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New York: The United Nations committee tasked with combating racial discrimination today voiced deep regret at the insistence by United Kingdom authorities that Gypsy and Irish Traveller families in the county of Essex will be evicted with no culturally appropriate alternative accommodation provided to them.

A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Christina Daseking, visited Accra during the week of August 29, 2011. The discussions with the authorities focused on recent economic policy performance and challenges for 2012.

NEW DELHI: The organised labour leadership in public, private and administrative sectors in the country maintained stoic silence regarding the movement for the Jan Lokpal Bill meant to deal with corruption at all levels of administration. This movement had been sedulously built around the fast undertaken by the aged veteran civil society activist Anna Hazare in the Ramlila Maidan of the Capital.

The post-Anna Hazare government resolve to take the fight against corruption head on is off to a strange start. Efforts are already on to muzzle the judiciary from voicing ‘unwarranted’ remarks against statutory bodies and persons, shield the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from attacks from rights activists and keep sports bodies and federations such as BCCI, IOA, AIFF, CWG, etc. outside the purview of the RTI Act. Senior union ministers, cabinet secretary and top politicians are clearly against unrestricted public snooping around official files and records. The oft-grudged judicial activism is now sought to be controlled by an act of Parliament itself.

New Delhi: The Indian government is trying to build a consensus to amend the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), which gives the armed forces legal immunity for their actions.

New York: World manufacturing output is expected to be lower this year than last year, despite high growth rates in developing countries, says a new United Nations report released today.

New Delhi: In response to the US official reports of China deploying nuclear-capable missiles along the borders with India, the Air Force chief said the country was not 'worried' over these developments as it has own plans to deal with the situation.

The differences between the Congress Party and the government have reached its peak in the past few days particularly after Anna Hazare began his movement. Today, with a leadership vacuum, it has got out of hands.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – Efforts by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) to promote the private sector in the Pacific Islands have improved the environment for doing business and enhanced opportunities for women, says a new report by ADB.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Local currency bond markets in emerging East Asia continued to expand in the first half of this year as demand from foreign investors increased, with the region’s economic growth set to outpace much of the rest of the world.