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The WTO Secretariat, on 27 May 2010, organized a workshop on Aid for Trade and Development Finance. A main message emerging from the workshop was that Aid for Trade is an integral part of the development finance architecture, and was of even greater importance during the period of economic recovery.

The third WTO Review of China's trade policies and practices and their impact on the functioning of the multilateral trading system took place in Geneva on 31 May and 2 June 2010.

The value of world merchandise trade was around 25% higher in the first three months of 2010 than in the same period of 2009, according to WTO figures released on 2 June 2010. Global exports rose by 27%, while imports rose slightly less, at 24%. These are “year-on-year” quarterly comparisons.

New Delhi: As per assessment study conducted by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) on the impact of climate change, a rise in temperature reduces crop duration, increases crop respiration rates, affects the equilibrium between crops and pests, hastens nutrient mineralization in soils, decreases fertilizer use efficiencies, and increases evapo-transpiration.

Presidents and Deans of many US Universities met Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri Kapil Sibal today at Washington DC and expressed their desire to set up higher education institutions in India. They also appreciated the process of academic reforms initiated in India and said that they would like to be active partners in the growth story of Indian education.

New Delhi: The Law and Justice Minister, Dr. Veerappa Moily has said that the government will open Law University in each state of the country.

The West Bengal results show that Mamata Banerjee has been both right and wrong. The correctness of her decision to go it alone in the municipal polls is evident from the fact that her party and the Left have emerged as the twin poles of the state's political scene, reducing the Congress to a distant third. Nowhere is this duality more evident than in Kolkata, which has been a resounding triumph for her and a humiliating setback for former ally, the Congress.

KOLKATA: India, to match China's military preparedness along its Eastern border, plans to raise new youth battalions, build new airstrips and improve road connectivity between the mainland and the Northeast region — particularly in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim.

During the Africa-France Summit, African Development Bank Group president, Donald Kaberuka, urged foreign investors to invest in Africa where improving governance has made it possible to reduce business risks on the continent.

New York: The humanitarian crisis triggered by January's earthquake in Haiti could worsen with the onset of this year's hurricane season, which experts have warned could be severe, the United Nations said, adding that the Organization and its partners are preparing for a worst-case scenario.