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NEW DELHI, INDIA – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) remains committed to supporting the Government of India’s efforts to achieve inclusive and sustainable growth, said Haruhiko Kuroda, ADB President, at a commemorative ceremony in New Delhi to mark 25 years of India-ADB partnership.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) today officially opened its fourth Africa regional technical assistance center (AFRITAC) in Mauritius, offering capacity building services to 13 countries across Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean.

New York: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said that the world's major economies must shoulder greater responsibility to restore global financial stability, urging them to follow the model of the 2008 London summit of the Group of 20 (G20) when leaders agreed to back the financial system for the benefit of all with more than a trillion dollars in credit.

GAZA – A new report by the World Bank reveals a precarious economic situation in Gaza, where donor aid is keeping the economy afloat, unemployment is high, and a significant portion of the population lives very close to the poverty line.

New York: The United Nations women's fund for gender equality on Sunday invited organizations and government agencies to apply for grants, adding that first phase of its 2011-2012 funding cycle will give priority to proposals that seek to empower women and their communities in Arab countries.

New York: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced deep concern over the continuing planning for new Israeli settlements in occupied East Jerusalem, stressing that the recent developments in that regard are unacceptable, particularly as efforts are ongoing to resume talks under the Middle East Peace Process.

NEW DELHI: The general elections are not round the corner; the UPA-II has to go three years to complete its full term in office. There is no threat either to the Manmohan Singh government and there is no possibility of a mid-term poll. Then why L K Advani and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi are in such a desperate hurry to project themselves as the BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate? Even the BJP President, Nitin Gadkari, may also like to throw his hat in the ring. There may be more Prime Ministerial aspirants in the party.

LUCKNOW: Is Mayawati government is losing its majority in UP Assembly is question being asked in political circles now.

New York: United Nations agencies tasked with tackling global hunger today highlighted the need for concerted efforts to address the root causes, focusing on the need to ensure that children have enough to eat, and addressing the factors that make food unaffordable for so many.

New York: The United Nations today screened The Whistleblower at its New York Headquarters, using the film’s theme of a contract worker fired for investigating the alleged complicity of UN peacekeepers in sex trafficking to reaffirm its policy of zero tolerance for any such abuses.