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New York: The year 2010 ranked as the warmest on record – together with 2005 and 1998 – according to the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which added that last year also witnessed a large number of extreme weather events, including the heat wave in Russia and the devastating floods in Pakistan.

New York: Rising opium prices may encourage farmers in Afghanistan to plant more of the narcotic crop, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in a survey released today, warning that the higher prices could reverse recent gains in the fight against drug production in the Asian country.

New York: The United Nations food agencies are urging continued assistance for Niger, where acute malnutrition rates remain high despite a good harvest and millions need help to avoid another food crisis.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a $120 million grant to help Tajikistan upgrade a vital road linking the capital Dushanbe with the Uzbekistan border.

New Delhi: The Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment, Shri Mukul Wasnik has said that an Indian Sign Language Research & Training Centre will be set up very soon in the country. Announcing this at the inaugural session of the 3-day National Conference on Deafblindnes which began here today, the Minister said that a lot of spade work has already been done in this regard and efforts are being made by his Ministry to set up the Sign Language Centre at the earliest.

New Delhi: Shri Kapil Sibal, Union Minister of Human Resource Development today chaired a meeting of the State Ministers incharge of vocational education to discuss about necessary policy reforms to strengthen vocational education at all stages of education and to put in place a National Vocational Education Qualifications Framework.

New Delhi: A six member Central Team deputed by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare reached Ahmedabad today to investigate the CCHF outbreak. NIV, Pune has also deputed a team. No fresh case has been reported from the affected area after the initial three deaths reported and two cases who are under monitoring.

New Delhi: The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh launched Mobile Number Portability (MNP) Service in the country here today by making inaugural call to Shri Kapil Sibal, the Union Minister of Communications & IT from a ported number. Congratulating the Telecom Sector for the introduction of MNP and for being the fastest growing telecom market in the world, the Prime Minister said that the MNP is a shining example of how our telecommunications services have helped to widen human choices in a very important area of nation’s economic activity. Telecommunications provide a key tool for socio-economic transformation of our rural areas, he added.

New Delhi: The government will introduce in Parliament in the upcoming Budget session Coal Regulator Bill to ensure level playing field for the private and the public sector.

New Delhi: Bilateral trade between India and South Korea is likely to achieve the target of $30 billion by 2014. The flow of investment from South Korea into India would be $250 billion in next five years, according wishful thinkers on both sides.