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New Delhi: The 19th day of Feb 2010, was marked with the take off of the Indian Navy's new fighter aircraft - the MiG-29K with it's full afterburners. The new fighter displayed its agility by breaking into an almost vertical climb within seconds after take off.

New Delhi: Allocation of funds by the Governments in India for welfare of the citizens is a politically rumunerative pastime. In real terms, the spending of funds, however, seems to be too difficult for our political establishment at the centre as well as states. This mindset of the politicians and bureaucrats has led us to a situation in which only 28 percent of the welfare fund out of the collected as cess is being spent on the needy.

How many of our economic policy-makers are aware that one of the biggest and oldest multinational companies operating in the country with multi-location production units is, of late, using its manufacturing facility in China to import and market items such as toilet and kitchen cleaners in India?

NEW DELHI: In the midst of preparations for the nationwide satyagraha/jail bharo protest action on March 5 by nine central trade union organisations (CTUOs), the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) chose to seek an appointment for itself with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The move took the other eight CTUOs completely by surprise.

LUCKNOW: There has been a substantial rise in the cases of atrocities on women ever since the Mayawati government assumed power in Uttar Pradesh in May 2007.

Supportive macroeconomic policies in Philippines, together with resilient remittances, cushioned the impact in 2009 of the global economic crisis. Recovery is expected in 2010, led by private demand as confidence and remittances improve. A timely return toward a sustainable fiscal path while avoiding a premature exit from a supportive monetary policy will be important, along with continued reforms to ensure sustained growth in the medium-term.

New York: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is closely following developments in Niger, where renegade soldiers reportedly stormed the presidential palace earlier on 18th February and the whereabouts of the West African nation's leader remains unclear.

New York: The United Nations and its aid partners issued a call for nearly $1.5 billion to assist 3 million Haitians - one third of the Caribbean nation's population - following last month's colossal earthquake, making it the largest-ever humanitarian appeal launched in the wake of a natural disaster.

New York: The United Nations today inaugurated a panel of prominent political, intellectual and religious figures from all regions entrusted with furthering peace founded on justice, respect for human rights, gender equality and solidarity in the context of an increasingly globalized world.

New York: Millions of Egyptian children continue to live in poverty, despite recent gains made for young people, particularly on the legislative front, a study commissioned by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has found.