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MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has begun implementing sweeping new changes to the way it does business to improve the quality and responsiveness of its work.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has implemented improvements to internal rules protecting those who report integrity violations or misconduct in ADB or in ADB-related activities.

The farm sector of the Indian economy is in crisis. The UPA Government has admitted, albeit reluctantly, that the crisis is linked to the economic reform process launched two decades ago when Mr. Manmohan Singh was the finance minister in the Narasimha Rao-led Congress minority government.

For the Congress and the BJP, 2010 is the year of organisational elections. While the process is yet to begin in Congress, the party is faced with a strong demand for introducing the 'Rahul model' to usher in genuine democracy in the party. In pre-Indira era, elections in Congress were a lively event with every leader trying to establish his or her clout. Narasimha Rao had in 1992 completed the process up to the CWC but it was, by and large, through an imposed consensus from primary level to PCCs.

Politics has won over Punjab's already crippled economy. This is evident from Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his Deputy Chief Minister son Sukhbir Singh Badal succumbing to the BJP's pressure to partially roll back enhanced power tariff for the domestic, industrial and commercial sectors after a week long attrition games the two alliance partners played in Delhi.

New York: The United Nations is mobilizing the fashion and cosmetics industries in an “eco-fashion” battle to curb the unprecedented loss of the world's biodiversity, from the over-harvesting of wild species for their skins or natural fibres to the pollution caused by manufacturing processes.

Mumbai: The 11th edition of M.I.F.F. (Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films) organized by the Films Division will be held from 3rd to 9th February, 2010 at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Nariman Point, Mumbai.

New York: Actors, rappers and environmentalists are scaling Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to spotlight the global clean water crisis, which affects more than 1 billion people worldwide, and to raise funds for the United Nations refugee agency and other humanitarian organizations.

New York: The United Nations nuclear watchdog and the European Commission have reached agreement on arrangements to apply 'integrated safeguards' in all non-nuclear-weapon States of the European Union that have significant nuclear activities.

New Delhi: With the aim of enhancing safety, capacity and efficiency in train operations, Ministry of Railways has decided to upmark signaling and communication technology. Progressive implementation of route relay/panel/electronic interlocking, installation of block proving axle counters and data loggers, track circuiting along with multi aspect colour light signallng system are works currently spread over the network.