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New Delhi: India has decided to work with African countries on issues relating to global security, particularly terrorism and maritime piracy off the coast of Somalia, said the Secretary (West) in the Indian External Affairs Ministry, M Ganapathi while delivering his inaugural address at the India-Africa Strategic Dialogue, organised by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) here on Thursday.

New Delhi: The former Chairman of National Commission on Farmers, Dr. M.S. Swaminathan has decided to give legal teeth to women farmers fighting for their rights. He has decided to move a Private Member Bill on Women Farmers' Entitlements in Rajya Sabha by the first week of December this year.

Does the “Occupy Wall Street” (OWS) movement in the United States and elsewhere remind an Indian of the recent Anna Hazare movement in India against corruption? As I am witness to both, I see some similarities but there are also some differences between the two movements.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of $309.89 million for a new 750 megawatt (MW) power plant in Viet Nam that will provide critically needed electricity to the country’s energy-starved south.

New York: The top United Nations humanitarian, development and human rights officials today called on countries meeting in Geneva not to adopt a protocol currently under debate that weakens the existing global ban on cluster bombs.

The Executive Directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have noted that St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ economy has been adversely affected by two natural disasters in the last twelve months, on top of the impacts of the global slowdown and higher commodity prices. As a result, real GDP has contracted and public sector debt has risen. Directors welcomed the authorities’ commitment to prudent macroeconomic policies and encouraged them to press ahead with efforts to enhance the economy’s resilience to shocks and foster sustainable growth.

New York: A senior United Nations relief official today voiced concern over the plight of hundreds of thousands of people uprooted from their homes by conflict in the island of Mindanao in the Philippines, saying that many are also enduring the effects of natural disasters, including floods.

BAKU, AZERBAIJAN – Ministers from the 10-country Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program today endorsed CAREC 2020, a framework for intensified regional cooperation that promises to build on the program's first decade of achievement.

New York: A new United Nations study released today provides policy-makers with technical and economically feasible guidelines on how to cut down greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions so governments can meet their environmental targets by 2020.

New York: The participation of small States in Rio+20, next year’s United Nations conference on sustainable development, is vital, given many are already experiencing the effects of climate change, General Assembly President Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser said today.