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NEW DELHI: India is making efforts to rescue the remaining 53 Indian sailors who are still captive of Somali pirates. On Wednesday only 11 Indian sailors of RAK Afrikana were released by the Somali pirates.

New York: The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) today voiced its growing concerns over the civilian impact of the continuing operations by the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) against a rebel group operating in the country’s south.

New York: With the financial crisis having reversed many development gains and the world once again facing rising food and energy prices, top United Nations officials today underscored the need for concerted action to advance development, equity and prosperity for all.

New York: A top United Nations official warned today that human rights violations, including rapes, abductions and killings, are escalating amid the ongoing post-electoral crisis in Côte d’Ivoire, with at least 27 people killed in just the past week.

New York: Voicing his concern at the apparent impasse in launching a national dialogue in Bahrain, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on all parties to work together to address political reforms and advance reconciliation.

New York: The potentially disastrous decline in bees, a vital pollinating element in food production for the growing global population, is likely to continue unless humans profoundly change their ways, from the use of insecticides to air pollution, according to a United Nations report released today.

New York: The United Nations office assisting countries with disaster risk reduction is calling for more coordinated and coherent action across different sectors of government to reduce setbacks caused by hazards such as droughts, earthquakes and hurricanes.

There is someting about which the Non-resident Indians (NRIs) may have to cheer. They now have the right to vote and those hailing from five poll-bound states will be voting for the first time.

New Delhi: In order to add more option of banks for facilitating credit to micro, small and medium enterprises, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed by National Small Industries Cooperation (NSIC) and Bank of India, North Zone.

New Delhi: The meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee attached to the Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises was held here today under the Chairmanship of the Minister for Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises Shri Praful Patel. The meeting had a detailed discussion on the working of the Ministry.