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New York: United Nations aid agencies are using speedboats to help rescue people from flood waters that have inundated villages in western Myanmar and neighbouring Bangladesh and killed dozens of people.

New York: The United Nations is marking World Refugee Day by urging governments and individuals not to forget the 15 million men, women and children who have been uprooted by conflict or persecution and are unable to return to their homes.

New York: The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has issued its first-ever guidance on how to use more than 240 essential medicines for treatment of children aged 12 and below.

New York: A three-member United Nations body has called for an end to human rights violations by Israel in the occupied territories of the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and the Syrian Golan Heights, after hearing from dozens of witnesses during a recent visit to the region.

New York: United Nations agencies and their partners have announced a new effort to eradicate polio and urged the international community to provide additional funds to reach this goal.

New York: The United Nations has said that 100,000 Iraqi refugees have been referred for resettlement from the Middle East to third countries since 2007, a major milestone for one of the world's largest refugee populations.

New Delhi: The Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri Kapil Sibal has said that the Ministry is considering the merging of the CBSE conducted Common Pre Medical Test and the All India Engineering Entrance Exam (AIEEE) so that students are saved the bother of sitting for two separate exams. While Physics and Chemistry will be common for both, the medical student can answer only the Biology paper and the engineering students the Maths paper. He was speaking at the Meeting of the State Education Ministers here today.

New Delhi: The Government is mooting a Health Insurance cover and a group housing cover for the 60 lakh school teachers in the country. The Government is also proposing a group housing scheme for the teachers of the country. This was stated by Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri Kapil Sibal while chairing the 28th Meeting of the National Foundation for Teachers Welfare, here today.

New Delhi: When INS Brahmaputra recently escorted MV Borzna across the Gulf of Aden, the Indian Navy had successfully escorted 1000 ships across the pirate infested waters of the Gulf of Aden. To date the Indian Navy has escorted 1037 ships including 134 Indian flagged ships and 903 foreign flagged ships. The IN's contribution to keeping the 'global commons' safe for merchant ships of as many as 50 countries who have availed the escort is significant. This, of course, is in addition to the EEZ and anti-piracy patrols the IN undertakes in other island countries of the region.

New Delhi: The Annual Plan for Jammu & Kashmir for the year 2010-11 was finalized here today at a meeting between Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Chief Minister of J & K Mr. Omar Abdullah. The Annual Plan was finalized at Rs.6000 crores.