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Freedom of the press and the media in Africa is essential for the economic future of Africa.

“Vettel is the Champ, India the Winner”. “Vettel Wins, World Raises Toast to India”. Thus screamed the headlines in some of India’s leading newspapers reporting on the hosting of the first-ever round of the Formula One (F1) motor racing world championship in the country with a breathlessness that’s astonishing even by the prevalent low standards. The whole race—to watch which India’s tycoons and sports and film celebrities travelled long distances in private jets, thus creating congestion at Delhi airport—was over in less than 91 minutes.

Armenia should step up its fight against corruption by ensuring an effective enforcement of laws and giving institutions the resources they need to tackle it, according to a new report by the Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan (IAP).

INDORE: It is usually the case that politicians take the limelight and are surrounded by crowds of followers only as long as they are in power. When that power goes, everyone but a few in the inner circle leave along with it, and even that circle begins to shrink slowly. And if a politician should retire from active politics, participation in public life comes to a halt, and is restricted to heading a few small, easily forgotten committees. A few continue to think about their lives and their families, but slowly this too fades from the public eye.

NEW DELHI: When the All India Trade Union congress (AITUC) inaugurated the Trade Union Library (TUL) in its central office in Delhi, it was a small but significant beginning of opening a knowledge window into the history of the world labour movement.

Road Safety is a multi-sectoral and multi-dimensional issue. It incorporates the development and management of road infrastructure, provision of safer vehicles, legislation and law enforcement, mobility planning, provision of health and hospital services, child safety, urban land use planning etc.

Leh: The Defence scientists have developed a composite herbal formulation called `Perfomax’ for improving the physical and mental performance in the high altitude and hypoxic conditions of the Ladakh region.

United Nations Organization has declared 2011, as the ‘International Year of Chemistry”. It is to honour the completion of 100 years of awarding the Nobel prize in chemistry to Marie Curie (1867 - 1934) who discovered a new radio-active element called polonium. She was often ill due to her excessive exposure to radioactive rays and died at the age of 61 due to Leukemia. The year is to remember great scientists who sacrificed their lives for the service of the mankind through science.

Marine mammals form a fascinating group of animals including whales, dolphins, seals and the dugong, also known as the sea cow. Being mammals, they are more closely related to elephants, leopards, bats and hares than they are to sharks and other fish. There are some 120 species of marine mammal to be found in the world, and a fourth of these may be found in India and adjacent countries.Dugongs are one of the ancient living creatures underwater and are most interesting aquatic mammals.

New York: Liberians went to the polls today to vote in a referendum on constitutional changes, a move described by the United Nations envoy for the West African country as a milestone in the process to entrench peace and stability that has prevailed since the end of the civil war in 2003.