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New Delhi: India is slated to have the honour of chairing the G-24 after a gap of about three decades, when after the conclusion of the 86th meeting of the G-24 Finance Ministers in Washington in September 22, this year the presidency of this body will be formally handed over to the Indian Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee by the outgoing chair and the South African Finance Minister, Pravin J Gordhan.

United Nations Organization has declared 2011, as the ‘International Year of Chemistry”. It is to honour the completion of 100 years of awarding the Nobel prize in chemistry to Marie Curie (1867 - 1934) who discovered a new radio-active element called polonium. She was often ill due to her excessive exposure to radioactive rays and died at the age of 61 due to Leukemia. The year is to remember great scientists who sacrificed their lives for the service of the mankind through science.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending an $80 million loan to Nepal for water distribution improvements which will benefit more than 2.72 million people in the densely populated Kathmandu Valley.

Outcome of one Lok Sabha seat’s by-election seldom affects the fate of the Central government and in no case that of a state government. But it does act as a weather-vane to point the direction the political wind is blowing in a state. The significance of the October 13 Hisar Lok Sabha by-election needs to be seen in this context.

LUCKNOW: The success of Samajwadi Kranti Rath Yatra under the leadership of Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has boosted the moral of party leaders and workers.

Narendra Modi, having built a citadel in Gujarat, is now seeking to pave the way for a bigger status – perhaps a stake for the prime minister’s post itself. That is what his three-day ‘sadbhavana’ fast aims at. In this venture, he has been encouraged by the Supreme Court’s decision to pass on the judgement on his role in the 2002 anti-Muslim riots to the lower court in Ahmedabad. He feels safer with the judiciary within his domain in Gujarat. The Democle’s sword that has been hanging over his head since the 2002 riots case came to the Supreme Court, has been veritably removed.

WASHINGTON – Gender equality matters in its own right, but is also smart economics: Countries that create better opportunities and conditions for women and girls can raise productivity, improve outcomes for children, make institutions more representative, and advance development prospects for all, says a new World Bank flagship report.

WASHINGTON – Gender equality matters in its own right but is also smart economics: Countries that create better opportunities and conditions for women and girls can raise productivity, improve outcomes for children, make institutions more representative, and advance development prospects for all, says a new World Bank flagship report.

WASHINGTON – Gender equality matters in its own right but is also smart economics: Countries that create better opportunities and conditions for women and girls can raise productivity, improve outcomes for children, make institutions more representative, and advance development prospects for all, says a new World Bank flagship report.

New York: Participants at a United Nations forum that met in Paris have drafted an action plan to improve the safety of journalists and ensure that crimes committed against them do not go unpunished.