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New York: India today cautioned against protectionism in the face of the global economic slowdown, calling at the United Nations for effective ways to promote the coordination of microeconomic policies in the world’s biggest economies.

Jagannath Sarkar who died early this year at the ripe age of 92, was one of the veterans of the communist movement in India. He played a leading role in building up of the CPI’s mass base in Bihar in the 1960s and 1970s. The Left base faced erosion following the Mandal agitation and there has been no reversal till now. Sarkar in this perceptive analysis elaborates on the reasons of the decline of left base in Bihar. We are reproducing his article here on the eve of his birth anniversary on September 25.

LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party which has already taken lead over its rivals in election campaign demonstrated its strength in Bundelkhand which not only boosted the moral of party leaders and workers but also unnerved other political parties, especially the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).

New York: Suriname has urged the international community to move quickly to create the United Nations-backed climate change adaptation fund to support vulnerable developing countries that risk losing their peoples’ livelihoods to the effects of climate change.

New York: Small producers in rural areas of Honduras will be the main beneficiaries of a new United Nations-backed project that will invest $21 million to combat poverty in the north of the country.

WASHINGTON - Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Kevin Rudd, and World Bank Group President, Robert B. Zoellick, today signed a landmark Partnership Framework, paving the way for Australia and the World Bank to work more closely to help the world’s poorest people.

New York: A United Nations meeting focused on accelerating the roll-out of broadband technology concluded in Colombia today as over 500 participants from around the world adopted best practice guidelines aimed at improving global Internet access.

WASHINGTON ― Economic recovery is underway in the Emerging Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region, but at a slow pace and is at risk from the troubled Eurozone, according to the World Bank at a press briefing during the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings 2011.

New York: Serbia cannot accept Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence but it will also not abandon the negotiations process between Belgrade and Pristina, the country’s President told the General Assembly’s annual general debate today.

WASHINGTON — The World Bank today announced its integrity results during this past fiscal year, highlighting progress in managing investigations, pursuing delinquent companies and working with national authorities to advance national enforcement action.