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New York: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on the international community to give rural women the same access to productive resources as men, noting the huge benefits that would ensue, from increased food production to a drop of 150 million in the number of the world’s hungry people.

New York: The United Nations today reminded people across the world that simply washing hands with soap and water remains the most cost-effective way to prevent diseases, and urged everyone to motivate others, especially children who are easily infected by disease-carrying germs present in dirty hands, to make it a habit.

New York: The United Nations human rights chief today urged the international community to act immediately to protect lives in Syria, where the number of people killed since the violence started in March has now exceeded 3,000, including over 180 children.

New Delhi: India has offered to extend a new concessional facility of $ 500 million Line of Credit to Myanmar for specific projects, including irrigation, each of which will be duly processed and approved in accordance with the modalities applicable for least developed countries (LDCs) for such lines of credit.

KOLKATA: West Bengal chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, for all her limitations, is a fast learner.

Politicians in power may not be comfortable to agree that there is a strong nexus between corporate entities and a combination of corrupt ministers, bureaucrats and power brokers, but its existence has been clearly exposed by a motley group of top achievers, all linked with the industry and the government for several decades, in their ‘open letter’ to the country’s leaders on October 10.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) returned to the US dollar bond market overnight, pricing a $1.25 billion 7-year global bond.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda will begin an official visit to India from 17 October to mark 25 years of development partnership between India and ADB.

New York: Cape Verde is the latest Member State to accede to the Rome Statute, the treaty that established the International Criminal Court (ICC) that prosecutes individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

New York: Experts attending a United Nations conference in the Republic of Korea on reversing desertification today focused their attention on the “landcare approach” to sustainable land management, a community-based way designed to improve people’s livelihoods while protecting natural resources.