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Guinness Record on Highest Guitar Ensemble

By AG | Published: October 27, 2007

After setting Guinness Record on Highest Drum Ensemble during the Autumn Festival last year, MTDF (Meghalaya Tourism Development Forum) has put another feather in the cap by setting a new Guinness Record on Highest Guitar Ensemble during this Autumn Festival 2007-Rhythms of Meghalaya. The record earlier set by 1721 guitarists on June 3, 2007 at Read more …

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Arunachal Pradesh- An Independent Nation or Chinese Territory?

By AG | Published: October 27, 2007

Well, if you ‘fly to’ Arunachal Pradesh in Google Earth, you will find Arunachal Pradesh as an independent nation and if you zoom in on- as a part of Chinese Territory. This was what I found out in Google Earth today, when I decided to check out Arunchal Pradesh on Google Earth after reading this. Read more …

Posted in Arunachal Pradesh, Indo-China row over Arunachal Pradesh | 19 Comments

Arunachal Pradesh Small Hydro Power Policy-2007

By AG | Published: October 26, 2007

The State Government has promulgated a new hydro policy called Small Hydro Power Policy-2007, to develop around 2000 MW of hydro power from small hydro projects to be built by private developers under Build Own Operate and Transfer (BOOT) basis. Under this policy, hydro power projects of capacity ranging from 1kW to 25 MW would Read more …

Posted in Arunachal Pradesh, Hydro Projects | 3 Comments

Was the Bangkok trip a success story or a farce?

By AG | Published: October 23, 2007

Neglected, step-motherly attitude, lackadaisical attitude-these are the oft-repeated terms that we generally would be using against the Central Government for whatever state of development we are in. But, Hey! Wait. Isn’t it always easy to put the blame on others? Does the Central Government really at fault for overlooking the region? May be, but the Read more …

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