Modi visits Bhutan to open hydropower project


Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew to neighbouring Bhutan to open a giant hydropower project with the king of the Himalayan nation, where electricity is its key export.

Carbon-negative Bhutan has aggressively promoted hydropower projects, earning substantial revenue by exporting electricity to energy-hungry India, as well as utilising the cheap power for its own drive to mine cryptocurrency.

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