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New Delhi: India is going to test fire its new generation long range nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni-5 by February 2012 off the coast of Odisha.

KOLKATA: For the JNU-educated Prime Minister of Nepal, Dr Baburam Bhattarai, second-in-command in the politically-embittered United Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), it’s far from ‘roses and roses all the way. Rather at every way, it’s thorns and thorns that bleed. The bitter factional feuds inside the party apart, another deterrent is the issue of amnesty towards UCPN(M) member of Constituent Assembly Balkrishna Dhungel, a murder convict who was involved in the killing of Ujjan Shrestha of Okhaldhunga in 2004. A single bench verdict by the Supreme Court of Nepal on January 3, 2010 – by Justice Tahir Ali – who sentenced Dhungel to life imprisonment along with confiscation of his property, has created political complications for Dr Bhattarai.

Paradoxically, on the twentieth anniversary of the launching of economic liberalization, India finds itself in 2011 in a state of drift, not just politically but even more, damagingly on the economic front. The rulers (UPA-II) seem to have lost the grip over governance in every sphere. Inflation and corruption have taken a heavy toll on UPA Government’s image and credibility, resulting in a huge loss of confidence. We are left with reassuring speeches and reaffirmation of decade-old commitments.

An International Monetary Fund mission led by Mrs. Veronica Bacalu, Deputy Division Chief in the IMF Middle East and Central Asia Department, visited Tashkent on November 2−15, 2011 to conduct discussions in the context of the Article IV consultation. David Owen, Deputy Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department, participated in the discussions at the beginning of the mission and made a presentation on the global and regional economic outlook for representatives of ministries and government agencies.

New York: Security and logistics are among the biggest challenges facing Côte d’Ivoire as it prepares for legislative polls next month, the top United Nations envoy there said today, after he met with the head of the country’s electoral authority.

New York: Bosnia and Herzegovina continues to stagnate politically mainly because of politicians’ reluctance to compromise and engage in dialogue, as wells as their tendency to abuse the system, even as State institutions face functional and economic pressure that has undermined their efficiency, the Security Council heard today.

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR’s) economy has experienced robust growth and rising living standards. However. the economy is set to moderate.

Two measures on genetically modified organisms were among a dozen new concerns and over 40 older issues, including plain packaging for tobacco products, raised when WTO members met as the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee on 10-11 November 2011.

New York: The head of the International Criminal Court (ICC) called for the creation of more synergies between the international justice and development spheres, citing the devastating effects of conflicts and large-scale violence on development.

New York: The United Nations atomic energy agency today completed its assessment of Japan’s response to nuclear contamination in areas around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that was damaged during the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck the country in March.