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New York: The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today endorsed a new rapid test for tuberculosis, which it says could revolutionize the way the disease is tackled by providing an accurate diagnosis in about 100 minutes, compared to current tests that can take up to three months.

India has a long coastline of 7517 kilometre and 95 % of trade by volume is moved by sea. The Directorate General of Lighthouses plays an important role in guiding the vessels and facilitating this most important economic activity.

New York: Committing funds to climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies in developing countries will lead to a safer, healthier and prosperous world for all, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told delegates at the United Nations climate change conference in Cancún today, urging them to find ways of raising the required resources.

New York: General elections in the Central African Republic (CAR) next year will be a crucial step towards restoring stability to the country through a democratic process, but the polls must be free, fair and transparent, the United Nations envoy to the African nation told the Security Council today.

New York: Representatives from more than 60 countries gathered in Rome today for a United Nations-backed meeting to promote the international treaty considered essential for the conservation and use of the world’s threatened plant genetic resources.

New York: Stressing the impartiality of the United Nations in certifying Côte d’Ivoire’s presidential elections, the world body’s top envoy in the divided country said today there is absolutely no doubt that the opposition leader won despite the outgoing president’s claim to the contrary.

President Barack Obama may have gambled somewhat on his re-election in 2012 with the deal he has struck with Republicans over a two-year extension of Bush tax cuts, leaving his Democrats fuming over surrender to “legislative blackmail” of their rivals, who won the midterm elections in November. Republican threats to hold up all business until the tax cuts were extended for the rich as well as the middle class, have paid off – how political observers in Washington see it - and they have a victory even before taking control of Congress in January 2011.

LUCKNOW: The home-coming of Mohd Azam Khan, MLA from Rampur for Samajwadi Party (SP), after a gap of 18 months, has boosted the moral of party leaders and workers.

New York: The United Nations environment chief is calling for the urgent development of adaptation strategies ranging from urban planning to improved water storage in the face of intensified rain fall and glacier shrinkage that threaten the food security and livelihoods of hundreds of millions, if not billions, of people.

New York: Countries in the Near East have become increasingly dependent on food imports as their rapid population growth has outpaced agricultural production, a senior United Nations official said today, stressing the need to boost investment in farming in the region.