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An IMF mission visited San Salvador during January 31-February 11, 2011 for discussions on the second review of the Stand-By Arrangement. The mission met with Technical Secretary of the Presidency Alex Segovia, Minister of Finance Carlos Cáceres, Central Bank President Carlos Acevedo, other senior officials, members of congress, and private sector representatives.

New York: With smartphones already consuming five times more data capacity than ordinary mobile phones and their number set to soar from 500 million today to nearly 2 billion by 2015, broadband growth is vital not just for developing countries but for the world’s most advanced nations too, a senior United Nations communication official warned today.

India could give a boost to the SAARC process at the recent meeting of the foreign ministers of the South Asian regional body at Thimphu apart from re-engaging Pakistan for further bilateral talks.

New Delhi: In the last 48 months, Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed deals worth approximately $24.66 billion with global integrators. Deals worth another $41.99 billion are in the process of being finalized, according to the CII-KPMG study.

New Delhi: The Committee of Experts on agricultural statistics has recommended a radical restructuring of farm statistics in a phased manner to ensure objective, reliable and timely estimates of crop wise areas and yields.

LUCKNOW: Mayawati Government is under attack from the opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh for steep rise in crimes against women in the state. Senior leaders of the leading national parties are saying that women are not safe in a state ruled by a dalit woman. This is view is shared by the common people also including the rural poor.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress are not the best of friends in Gujarat. They are sworn political enemies of each other as the two parties are elsewhere in the country. But, to the credit of the wealth and development obsessed Gujaratis, they play the same tune and sing in chorus when it come to making multiplication of money. Therefore, it would be unfair to give all the credit to Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the controversial BJP strong man, for the investment euphoria his recent ‘Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit’ created to attract projects in Gujarat. Honestly, the credit entirely belongs to the people of Gujarat who stand united on any issue concerning the state’s development and the money making opportunity.

New York: The United Nations agency assisting Palestinian refugees is urging immediate intervention to tackle the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, where the unemployment rate rose to 45 per cent at the beginning of this year.

New Delhi: The Indian Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh today assured his government’s commitment to legislate Right to Food Act for ensuring social safety nets for the vulnerable section.

New York: The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti is conducting a two-pronged campaign to combat crime and violence, tracking down gangs while providing job training for youths in the impoverished country’s two largest cities.