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Asia-2011

ASIA GETS READY TO FACE INFLATION AFTER GROWTH REBOUND

CHINA TIGHTENS MONETARY POLICY TO STABILISE THE ECONOMY
S. Sethuraman - 2010-12-29 12:11
Developing Asia led the world’s post- crisis recovery in 2010 with its own robust growth of around 9 per cent but the region will now encounter inflationary pressures from the surge in global oil and other commodity prices. Faced with soaring food prices, asset bubbles and excessive liquidity, China is exiting from its “moderately loose” monetary policy and employing a range of tools to normalize liquidity during 2011. It has raised lending and deposit rates twice in the last quarter of 2010 as well as reserve requirements for banks.
India

ULFA CADRES SURRENDERING

PEACE TALKS WITH CENTRE LIKELY
Ashis Biswas - 2010-12-29 12:07
KOLKATA: Retreating ULFA cadres are abandoning a huge quantity of bullets, records, and other equipment from their hideouts close to the hilly Meghalaya-Bangladesh border, as they come under increasing pressure for law enforcing agencies.

CHILD NUTRITION SITUATION IN NIGER REMAINS ALARMING

Special Correspondent - 2010-12-28 23:55
New York: Although humanitarian aid to Niger has saved the lives of tens of thousands of ill-fed children, the nutritional situation remains alarming with more than 15 in 100 youngsters suffering from acute malnutrition, according to a United Nations-backed survey.

UNESCO LAUNCHES ONLINE GAME TO EDUCATE YOUTH ABOUT HIV/AIDS

Special Correspondent - 2010-12-28 23:52
New York: A new video game being launched by the United Nations aims to provide young people with accurate and reliable information about HIV prevention, while educating, entertaining and promoting healthy behaviour.

LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN VISITS UN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS IN SOUTH

Special Correspondent - 2010-12-28 23:48
New York: Lebanese President Michel Sleiman today reaffirmed his country’s “consensus” support for the United Nations peacekeeping operation that was strengthened in 2006 as part of the agreement that ended fighting between Israel and Hizbollah.

SUDAN: UN DELIVERS BALLOTS FOR INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM IN SOUTH

Special Correspondent - 2010-12-28 23:45
New York: The United Nations has delivered ballots for more than 4 million voters in Southern Sudan for next month’s independence referendum, culminating a six-year peace process that ended two decades of civil war between the north and south.

AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS CAN BE CATALYSTS FOR ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION

Special Correspondent - 2010-12-28 23:41
New York: Governments in Africa can facilitate economic transformation and sustainable development through policies that give incentives to businesses and industry to thrive, according to a preview released today of a forthcoming joint report by the United Nations and the African Union.

WITH RESTRICTIONS LIFTED, UN AND PARTNERS DELIVER ASSISTANCE TO DISPLACED DARFURIS

Special Correspondent - 2010-12-28 23:36
New York: The United Nations and other aid agencies today began providing vital humanitarian assistance to thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) sheltered outside the UN-African Union mission’s sites in Darfur now that restrictions have been lifted on all air and road movements to areas of recent fighting.

UN REFUGEE AGENCY CALLS ON THAILAND NOT TO FORCIBLY RETURN MYANMAR NATIONALS

Special Correspondent - 2010-12-28 23:33
New York: The United Nations refugee agency today urged Thailand not to forcibly return a group of some 166 Myanmar nationals who fled their country amid renewed fighting and are currently seeking temporary protection from the Royal Government.
India

CONGRESS AFTER KARUNAKARAN

EQUATIONS WITHIN KPCC SET TO CHANGE
P. Sreekumaran - 2010-12-28 13:31
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: An epoch has come to a close with the death of the ‘Bhismacharya of Kerala politics’, Kannoth Karunakaran.