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New Delhi: The average annual precipitation is estimated as 4000 Billion Cubic Metre (BCM) in the country. After accounting for the natural process evaporation etc., the average annual water availability in the country is assessed as 1869 BCM.

New Delhi: Government of India proposes to put in place a regulatory framework to manage fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEC) of India. This is the Marine Fisheries (Regulation and Management) Act, which is only at the draft stage at present. The Government of India intends to hold detailed consultations with all concerned stakeholders including state governments very soon before proceeding ahead with this matter.

New Delhi: The Centre is committed to bring about major reforms in the agriculture sector in consultation with State Governments to create higher levels of surplus for processing and export and take Indian farmers higher up the value chain to increase their income and make them globally competitive.

Qatar has agreed to consider to meet Indian demand for supplying LNG on a long term basis. This emerged at a meeting between Shri Murli Deora, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Mr. Abdulla Bin Ahmed Al-Attiyah, Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy & Industry, Government of Qatar at Doha today.

JAIPUR: The Congress government in Rajasthan has at last won the battle for an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and an Indian Institute of Management (IIM).

An abrupt decision of the Congress President Ms. Sonia Gandhi and her inner circle on Telengana on December 9 has landed the party into a political minefield, with its highly prized Andhra Pradesh - a major life-line in 2009 elections - imploding into warring factions, which could erode the party's future in this economically vibrant state.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will double its investment in the rehabilitation of Cambodia's dilapidated railway, a move that will position the country at the center of a growing trade network in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS).

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will help finance a highway expansion in Thailand to stimulate trade and economic growth in its border regions and neighboring countries that make up the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS).

New York: A United Nations committee on Palestinian rights today called on the international community “to take urgent and decisive action against the continued illegal Israeli actions,” warning that Israel's settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory risk undermining the whole structure of international law.