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LUCKNOW: The formal break-up between Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and former chief minister Kalyan Singh will have far-reaching repercussions in the state politics.

New York: Nine million more people in Latin America will fall into poverty this year due to the global economic crisis, bringing the total number of poor in the region to 189 million, or 34 per cent of the population, according to a United Nations report.

New York: Despite considerable progress over the past 20 years in improving the lot of the world's children, including a 28 per cent drop in annual mortality of those under five from 12.5 million to an estimated 8.8 million, their rights are still far from assured, according to a new United Nations report.

New York: The United Nations yesterday marked World Toilet Day, stressing access to proper sanitation as a human right due to all, with a particular focus on “forgotten” prisoners and detainees in state institutions.

Mumbai and Singapore - A rebounding stock market that gained two-thirds in the past year and an economy growing at 6% have boosted the net worth of India's richest people, according to the latest Forbes' India Rich List. The combined net worth of India's 100 richest people is US$276 billion, almost a quarter of the country's GDP.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - A majority of the world's fatal traffic accidents occur in the Asia-Pacific region and concerted regional and country responses are needed to address the issue, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice-President Ursula Schaefer-Preuss has said.

The week-long visit to Asia, the first for President Barack Obama, whose childhood experiences of the Pacific region helped shape “my view of the world”, has turned out to be more a learning excursion into the emerging geopolitics of the vast dynamic region, currently leading the global recovery from the worst recession in decades.

Is the “quiet diplomacy” to resolve the Kashmir problem working? Apparently, the PMO and the Home Ministry are engaged in sounding out the various players and bring them to the table to resume negotiations.

New York: Although melting glaciers, rising sea levels and polar bears may be the faces of climate change, women - who bear the brunt of global warming - are on the front lines of its ravages.

New York: Nearly 250,000 Palestinians in 83 communities on the West Bank are at risk of heightened violence in so-called “price tag” revenge attacks that Israeli settlers may launch against a large-scale attempt by Israel to evacuate outposts it considers illegal, a United Nations report has warned.