Gogoi’s appeal to shun violence  

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi made an appeal to the people of the State to unite against violence and terror. He was inaugurating the martyrs’ column built in memory of the 13 victims of the August 15, 2004 blast triggered by ULFA at Dhemaji College play ground. He lamented that the violence perpetrated by the militants had been impending development of the State. But this situation cannot be allowed to continue further. All sections of the people should come forward to build Assam as the most prosperous State of the country, he said. The Chief Minister distributed certificates of allotment of fisheries to each of the August 15, 2007 victims’ families at the function. Addressing the function,    Water resources Minister  Bharat Chandra Narah said that the State Government had decided to provide Government jobs to a member of each of the victims’ families.
 
Peace rally held  at Moreh

A peace rally was held in Manipur’s border town of Moreh to rebuild the age-old traditional brotherhood among all communities. The peace march was organised by the people of Moreh under the sponsorship of Additional Deputy Commissioner of Moreh town and passed through the important streets of the border town before it converged in front of Moreh police station for a public meeting. The public meeting later resolves and pledged to uphold peace and harmony among the people for all times to come. Besides, it also resolved not to allow any outside interference to disintegrate unity and peaceful co-existence.

Bhut jolokia world’s hottest     

They are as ‘tez’ as they come. The ‘bhut jolokia’ of Tezpur figure in the Time magazine’s latest issue as the world’s hottest chilli. The magazine’s cover story that takes a look at the culinary specialities and peculiarities around the world has zeroed in on the burnt orange pods, developed in a military laboratory in Tezpur, as packing the deadliest punch. The article ‘Global Warming’ notes that the ‘bhut jolokia’, also called the Naga chilli, carries the sort of heat that one normally would find only in the hottest chilli sauces made from pure pepper extract. Chilli heat is measured in Scoville Heat Units (SHUs), and while pure capsaicin, the main capsaicinoid in a chilli, measures 16 million SHUs, the ‘bhut jolokia’ measures just over one million SHUs. A bell pepper typically measures zero, while the spiciest Thai chillies come in at around one lakh SHUs and most people are reduced to tears by eating anything around two lakh. In September, 2000, the Defence Research Laboratory in Tezpur had announced that it had identified the hottest chilli in   the world.

LJP demands J&K-like status  for Manipur     

Arunachal Pradesh was the biggest beneficiary under the National Bamboo Mission during the last financial year and has received Rs 15.10 crore from the Centre for an action plan. Announcing this at the formal launch of the State bamboo mission here today, Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu said the Centre had approved the action plan for scientific cultivation of bamboo. He said the bamboo sector had shown phenomenal growth in China and other South East Asian countries and urged the State officials to draw lessons from these countries. Forest Minister Newalai Tingkhatra said over 1,500 uses of bamboo had been recorded and annual bamboo trade world over stood at 4.5 billion dollar

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