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New Delhi: Eminent singer Shri Manna Dey has been selected for the Dada Saheb Phalke Award for the year 2007. The Award is given by the Government of India for outstanding contribution in the field of cinema. The Award carries a Cash Prize of Rs. 10 lakh, a Swaran Kamal and a Shawl.

The Central Government has decided that the provisions of the Gram Nyayalayas Act shall come into force in the areas to which this Act extends on October 2, 2009 i.e. the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008 has been enacted to provide for the establishment of the Gram Nyayalayas at the grass roots level for the purpose of providing access to justice to the citizens at their door steps.

British Conservative politician Enoch Powell's memorable observation that “all political lives, unless they are cut off at a happy juncture, end in failure” is eminently applicable to L.K. Advani.

Such has been the hype and hysteria in the Indian media over alleged Chinese border incursions that one would think the two nations are about to go to war. That was indeed the perceptive reaction of a visiting foreign journalist friend after watching Indian TV channels. It's not the substance of the incursion stories, which raised alarm and provoked calls for retaliation. It's the manipulative display of file pictures of Chinese warplanes, tanks and long columns of soldiers—with no relationship to ground realities— and wild comments by TV anchors, that inflamed tempers.

WASHINGTON: The global economic crisis is contributing to shifts in power relations in the world that will impact currency markets, monetary policy, trade relations and the role of developing countries, said World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick.

New York: The strengthening of ties between developing countries has been one of the few positive consequences of the global economic meltdown, the leaders of two Caribbean nations told the UN General Assembly.

New York: The fact that one billion people on the planet suffer from hunger represents a collective failure by the international community, Ireland told the UN General Assembly, stressing that the time to act together to eradicate this scourge is now.

New York: Vibrant minority groups strengthen countries rather than undermine them, Hungary's Foreign Minister told the UN General Assembly as he warned of “alarming tendencies” to curtail the political, cultural and educational opportunities worldwide in the wake of the financial crisis.

New York: With countries least responsible for climate change bearing the brunt of the man-made phenomenon, sustainable development is being jeopardized by climate change, nations said at the UN General Assembly.

New York: The upsurge in tribal fighting in southern Sudan this year threatens the stability not just of the country but the entire region, a senior Sudanese official told the UN General Assembly, calling for greater commitment from the international community to help bringing last peace.