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New York: While the global recession and other crises have meant difficult times for developed and developing countries, the United Nations development chief stressed that achieving the poverty reduction targets with a 2015 deadline is possible, outlining priority areas for action in the next five years.

New York: The United Nations independent expert on torture has said he was deeply disappointed that he will not be able to visit Cuba to carry out a fact-finding mission this year because the country's authorities declined to consent to any of the dates he had proposed for the mission.

New York: Created from 7,000 weapons that were seized around the world and decommissioned, and welded into a five-ton sculpture, a new installation outside the United Nations complex in Vienna is hoping to turn hearts and minds on the subject of violence.

New York: Touching down in Burundi, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated the people of the tiny African nation for their achievements in consolidating peace as it rebuilds from decades of ethnic strife.

New York: South Africa's travel and hotel industries have signed a code of conduct designed to protect children against sex tourism, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said, praising the ethical guide as an enduring legacy of the 2010 World Cup which starts in the country on Friday.

New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department will issue forecasts for one week and an outlook for the next from this year adding a feature to its forecasts during this monsoon. Now Farmers would get forecasts of active and break phases of monsoon 10-15 days in advance. Notes on the possibilities of changes in the monsoon activity - from the active phase to the break phase or from the break phase to the active phase would be part of these advisories.

New Delhi: Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee announced the operationalisation of the income tax welfare fund which was pending since 1998. The fund has a corpus of Rs.100 crore and will be available for welfare activities of the employees of the income tax department. The finance Minister made this announcement while addressing the Annual Conference of Chief Commissioners and Director Generals of Income Tax, here today.

New Delhi: The Ministry of Urban Development with assistance from Global Environment Facility (GEF), The World Bank and UNDP, has launched a novel Rs.1400 Cr. Green urban transport project called Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP). Under the project green urban transport will be introduced in selected cities to overcome the pollution and other hazards of existing urban transport including traffic congestion impedances for pedestrians. Four such demonstration projects have already been commenced in Pimpri-Chinchwad and Pune (Maharashtra), Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Naya Raipur (Chattisgarh) and Mysore (Karnataka).

JAIPUR: This is a multi-polar report card listing both the achievements and failures of the Rajasthan government. First, corruption is really eating into the huge funds provided by the central government for the rural employment guarantee scheme. It threatens to destroy the success made in providing jobs and earnings to the lakhs of poor villagers under the scheme.

LUCKNOW: The manner in which Samajwadi Party and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) supported Congress candidates in biennial polls for Rajya Sabha and Vidhan Parishad has not only unnerved ruling BSP but also gave indications for future politics in Uttar Pradesh before 2012 assembly polls.