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New York: More than one million Zimbabweans will struggle for food between now and March, according to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), which has already begun assisting the most vulnerable but needs $42 million to fund its activities in the Southern African nation.

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission, headed by Corinne Deléchat, visited Panama between November 7–18 to conduct the country’s annual Article IV consultation.

New Delhi: India has taken exception to the US Department of State website displaying northwestern part of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) as Pakistan territory.

NEW DELHI: The public image of Vijay Mallya may have sullied public judgment about Kingfisher airlines woes. With his goatee beard, tousled hair, fancy goggles, designer clothes, Mr Mallya is not exactly the typical Indian industrialist. He is loud, more loud and even more loud. Going by his public pronouncement on his besieged airline company, the king of good times surely must have run into trouble. To top that up, the talks about his exotic island homes in exquisite seas, further cloud the public estimation.

Is there any similarity between the “3 Idiots” satire “All Is Well” and the current state of Punjab? Yes, but conversely. Were Aamir Khan to make the popular song truly reflective of Punjab’s situation, he would have made it more lyrical by reciting it as “All Is Unwell”. Even a casual glance at the goings-on in the state would have justified the changed composition. We begin with the sharp decline in public life standards.

New Delhi: The overflow from river Kosi in 2008 leading to floods in Bihar was caused by the corruption among contractors who were from Bihar in India and not because of increase in the volume of water, according to a former Minister of Nepal.

Six months into office with a commanding majority of her loyal party-men around, AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa has brought both her political skills and capricious moves into play in tackling tensions embedded in the Dravidian brand of politics, enforcing law and order, improving finances and setting directions for future development of Tamil Nadu.

The much talked about Mobile TV is yet to take off. The nodal Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, notorious for its inertia, incompetence and vacillations, is still bogged down in working on the regulatory framework for its introduction despite the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) having already recommended to this effect.

New York: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today challenged the Asia and Pacific region to assume global leadership on issues of international concern, including climate change, sustainable development, access to food and energy, human rights and the empowerment of women.

New York: The United Nations independent expert on access to water and sanitation as a human right today urged States to allocate more resources to improving sanitation and promote efficient use of existing hygiene facilities, stressing that people are entitled to decent toilets.