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New Delhi: UPA led Union Government of India, which is presently neck deep in corruption, has been trying to amend the Right to Information Act for quite some time. More recently, Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has circulated a suggestion stating if information seeker under this act dies, the concerned file would be closed. If it is accepted, it would further endanger the lives of the petitioners including RTI activists who are already facing all sorts of attacks, including attempts to murder.

New Delhi: India today urged the industrialized nations to commit their emission reduction targets for 2020 that are consistent with the Copenhagen goal of containing the likely temperature increase to no more than 2 degree centigrade or less.

New Delhi: India’s polar research projects are aimed at contributing towards the study of climate change, polar biology and glaciology. Its Arctic Research Programme complements its work in Antarctic, according to the Union science and technology and earth sciences minister, Pawan Kumar Bansal.

'The African Development Bank needs to be relevant to all its Regional Member Countries (RMCs), and that includes fragile states. These are states in need of our expertise and support. We must continue to uphold the vision and boldness the Deputies had when they founded this initiative. We must use all available instruments to respond to the needs of these states, including public support,'* President Donald Kaberuka.

New York: A group of United Nations independent human rights experts today voiced alarm at limits imposed by governments on the right to freedom of expression and information, saying recent mass protests in several countries were the result of frustrations by people who felt ignored or neglected.

New York: A special United Nations football match played by some of the world’s top footballers in December raised more than half a million dollars for ongoing post-disaster reconstruction work in Haiti and Pakistan, and for disadvantaged communities in Greece.

New York: The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Côte d’Ivoire today reported that 18,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) have been identified in the western areas of the country, adding that the number could rise when the registration of the people, currently under way, is completed.

New York: The United Nations today launched an action plan to combat piracy off the Somali coast, calling for greater support from national navies to fight a “global menace” that threatens not only international trade but the world body’s delivery of vital food aid to millions of hungry people.

New York: Food prices around the world surged to a new historic peak in January, for the seventh consecutive month, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today, adding that the prices are not likely to decline in the months ahead.

The European Union reported at the meeting of the Council for Trade in Goods on 31 January 2011 that it was still consulting with some members that have expressed systemic or economic concerns regarding its request for a waiver on trade preferences it would provide to Pakistan to help the country recover from floods last year. It said it would report on the results of these consultations at the next meeting, which is scheduled for 21 March 2011.