{"id":130320,"date":"2023-02-25T12:15:27","date_gmt":"2023-02-25T06:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=130320"},"modified":"2023-02-25T12:15:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T06:45:29","slug":"7-year-old-prince-from-bhutan-becomes-first-digital-citizen-of-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/7-year-old-prince-from-bhutan-becomes-first-digital-citizen-of-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"7-year-old Prince from Bhutan becomes first digital citizen of the country"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

7-year-old Prince from Bhutan becomes first digital citizen of the country: <\/strong>Bhutan has begun to modernise its digital infrastructure. The Himalayan kingdom recently welcomed its first digital citizen. The Bhutan National Digital Identity (NDI) mobile wallet, Royal Highness The Gyalsey (Prince) Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck has become the first digital citizen of Bhutan. The system under consideration employs cutting-edge technology to provide citizens with safe and verifiable credentials that can be used to prove their identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 2023 Current Affairs Quiz<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to media report, India has been consistently supporting Bhutan\u2019s efforts to establish a digital infrastructure. The two nations are collaborating on various technology initiatives. This includes the construction of Bhutan\u2019s third international internet gateway, with the Indian government facilitating a concessional rate to reduce the cost of its operation. Under Bhutan\u2019s flagship programme \u2018Digital Drukul,\u2019 an optical fibre backbone has been provided at the village level across all 20 districts of the country. This latest development marks a significant milestone in Bhutan’s journey towards a digital future, as the country continues to expand its digital capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the Bhutan NDI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bhutan NDI is based on the \u201cself-sovereign identity\u201d model, which in turn relies on the framework provided by the Decentralised Identity (DID) technology. It has been designed to accord people greater control over their personal information, allowing them to limit who can access it. ensuring their privacy and protection. The development of Bhutan NDI was made possible through a partnership between GovTech Bhutan and Bhutan-based DHI InnoTech. The company\u2019s director, Ujjwal Dahal described the project as \u201cimportant\u201d and \u201cpioneering.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Bhutan  Capital: Thimphu;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Bhutan  King: Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Bhutan  Currencies: Bhutanese Ngultrum, Indian Rupee;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Bhutan  Official language: Dzongkha.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

7-year-old Prince from Bhutan becomes first digital citizen of the country: Bhutan has begun to modernise its digital infrastructure. The Himalayan kingdom recently welcomed its first digital citizen. The Bhutan National Digital Identity (NDI) mobile wallet, Royal Highness The Gyalsey (Prince) Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck has become the first digital citizen of Bhutan. The system under […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":894,"featured_media":130321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4999],"tags":[4916],"class_list":["post-130320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-february-2023","tag-national-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130320"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130322,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130320\/revisions\/130322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}