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A mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) visited Bamako from September 5 to 16, 2011 to conduct discussions on the seventh review of the arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF), which will expire at end-2011, and on the preparation of a new three-year program eligible for IMF support.

New York: The President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, told Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today that he intends to submit an application this Friday for Palestine to become a United Nations Member State.

New York: The United Nations heard calls today for an all-out attack on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer and diabetes with a summit meeting devoted to curbing the factors, like tobacco and alcohol use, behind the often preventable scourge that causes 63 per cent of all deaths.

New York: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today kicked off a counter-terrorism forum with a call for strengthening the collective resolve to defeat a menace that affects all nations and to build a safer world for all.

New York: The United Nations and its partners are asking donors to fund a $357 million plan to help the Pakistani Government provide vital assistance to more than five million people affected by massive flooding in the country’s south.

New York: A new United Nations report calls on countries in Asia and the Pacific to embark on a ‘green’ industrial revolution that takes advantage of improvements in resource efficiency so that they can prosper in the 21st century.

New Delhi: India is slated to have the honour of chairing the G-24 after a gap of about three decades, when after the conclusion of the 86th meeting of the G-24 Finance Ministers in Washington in September 22, this year the presidency of this body will be formally handed over to the Indian Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee by the outgoing chair and the South African Finance Minister, Pravin J Gordhan.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending an $80 million loan to Nepal for water distribution improvements which will benefit more than 2.72 million people in the densely populated Kathmandu Valley.

Outcome of one Lok Sabha seat’s by-election seldom affects the fate of the Central government and in no case that of a state government. But it does act as a weather-vane to point the direction the political wind is blowing in a state. The significance of the October 13 Hisar Lok Sabha by-election needs to be seen in this context.

LUCKNOW: The success of Samajwadi Kranti Rath Yatra under the leadership of Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has boosted the moral of party leaders and workers.