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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.

There are reasons to be happy about the latest changes proposed to be incorporated as guidelines in the Companies Act. One of the changes being contemplated is the division of functions between the chairman of a company's board of directors and its chief executive or head of the executive board.

As we enter the second decade of the 21st century, the country needs to remind itself more acutely than ever before that we are still at the bottom rung in several social indicators of human development among 180 and odd nations around the world. India will be falling behind some of the UN Millennium Development Goals 2015 even if the target for halving poverty over the 2000 level is achieved.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Sichuan Province in the People's Republic of China (PRC) is planning to strengthen its public employment services (PES) to give millions of migrant job seekers a better chance of finding work in urban areas.

New Delhi: In pursuance of the PCPIR policy of the Government of India, and the approval of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) in February 2009, the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Government of India entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with the Government of Gujarat to set up a PCPIR at Dahej.