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If the Congress’s earlier coalitional troubles were due to the Left’s ideological predilections, its present difficulties are the result of the propensity of the allies to use ministerial positions for financial adventures. Since the Congress itself harbours similar tendencies, as the Bofors episode showed, it is not always in a position to act as a moral guardian. The result has been that the allegations of sleaze have dragged both the Congress and its partners into a political quagmire.

New York: Colombia, Denmark, Netherlands and Sweden became the first countries to sign a new treaty that opened for signature at United Nations Headquarters in New York today that provides international rules and procedures for liability and redress in the event of damage to biodiversity caused by living modified organisms.

Washington – Pointing to the “inherently unsustainable development path we are on,” World Bank Vice President Inger Andersen today called on governments, international aid agencies, and other development partners to join a new global knowledge platform aimed at fostering green growth. The platform, being developed jointly by the World Bank, the United Nations Environment Programme, and the OECD, aims to bring together proponents of sustainable development to promote and implement green growth policies by exchanging knowledge, information, and experience.

Mexicans and Koreans worry more about their environment than people in the Netherlands. And many Australians and Norwegians say their own actions can make a difference.

New York: Iran is still not providing the cooperation needed to conclude that its nuclear programme is purely for peaceful activities, the head of the United Nations atomic watchdog agency warned today.

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Taline Koranchelian visited the United Arab Emirates during February 27-March 7, 2011 to conduct the discussions for the Article IV consultation with the United Arab Emirates. The mission met with H.E. Minister of State for Financial Affairs Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, H.E. Minister of Economy Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansoori, H.E. Governor of the Central Bank of United Arab Emirates Sultan Bin Nasser Al Suwaidi, other senior government officials, as well as representatives from the business and financial community.

New York: The head of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and Thailand’s foreign minister today signed an agreement expanding the scope of the regional tsunami trust fund to include support for disaster preparedness projects.

New York: Women in rural areas have the potential to raise agricultural production to levels that would feed up to 150 million more of the world’s hungry people if they had equal access to the means of production, including land, financial services, education and technology, according to a United Nations report released today.

New Delhi: The High Powered Expert Committee on Urban Infrastructure submitted its report to the Minister of Urban Development Shri Kamal Nath and the Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja in New Delhi today.

New Delhi: The Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, Shri Praful Patel will hold the first ever ministerial level Interactive Session with a cross-section of Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) on 9 March, 2011 in New Delhi. The Minister of State for Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, Shri A. Sai Prathap will also be present on the occasion.