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Narendra Modi, having built a citadel in Gujarat, is now seeking to pave the way for a bigger status – perhaps a stake for the prime minister’s post itself. That is what his three-day ‘sadbhavana’ fast aims at. In this venture, he has been encouraged by the Supreme Court’s decision to pass on the judgement on his role in the 2002 anti-Muslim riots to the lower court in Ahmedabad. He feels safer with the judiciary within his domain in Gujarat. The Democle’s sword that has been hanging over his head since the 2002 riots case came to the Supreme Court, has been veritably removed.

WASHINGTON – Gender equality matters in its own right, but is also smart economics: Countries that create better opportunities and conditions for women and girls can raise productivity, improve outcomes for children, make institutions more representative, and advance development prospects for all, says a new World Bank flagship report.

WASHINGTON – Gender equality matters in its own right but is also smart economics: Countries that create better opportunities and conditions for women and girls can raise productivity, improve outcomes for children, make institutions more representative, and advance development prospects for all, says a new World Bank flagship report.

WASHINGTON – Gender equality matters in its own right but is also smart economics: Countries that create better opportunities and conditions for women and girls can raise productivity, improve outcomes for children, make institutions more representative, and advance development prospects for all, says a new World Bank flagship report.

New York: Participants at a United Nations forum that met in Paris have drafted an action plan to improve the safety of journalists and ensure that crimes committed against them do not go unpunished.

NEW DELHI: The National Convention of the workingclass held at Mavalankar Hall on September 7, 2011, has been a landmark in the country’s labour movement. This was due to the spirited unity displayed by the delegates and the unique “Declaration” unanimously adopted at the Convention.

The Indian landscape is commencing a new chapter of political one upmanship through fasts and yatras. While the Gujarat chief minister, Narendra Modi, has commenced a three-day fast – ostensibly for self-purification – the BJP leader of yester-years, L.K. Advani, is shortly to launch a ‘yatra’ running across several states.

NEW DELHI: At a time when India is working on ways to give a further push to the trade and investment ties with China, Beijing’s latest muscle flexing over ONGC’s talks with Vietnam for oil exploration blocks in South China Sea , has cast its shadow over the Russia-India-China trilateral conference on business cooperation. The two day meet scheduled on September 20 and 21 at Rostov-on-Don in Russia is supposed to impart a fresh dynamism to the investment cooperation between these three countries.

New York: With the number of people aged over 60 expected to reach 2 billion by 2050, or more than a fifth of the total global population, discrimination against old persons should rank among the most pressing policy issues for governments and societies, the United Nations human rights chief said today.

Executive Directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) discussed the use of the windfall profits from the Fund’s limited gold sale. They reaffirmed their support for the 2009 financing package for low-income countries (LICs), including a distribution to the Fund’s membership of up to SDR 0.7 billion (US$1.10 billion) of the windfall profits with the expectation that members would return broadly equivalent funds as PRGT subsidy contributions. Today’s discussion focused on options for using the remaining windfall profits of SDR 1.75 billion (US$2.76 billion), which have been placed to the general reserve. Directors stressed that any final proposals concerning the use of the windfall profits would need to take account of the Fund’s financial position.