Force has ordered 88 F-35As from the United States, in a bid to replace each and every older…