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New Delhi: A Book Exhibition in Persian, Arabic and English from the Fort William College Collection began here today. The Exhibition is being organized by National Archives of India in collaboration with Iran Culture Centre.

New Delhi: National Council for Tribal Welfare constituted under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister is an important step to ensure speedy development of Tribal population on all fronts. In addition to the Council, a Standing Committee has also been constituted which is chaired by the Minister of Tribal Affairs, Shri Kantilal Bhuriaji who inaugurated its first meeting here today. The Minister of State for Tribal Affairs, Dr. Tushar A Chaudhary, the Secretary, Shri A. K. Chugh, member ministries and members from different States were also present there.

Dhanpati Sapkota, an award winning farmer, won a cash prize of Rs. 1.5 lakhs in a vegetable growing competition during the International Flower Festival at Gangtok.

KOLKATA: Truly, these are torrid times for the Bengal Left and its confusion has been confounded by the latest outrage committed by its overzealous cadres at Netai village, Lalgarh.

LUCKNOW: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati has taken a big lead over her political rivals in the state in respect of making preparations for the assembly polls in 2012. She has taken major steps in finalising candidates.

TIRANA ― World Bank Managing Director Ms. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala today completed her three-day visit to Albania, as part of her first trip to some Western Balkans countries. The aim of the visit was to emphasize the importance of Albania’s new Growth Agenda as well as reiterate the Bank’s support to the Government under the new Country Partnership Strategy. In addition, Ms. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala expressed the Bank’s solidarity with people affected by the recent massive floods in Shkodra area, and discussed possibilities for additional support to mitigate the risks of future floods.

WASHINGTON — The World Bank Board of Directors (WB) approved a US$40 million loan today for the Social Macro Projects Program in Colombia, seeking to facilitate low income populations’ access to housing with all basic services and infrastructure.

Iceland must do more to ensure its law enforcement authorities are coordinated and adequately resourced to investigate and prosecute economic and financial crime, including foreign bribery, says the OECD in a new report.

WASHINGTON – The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved a package designed to help Armenia protect the poor and support greater human capital development, and also strengthen competitiveness and private sector development. The Second Development Policy Operation (DPO) for Armenia, a loan of US$ 25 million, is the second in a series of three operations designed to support the Government of Armenia in meeting its strategic objectives.

New York: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a donation of $196.6 million from Japan, the largest-ever single contribution to the agency, which will use it to provide essential food and nutritional assistance to millions of needy people in 20 countries in Africa and Asia.