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New Delhi: The Ministry of Indian Overseas Affairs has signed Memorandum of Understanding with some of the countries in the Gulf for protection as well as welfare of Overseas Indian workers. There is no proposal to sign such an agreement with Australia for protection of Indian workers/students.

New Delhi: Secretary, Corporate Affairs held the meeting of the Committee constituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs for administration of Investor Education and Protection Fund today. Representatives from SEBI, RBI, NSE, Investor Activists, Professionals etc. attended the meeting.

Politics, modes of agitations and operation of laws have witnessed new trends during Punjab's Akali-BJP regime which completes three years in office this month. The most disturbing trend in politics is increased communalisation. This has happened when both the Akali and BJP leaders claim that their unity is a guarantee for communal peace and harmony in the state. The hollowness of their claims is indicated by the growing incidence of communal tensions and violence Punjab has been witnessing after the Akali-BJP coalition came to power in 2007.

Mr. Pranab Mukherjee conformed to general expectations of some unwinding of fiscal concessions and tapping of additional resources to re-launch fiscal consolidation in his Union Budget for 2010-11, hopeful of growth recovery at 8 to 8.5 per cent. But his reliance on manufacturing to drive the economy, together with Government's poor record on agricultural and price fronts, would make balanced growth elusive, let alone his obsessive 9 per cent target within two years.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Reducing visa restrictions and non-tariff barriers, and improving customs procedures, are among a host of steps South Asian countries can take to boost private sector-led growth, unlocking the region's vast economic potential, says a report prepared by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

New York: As temperatures in western Mongolia continue to hover around -40 degrees Celsius, the United Nations is sending woolen blankets, warm footwear, hygiene kits and other emergency supplies to nearly 4,000 school-age children living in poor rural areas of the country.

New York: The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed the period from 2011 to 2020 as the Decade of Action for Road Safety to spur national and global efforts to halt or reverse the increasing trend in road traffic deaths and injuries around the world.

New York: The lead United Nations agency tackling the AIDS epidemic, along with rock and roll icon Annie Lennox has launched an action plan to empower women and girls to protect themselves against HIV.

New York: The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is training hundreds of police officers, including former members of armed groups, in human rights and public security in the country's volatile far east.

New York: The top United Nations humanitarian official, on a visit to Gaza, called for the re-opening of border crossings to alleviate the suffering of the area's population in the wake of last year's deadly conflict.