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A mere sixteen years after its political transformation, South Africa has proven to the world just how far it has walked the path of freedom. From the lows of its sporting isolation at the height of the apartheid era - under which the Gleneagles Agreement reinforced Commonwealth member states' opposition to racism - to the lofty heights of being a football World Cup host, the walk has not been an easy one. The path has been, and continues to be littered with enormous developmental challenges, among them tackling unemployment, crime and the poverty burden.

New Delhi: An Exhibition Train, on the themes of Sports and Information Technology (IT), named ' Commonwealth Express' will start its 101 day-long journey from Safdarjung Railway Station, New Delhi on 24th June, 2010 and after travelling through 49 cities and towns across the country covering 23 States and Union Territories of Puduchery and Chandigarh, it will come back to the same station on 2nd October, 2010. During this journey, IT Part of the Exhibition in 6 Coaches will showcase the relevance and usefulness of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in day today life of the common man.

New Delhi: The Government will provide policy support to recognize project management as specialized discipline and to put in place institutional arrangements to develop it as an important stream of management studies.

A mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) visited Djibouti from June 2-9, 2010 to discuss progress under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF), which replaced the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) approved in September 2008.

Almost all of us seek happiness. We follow the path that we believe are capable of giving happiness. We also get happiness in our life, but our problem is our incapability of sustaining it for a longer time. We begin experiencing happiness and then end up in miseries. Our happiness is interrupted. It cannot be experienced continuously throughout the life. Everything that begins has an end. It is the law. We forget the self in this process which is simply bliss and axiomatic. We simply need to remove the veil of ignorance to find it within, which is the rhythm and the base of our very existence.

A leading economic think-tank, the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), has estimated that the Indian economy is set to grow at 9.2 percent in the current financial year. This is much higher than the estimates made both by the Government and the Reserve Bank of India. The CMIE says its estimates are based on its expectations of better performance in the industrial and allied fields, as well as agriculture. It however puts a rider that monsoons must behave this year.

The Bharatiya Janata Party—once known for internal cohesion and discipline, although not for sober or inclusive politics—is now so faction-ridden that it often ends up damaging itself by pandering to particular leaders. Take Bihar, one of only six states in which it's is in power. Its coalition with the Janata Dal (United) under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is crucial to the viability of the National Democratic Alliance. Mr Kumar has turned Bihar's administration around and revived economic growth. He enjoys a formidable reputation as India's most respected Chief Minister.

A significant fallout from the Nitish Kumar-BJP spat is that the saffron camp's plans to bring Narendra Modi to the national level as a preparation for projecting him as a prime minister has been dashed for the time being.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has addressed a range of challenging issues involved in an ADB-funded irrigation project in Pakistan, and compliance requirements have now been met, the independent Compliance Review Panel (CRP) says.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today approved $60 million in loans for the Viet Nam Health Human Resources Sector Development Program to help the country improve its health services, particularly in poor, remote communities which lack skilled workers and quality health facilities. The Program is cofinanced with an $11 million grant from the Government of Australia.