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New York: United Nations independent experts voiced concern about the impact of the Haitian earthquake's impact on the country's children, who are always the most vulnerable to any disasters.

New York: Despite progress on many fronts to improve global health, the world still faces persistent challenges, from insufficient funding and capacity to the resistance by many to make needed lifestyle changes, the head of the United Nations health agency warned.

New York: The United Nations today allocated some $100 million to boost the humanitarian response in 14 ongoing but underfunded emergencies, ranging from Afghanistan to Yemen, where people are suffering the effects of hunger, malnutrition, disease and conflict.

New York: With the global economic downturn causing the “disastrous combination” of high food prices and reduced buying power, leaving hundreds of millions more people unable to feed themselves or their families, the United Nations reiterated its commitment to work with regional bodies to ensure food security.

WASHINGTON — The capacity of countries to efficiently move goods and connect manufacturers and consumers with international markets is improving around the world, but much more progress is needed to spur faster economic growth and help firms benefit from trade recovery, according to a new World Bank Group survey on trade logistics.

A Flagship Drinking Water Programme of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, desalination refers to any of several processes that remove excess salt and other minerals from water. Water is desalinated in order to be converted to freshwater suitable for human consumption or irrigation. It is used on many seagoing ships and submarines. Most of the modern interest in desalination is focused on developing cost-effective ways of providing freshwater for human use in regions where the availability of freshwater is limited.

Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) was established by the Department of Information Technology, Govt. of India in January 2004 with a specific mandate to respond to computer security incidents. With the passage of Information Technology (Amendment) Act 2008, CERT-In has been designated as Nodal agency for coordinating all matters related to cyber security and emergency response.

Coal is a fossil fuel composed primarily of carbons and hydrocarbons. It is largely used in power industry for burning, to make steam that turns turbines and generates electricity. When burned, it produces emissions that contribute to pollution and global warming.

The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh will give away National Bravery Awards for 2009 to twenty one children on January 21, 2010. These children - 8 girls and 13 boys - have been selected by a high powered committee in recognition for their outstanding deeds of bravery and meritorious service. Two Awards will be given posthumously.

New Delhi: Rising temperatures in the next 15 years will lead to a huge drop in global farm production, anything between 20 and 40 percent, and the policy-makers are looking up to the breeders to find a solution to that.