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New Delhi: Government has now decided to exclude the entire area of the States of Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland from the Protected Area regime notifiedunder the Foreigners (Protected Areas) Order 1958, initially for a period of one year.

New Delhi: At end-September 2010, India’s external debt stock was US$ 295.8 billion reflecting an increase of 12.8 per cent over the level of US$ 262.3 billion at end-March 2010. The long-term debt increased by 9.5 per cent to US$ 229.8 billion, while short-term debt showed an increase of 25.8 per cent to US$ 66.0 billion.

Kashmir has the proud privilege of producing the finest quality saffron, which is famous for its colour and flavour all over the world. The Central Government launched the National Saffron Mission (NMS) in November 2010 after the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh announced it during his visit to Kashmir earlier in the year.

LUCKNOW: Chief Minister and BSP supremo Mayawati has learnt lessons from Bihar assembly results and is now talking about improvement in development work and law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh.

The first decade of the 21st century had a turbulent start with the rise of global terrorism followed later on by collapse of the US housing market which led to a financial meltdown and finally a recession in advanced economies with cataclysmic consequences for the world as a whole. The world was still struggling to recover at the end of 2010 while the emerging economies quickly came out of the crisis and started growing strongly.

The year 2010 proved to be a watershed in Indian life and politics. It raised the hitherto most troubling question of the extent of crony capitalism and exposed the massive corruption in the government with money playing role even in appointment of ministers in the union cabinet. It also rubbished the myth that the government holds the fulcrum on which Indian economy and life is supported. For the best part of the year, the government remained in limbo. And, for a very welcome surprise, it had little impact on Indian economy.

New York: The peace process in Nepal is at a crossroads as the United Nations winds up its mission there, with the major challenge remaining to integrate 19,000 personnel from the Maoist army which fought a decade-long civil war, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a new report.

New York: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has decided to extend its country programme in Bangladesh until the end of 2011 to provide support to 2.1 million hungry, vulnerable and malnourished people in the South Asian nation.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced today the revised amounts for the four currencies that determine the value of the Special Drawing Right (SDR). Effective January 1, 2011, the value of the SDR will be the sum of the values of the following amounts of each currency:
U.S. dollar - 0.660
Euro - 0.423
Pound sterling -0.111
Japanese yen - 12.1

New Delhi: The Government has approved the Integrated Action Plan (IAP) for 60 Selected Tribal and Backward Districts .The scheme would be an additional central assistance (ACA), on 100% grant basis. To begin with IAP is proposed to be implemented with a block grant of Rs. 25 crore and Rs. 30 crore per district during 2010-11 and 2011-12 respectively for which the funds will be placed at the disposal of the Committee headed by the District Collector and consisting of the Superintendent of Police of the District and the District Forest Officer.