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The promises of revival of economic growth by the UPA government leadership are devoid of conviction as well as credibility. This is evident from the growing fiscal deficit and foreign debt under its dispensation. In a desperate bid it has decided to sell the shares of profit-making public sector undertakings to raise funds for providing “stimulus” to private corporations, both Indian and foreign, and open the door l wider for the multinational corporations.

BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh has slipped into election mode for the third time in one year. In November last year, the people of the state had chosen the new state assembly. Then, in the beginning of this year, they voted in the General elections. And now the state is readying itself for yet another electoral battle. Elections to urban civic bodies have been announced. Polling is scheduled for next month. Panchayat polls will follow the urban civic bodies elections.

The head of the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) today wrapped up a five-day visit to India, during which a major focus of discussions was protecting traditional knowledge, genetic resources and folklore.

New York: While the “digital divide” between rich and poor countries may be shrinking overall, the gap is widening between the developed and developing worlds in the availability of broadband or high-speed Internet, a crucial tool for achieving economic and social goals, a top United Nations official said.

Telecom czar Sunil Mittal's sudden outburst against growing competition in the cellular mobile phone service business is shocking and uncalled for. It is true that Bharti's revenues and bottom line are under stress for the first time since some of its rivals, especially those which arrived late, are making more attractive tariff offers to customers to make their presence felt in the business.

KOLKATA: Ironically, the most surprising reaction on the outcome of by-elections held in 10 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal came from the Minister for Industries, Mr. Nirupam Sen.

CHANDIGARH: Infighting has become one of the major factors in the electoral defeat of candidates of the mainstream political parties in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Its latest victims are the Congress and the BJP in Himachal Pradesh. They have lost their respective bastions of Rohru and Jawali to each other in the Assembly by-elections whose results were announced this week.

Why is money power increasingly becoming important in politics? The past few weeks have shown how money power is dictating even national parties like the Congress and the BJP. This is true in Jharkhand, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and elsewhere.

New York: The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today called for a day-long, global hunger strike in solidarity with the planet's one billion people who do not have enough to eat, ahead of next week's World Summit on Food Security.