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Do not forget the plight of 215 million children who have to work for survival

Special Correspondent - 2010-06-10 08:26
New York: As football fever spreads with the kick-off of the World Cup in South Africa this Friday, the United Nations labour agency has urged the world not to forget the plight of an estimated 215 million children who have to work for survival and miss out on education and sports.

GLOBAL CRISES NEED NOT HINDER ACHIEVEMENT OF ANTI-POVERTY GOALS

Special Correspondent - 2010-06-10 08:21
New York: While the global recession and other crises have meant difficult times for developed and developing countries, the United Nations development chief stressed that achieving the poverty reduction targets with a 2015 deadline is possible, outlining priority areas for action in the next five years.

Cuban tricks UN body probing tortures and inhuman acts

CUBAN VISIT WILL NOT TAKE PLACE, SAYS UN EXPERT ON TORTURE AS HE VOICES FRUSTRATION
Special Correspondent - 2010-06-10 08:11
New York: The United Nations independent expert on torture has said he was deeply disappointed that he will not be able to visit Cuba to carry out a fact-finding mission this year because the country's authorities declined to consent to any of the dates he had proposed for the mission.

THOUSANDS OF RECYCLED WEAPONS TELL STORY OF VIOLENCE

Special Correspondent - 2010-06-10 08:02
New York: Created from 7,000 weapons that were seized around the world and decommissioned, and welded into a five-ton sculpture, a new installation outside the United Nations complex in Vienna is hoping to turn hearts and minds on the subject of violence.

BAN LAUDS BURUNDIANS FOR GAINS IN CONSOLIDATING PEACE

Special Correspondent - 2010-06-10 07:54
New York: Touching down in Burundi, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated the people of the tiny African nation for their achievements in consolidating peace as it rebuilds from decades of ethnic strife.

SOUTH AFRICAN TRAVEL INDUSTRY SIGNS CODE OF CONDUCT BEFORE WORLD CUP DENOUNCING SEX TOURISM

Special Correspondent - 2010-06-10 02:17
New York: South Africa's travel and hotel industries have signed a code of conduct designed to protect children against sex tourism, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said, praising the ethical guide as an enduring legacy of the 2010 World Cup which starts in the country on Friday.

Madden Julian Oscillation: Indian farmers to get weather forecast two weeks ahead

Special Correspondent - 2010-06-09 11:14
New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department will issue forecasts for one week and an outlook for the next from this year adding a feature to its forecasts during this monsoon. Now Farmers would get forecasts of active and break phases of monsoon 10-15 days in advance. Notes on the possibilities of changes in the monsoon activity - from the active phase to the break phase or from the break phase to the active phase would be part of these advisories.
India

Income Tax Welfare Fund Operationalised after 12 Years

Special Correspondent - 2010-06-09 11:07
New Delhi: Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee announced the operationalisation of the income tax welfare fund which was pending since 1998. The fund has a corpus of Rs.100 crore and will be available for welfare activities of the employees of the income tax department. The finance Minister made this announcement while addressing the Annual Conference of Chief Commissioners and Director Generals of Income Tax, here today.
India

Rs. 1400 Crore Green Urban Transport Project Launched

Special Correspondent - 2010-06-09 11:04
New Delhi: The Ministry of Urban Development with assistance from Global Environment Facility (GEF), The World Bank and UNDP, has launched a novel Rs.1400 Cr. Green urban transport project called Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP). Under the project green urban transport will be introduced in selected cities to overcome the pollution and other hazards of existing urban transport including traffic congestion impedances for pedestrians. Four such demonstration projects have already been commenced in Pimpri-Chinchwad and Pune (Maharashtra), Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Naya Raipur (Chattisgarh) and Mysore (Karnataka).
India: Rajasthan

CORRUPTION RAMPANT IN RURAL SCHEMES

GEHLOT GOVT FAILS IN PROPER MONITORING
Ahtesham Qureshy - 2010-06-09 10:59
JAIPUR: This is a multi-polar report card listing both the achievements and failures of the Rajasthan government. First, corruption is really eating into the huge funds provided by the central government for the rural employment guarantee scheme. It threatens to destroy the success made in providing jobs and earnings to the lakhs of poor villagers under the scheme.