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The last two nominees of the RSS for the BJP president’s post – Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari – have proved disastrous for the party, with Gadkari’s tenure being even more ill-starred than that of his predecessor. If Rajnath Singh’s final act as party chief was the expulsion of Jaswant Singh for his laudatory book on Jinnah – the writer subsequently found his way back into the party – Gadkari’s may well be his own ignominious exit.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES — Social protection systems in most Asian countries fall far short of meeting the needs of the poor and vulnerable even though better safety nets can be affordable for poorer countries, says a new study from Independent Evaluation at the Asian Development Bank.

What next on Jammu and Kashmir’s political and security fronts? The developments of the past few months have lent relevance to the question.

LUCKNOW: After having received a drubbing in Uttar Pradesh Assembly, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and its supremo Mayawati are preparing to bounce back to central stage by getting good number of seats in Lok Sabha from UP and other states.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing $198 million, with an additional $60 million from partner organizations, to fund a partial upgrade of one of Bangladesh’s most critical regional transport corridors together with two land ports, giving a shot in the arm to connectivity and trade across South Asia.

The Finance Minister Mr P Chidambaram’s overdrive since the beginning of August, with policy refinements for improving the savings-investment climate and arresting the growth decline, had not set the stage for revival of corporate investments till end-November. Nevertheless, he remains hopeful that, with much more to be done by Government itself, things would start turning around in the last four months (December-March) of fiscal 2013.