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One phase of Haryana politics is over. The phase that has just ended was marked with the Congress's sweeping win and Opposition's humiliating debacle in Lok Sabha elections. The phase that has begun belongs to the Assembly elections due in February 2010 but whose speculated advance to October-November this year seems to have been abandoned owing to the elusive monsoons.

In the backdrop of the recent global financial crisis and shrinking market, Indian government's Economic Survey has said that while efforts to promote exports were needed, there was a need to guard against protectionist measures originating from the country's trading partners.

New Delhi: The central secretariat of Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) said in a press statement that the Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal should not be in hurry and that Major shifts in education system must be made after consultation and debates.

New York: Threats to Belize's barrier reef reserve and Colombia's Los Katios National Park from deforestation, illegal fishing and 'excessive development' have led the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to inscribe the sites on its List of World Heritage in Danger.

New York: Four new sites - located in Burkina Faso, Iran, Kyrgyzstan and Republic of Korea (ROK) - have been added to the World Heritage List of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), it was announced today.

The post-Lok Sabha poll and pre-budget reflections this year focus on a baffling scenario. Expectations are inordinately high in the corporate business, in industry, services and even agriculture. But for the aam aadmi, it is baffling. The middle segment of the aam aadmi has come to terms with it. But the mass of the deprived and exploited humanity, including the lower middle class is still restive and discontented.

After showering so much praise on Rahul Gandhi for his impressive breakthrough in UP elections, why this near blackout of his democratisation plans for the Youth Congress? Thousands of English-speaking youths are jostling at the Youth Congress offices for recruitment to the higher echelons of the ruling party. In Lucknow, among those queued up were 22 engineers and half a dozen medical graduates and lecturers.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank's (ADB's) Board of Directors has approved two loans to Pakistan totaling $500 million that will assist the government with its macroeconomic stability efforts and fund a targeted safety net program for the poor.

The world cannot continue with “business as usual” and there is a profound need for a successful conclusion to the current negotiations on both climate change and trade opening.

New York:The United Nations committee tasked with building alliances in the global fight against hunger has warned that the world financial crisis will aggravate malnutrition among the most vulnerable in developing countries.