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The question of food security is being hotly discussed among wide circles of people. A series of national and international conferences, seminars and meetings convened by the Food and Agricultural Organisations (FAO) and other agencies are being held to find an answer to this question.

KOLKATA: China has, at long last, admitted what has been known for a fairly long time, namely, that it is building a dam for a hydro-power project on the Yarlung Tsangpo, as the Brahmaputra is called in Chinese. During his visit to Beijing early last month, our External Affairs Minister, Mr S. M. Krishna, was told about the construction and assured that the project would not harm Indian interests.

New York: Indonesia has announced that it intends to ratify the United Nations-backed treaty banning nuclear testing, pushing the pact one step closer to fruition.

New York: The United Nations food aid agency has appealed to donors to make up for a massive shortfall in funding for Yemen, where it has already been forced to halve rations for hundreds of thousands of hungry people and faces the prospect of a virtually complete depletion of stocks by August.

New York: Warning of climate change's potential to threaten food security in Africa, a new United Nations paper is urging the continent's countries to take action to develop agriculture and manage natural resources in a sustainable manner.

A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) visited Guatemala during April 27-May 6, 2010 to conduct the third review of the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) approved in April 2009. The mission met with Minister of Finance Juan Alberto Fuentes Knight; Central Bank Governor María Antonieta de Bonilla; Superintendent of Banks Edgar Barquín; members of the Cabinet and Congress of the Republic, and representatives of the private sector.

New York: The United Nations health agency is publishing new guidelines on treatment for venomous snake bites, which kill at least 100,000 people a year, while highlighting the critical need for appropriate, safe and effective antivenoms.

The recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is advancing faster than anticipated but at different speeds across countries, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its latest Regional Economic Outlook - Western Hemisphere report, which was launched in Montevideo, Uruguay.

TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN - Expanding social protection programs in Asia and the Pacific will give poor and vulnerable people more opportunities to benefit from renewed growth in the region while boosting domestic consumption, building human capital, and helping to rebalance economies, a seminar audience heard.

BHOPAL: 'Akshaya Tritiya' also known as Akha Teej would be celebrated on 16 May this year like every year. Akshaya Tritiya is considered to be most auspicious day for performing marriage ceremonies among Hindus as per Hindu Vedic Calendar. Akshaya means 'something which does not perish' (A-kshaya). It is believed that marriage on that would bind the couple for seven births (or life's) due to which a large number of marriages are performed on the day. Due to this superstitious belief the festival is accompanied by an evil custom of child marriage. Thousands young children, adolescent boys and girls are tied to marriage bond on the day who are not physical & mentally prepared for marriage.