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LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party national president Mulayam Singh Yadav here today flagged off Samawadi Kranti Rath under the leadership of Uttar Pradesh state President of SP Akhilesh Yadav to dislodge Mayawati government.

As a response to the historical changes underway in the Middle East and North African countries (MENA), the Deauville Partnership launched at the G8 Summit in May 2011, provided the concerned countries with a framework for partnership based on (i) a political process to support the democratic transition; and (ii) an economic framework for transparent, accountable government as well as sustainable and inclusive growth.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced today that, guided by the views of its membership, it has recognized the National Transitional Council (NTC) as the government of Libya and that it is ready to assist the NTC in its efforts to promote rapid and sustainable economic recovery as the country slowly emerges from a violent civil conflict.

New Delhi: The United States Embassy, in partnership with the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), recently concluded a two-week seminar titled “Identification and Seizure of Digital Evidence.”

New Delhi: A team of Indian Defence researchers has developed a herbal product, Lukoskin in the form of ointment and oral liquid to address the problems of Leucoderma.

NEW DELHI: In its Draft Approach Paper for the 12th Plan (2012-2017), the Planning Commission has offered to recommend about 2.5 per cent of the GDP for R&D in healthcare sector. This is over the double of what the country has already spent in the 11th Plan year, which was 1 per cent of the GDP.

The just concluded monsoon session of parliament witnessed scintillating debate on Lokpal bill following Anna Hazare’s agitation over ending widespread corruption. Both the houses reached a sort of consensus over likely provisions of the Lokpal Bill and conveyed the sense of Parliament to the Standing Committee which is finding out ways and means of producing a strong and purposeful legislation to end graft. In the Rajya Sabha the debate on the motion for impeachment of Justice Soumitra Sen was just brilliant, giving rise to expectation that Parliament might at last return to ways it used to function during Nehru era and later.

New York: The role of the private sector in financing a $100-billion annual fund to help developing countries limit and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and adapt to the effects of climate change takes centre stage at a United Nations meeting in Geneva next week.

New York: A United Nations-backed partnership is calling on countries to pay more attention to activities such as burning rubbish or agricultural waste on lands bordering forests to prevent the 95 per cent of wildfires that originate from human activities in forests and adjacent areas.

A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) visited São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) during August 26–September 8, 2011 to conduct the 2011 Article IV Consultation and to continue discussions on the second and third reviews of the economic program supported by the IMF under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement.