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New York: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon went back to his roots today, visiting his hometown of Eumseong county in the Republic of Korea's countryside, where he urged local residents to concern themselves with the world at large.

New Delhi : India has decided to strengthen is coastal security in view of possible terrorist attack.

New Delhi: The Union Government on Saturday removed Arvind Jadhav as CMD of Air India and appointed a senior official of the Civil Aviation Ministry, Rohit Nandan in his place with a view to undertake the revival process of the public sector air carrier.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The political woes of the United Democratic Front (UDF) Government in the State have deepened with the Vigilance Court in Thiruvananthapuram ordering reinvestigation into the role of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy in the palmolein import case.

When a government decides what is justifiable or non-justifiable before a court of law, it is actually making an attempt to pervert the course of justice. The definition of justice is very clear. It concerns the delivery of fair treatment to people with the help of laws based on the principles of fairness and justice. Legally, the court alone is entitled and empowered to decide what is justifiable or not justifiable for the purpose.

The Congress party is fighting not only to save its skin at the centre but also in some of the states. Look at the way it has to defend its two chief ministers - Sheila Dikshit and Oommen Chandy - with the opposition demanding their heads on corruption charges.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending a $300 million energy infrastructure loan to help Bangladesh address critical power shortages which are undermining the economy and slowing poverty reduction efforts.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Governors has unanimously reelected Haruhiko Kuroda as President of ADB for a further five years beginning on 24 November 2011.

New York: Immediate action and funding are urgently needed to prevent a dramatic worsening of the educational situation in war- and drought-wracked Somalia, where some 1.8 million children are already out of school, with a knock-on effect on access to health care, the United Nations warned today.

New York: The prices of grain and milk in the drought-hit Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia have risen to record highs, exacerbating hardship for the estimated 12.4 million people in the region who are facing severe food shortages and famine in some parts of Somalia, the United Nations reported today.