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New Delhi: The Committee on Piracy set up in pursuance of the decision arrived at in the 27th State Information Ministers' Conference held in December, 2009; today submitted its report to Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Smt. Ambika Soni. The report was submitted by Shri Uday Kumar Varma, Special Secretary and Chairperson of the Committee on Piracy.

Anand Sharma Union Minister of Commerce & Industry during his interaction with Mr. Rob Davies, Minister of Trade and Industry, Government of the Republic of South Africa yesterday in Johannesburg, South Africa, stated that, officials from India & SACU will be meeting in the 1st week of October 2010 to discuss pending issues relating to finalization of India-SACU Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA).

New Delhi: India announced an additional USD 20 million assistance to Pakistan for flood relief as the neighbouring country is grappling with the worst floods in recent times. The announcement by External Affairs Minister Shri S. M. Krishna in the Parliament comes in the wake of Pakistan's readiness to accept India's initial aid offer of 5 million US dollars which is to be routed through the United Nations.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing technical assistance to help remove barriers to microinsurance development in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Mongolia which could benefit millions of poor families and unlock household savings for productive economic use.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending a $100 million equivalent loan for a cross-border electricity initiative between India and Bangladesh that will provide impetus for increased power trading in South Asia.

What the Communist Party of India (Marxist) dreaded the most in West Bengal, its bastion for 33 years, has happened. Ms Mamata Banerjee of the Trinamool Congress Party (TCP) held an extremely well-attended rally at Lalgarh in the Jangalmahal region bordering Jharkhand on August 9, enlisted the support of the People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA), and threw down the gauntlet to the Left Front. She stridently read out an elaborate political chargesheet against the CPM and announced the end of Left “hegemony” and the beginning of “a new era” in West Bengal.

Pakistan's prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that his country has to bow its head in shame after the latest betting scandal involving its cricket team. But Pakistan is a country which has to be ashamed of many things, starting with the disgrace of being regarded as the epicentre of terrorism.

Over the past 50 years, in an effort to better prepare society for the challenges to come, educators have been been crafting visions that challenge traditional models of learning and the physical space that supports them. But visions are not enough.

New York: The United Nations humanitarian arm is seeking urgent assistance for Niger, where recent flooding has displaced nearly 200,000 people and aggravated a food crisis in which almost half of the country's 15 million people are experiencing hunger.

New York: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the head of the United Nations-backed panel tasked with preparing scientific reports on the impact of climate change today welcomed the findings of an independent review which called for major changes in management and procedures to enable the group to strengthen the quality of its assessments.