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The Zambian economy has been holding up well, despite the sharp decline in copper prices in 2008 and early 2009. Growth exceeded 6 percent in 2009, boosted by a significant increase in copper output, a bumper crop, and continued strong construction activity. Inflation has been below 10 percent since December 2009, helped by the bumper crop.

The economy of Bulgaria will start to recover this year as the recovery in global GDP growth will spur exports, and projects real GDP in Bulgaria to increase by 0.2 percent in 2010.

New Delhi: Several States in the country, particularly Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh and some of the North Eastern States have shortage of qualified persons for appointment as teachers in schools.

New Delhi: As part of Government's efforts to combat the menace of international terrorism, Ministry of External Affairs has signed agreements for establishment of Joint Working Groups (JWG-CT) on Counter-Terrorism with 25 countries and 2 regional organizations.

New Delhi: The High Commission of India in Canberra has made demarches to the Australian authorities informing them that the changes introduced by them in the visa regulations are going to affect the Indian students.

New Delhi: India and China through negotiations are seeking to arrive at a final settlement of the International Boundary between India and China. There is no commonly delineated Line of Actual Control (LAC) between the two countries.

New Delhi: The Public Distribution System (Control) Order, 2001 mandates the State/UT Governments to issue distinctive ration cards to Above Poverty Line (APL), Below Poverty Line (BPL) and Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) families and to conduct periodical review and checking of ration cards, to weed out ineligible and bogus ration cards and bogus units in the ration cards.

New Delhi: The Ministry of State for Environment and Forests has requested the Planning Commission to provide additional funds under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme 'Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats' (IDWH) for considering the proposal to save Asiatic Lions in Gir region of Gujarat.

New Delhi: A three member team has enquired into issue of violation of the provisions of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, in Orissa. It enquired impact of a project on Tribal Rights and Wildlife conservation in the case of diversion of 660.749 ha of forest land for mining of Bauxite ore in Lanjigarh Bauxite Reserve in favour of Orissa Mining Corporation in Kalahandi and Rayagade districts. The team had two officials and one non-official member. The report is awaited.

New Delhi: The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs has issued guidelines and launched an awareness/publicity campaign to make people aware of such issues. Besides the publication of a guidance booklet on Marriages to Overseas Indians, distribution of multi-lingual pamphlets, seminars, scrolls on TV etc., a Scheme has been launched to provide legal/counseling services to Indian women deserted by their overseas Indian spouses through Indian Missions abroad.