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Bhutan for boosting ties with Assam
Bhutan Consul General in Kolkata, Dasho Tsering Wangda has met Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi at the latter's official residence and discussed issues of mutual interests.
The top Bhutanese official revealed that Bhutan would start flight operations with Assam on the Guwahati-Bhutan-Bangkok route subsequently to Patna.
- Date:
- 10/03/2010
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- Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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World leaders support Pachauri
Leaders from Bhutan, Norway and Finland, among other countries, today supported Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chairman R K Pachauri on the glacier melting issue and said the recent attacks on the IPCC and climate change by no means damaged the credibility of the institution or the science.
- Date:
- 06/02/2010
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- Business Standard (New Delhi)
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Bhutan to export oranges to Bangladesh
Bhutan will export oranges to Bangladesh through Dawki land customs station in Meghalaya, official sources said.
Following a nod from New Delhi, a delegation from Bhutan comprising members from Bhutan Chamber of Commerce, Bhutan Import and Export Association, Bhutan-Indo Friendship Association and other officials arrived at Dawki recently to complete the formalities.
- Date:
- 30/01/2010
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- Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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Good news on hydel: NTPC Goes To Bhutan (editorial)
THERE’S welcome action on the power front. NTPC, our main thermal generator, has inked a pact with Bhutan to construct a 600 mw reservoir-based hydel project on the Amo Chhu river, for cross-border sale of power. The move promises to shore up hydro-electric potential in this decade, and so arrest the falling hydel-thermal ratio that has been dropping for years.
- Date:
- 02/01/2010
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- Economic Times (New Delhi)
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NTPC inks deal with Bhutan...
New Delhi: State-run generation utility NTPC, which has coal-and-gas-fired plants, has entered into a preliminary agreement with Bhutan government to construct a 600 mw reservoir-based hydel project on the Amo Chhu river in the neighbouring country as part of its plans to expand into hydel sector.
- Date:
- 29/12/2009
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- Times Of India (New Delhi)
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3rd-party players in Bhutan’s hydel policy worries India
New Delhi: Bhutan king Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck’s visit to India has further strengthened bilateral ties, as evident in the 12 MoUs signed between the two countries, but there is growing concern about changes in the Himalayan kingdom’s hydel power policy.
- Date:
- 24/12/2009
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- Times Of India (New Delhi)
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India, Bhutan sign hydel pacts
India and Bhutan on Tuesday inked 12 pacts in the fields of hydro-power, health, IT and civil aviation. Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, who is here on his maiden foreign visit since his coronation in November last year, held both one-on-one and delegation-level talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- Date:
- 23/12/2009
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- Indian Express (New Delhi)
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India, Bhutan ink pacts, MoUs
Nearly half-a-dozen agreements and as many MoUs in fields ranging from hydro power to health to IT to civil aviation were signed between India and Bhutan today in the presence of visiting Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh.
- Date:
- 23/12/2009
- Source:
- Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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India, Bhutan to sign four MoUs for hydel power projects
Sandeep Dikshit
NEW DELHI: Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck arrived here on his first state visit to a country after his formal coronation as the fifth King of Bhutan last year.
India and Bhutan intend cementing their ties further by signing a dozen pacts including four memoranda of understanding for hydel projects.
- Date:
- 22/12/2009
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- Hindu (New Delhi)
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WWF moots action to protect Eastern Himalayas
At a time when the impact of global warming and human activities have been recognised as threats to Northeast India, a report by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has emphasised the need for concerted action to protect the Eastern Himalayan region.
- Date:
- 21/12/2009
- Source:
- Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
