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For the first time, the Left parties (red) and the rightwing BJP (saffron) are facing the same problem: growing infighting and groupism. The BJP, which prides itself on being a 'party with a difference', is now seen more as a 'party with diffidence.' The Left parties, particularly the CPI-M, known for their discipline are now facing indiscipline at the top level.

The director general of International Water Management Institute (IWMI), COLIN J CHARTRES in an exclusive interview to ASHOK B SHARMA called for efficient management and use of the essential resource - water - with a view avoid the impending crisis of food and feed security.

Emerging nations, especially China and India, with the biggest domestic markets, are still banking on global recovery to get back to the high growth trajectory from which they have derailed, in the wake of the breakdown of globalisation as symbolised by freer trade and capital flows across borders.

LUCKNOW: Poor performance in the Lok Sabha elections has forced both the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party to woo the backward castes in the state in a big way.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Board of Directors has approved the allocation of $3.4 billion in additional funds to help developing member countries (DMCs) respond to the global economic crisis.

United States President Barrack Husein Obama's address from Cairo to a global audience on the relationship between the US and the Islamic world was a landmark initiative which opens many doors and lays the foundation for a comprehensive change in Western attitudes towards the one-fifth of humanity who are Muslims and who live in some of the world's most turbulent regions and countries.

The taunting advice by the RSS ideologue, M.G. Vaidya, to the BJP that it could dump Hindutva to win back its “secular” allies shows two things. One is that the saffronites are not devoid of humour. The other is that the RSS is confident that it has got the BJP in its iron grip. Had this not been so, Vaidya would not have mocked it in such a sneering fashion.

The war against terrorism in Pakistan seems to have overshadowed the issue of Pakistan-sponsored terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. The situation has given rise to important questions. What will be the outcome of the war? Will its end make Pakistan's present or future rulers bury the ISI-backed terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of India?

KOLKATA: Does the US support or oppose the proposed highly emotive trials against 1971 war criminals in Bangladesh?

New Delhi: Biopiracy of traits of climate resilient crops by leading seed multinationals can endanger the income and livelihood of farmers, more particularly in the developing world said a report compiled by a civil society organization, Navdanya.