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New York: The pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has rejected an appeal by prosecutors to overturn an earlier decision declining to confirm charges against a rebel leader accused of directing the September 2007 attack that killed a dozen African Union peacekeepers in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region.

New York: Responsible investment in agriculture in developing countries can help them tap the enormous potential in farming in the wake of the recent food crisis, the head of the United Nations trade and development said, calling for both national and international efforts to ensure domestic economies benefit.

New York: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on the Afghan authorities to probe last October's attack on a United Nations guesthouse in Kabul after a board of inquiry suggested that a UN staffer may have been killed by Afghan security forces who may have mistaken him for an insurgent.

New Delhi: Ministry of Tribal Affairs has formulated a draft National Tribal Policy. The finalization of the policy is under process. No time frame for implementation can, however, be given at this stage.

NEW DELHI: Self-sufficiency in foodgrains is essential not only to feed 1160 million people, overwhelming of them being engaged in hardwork to earn two meals-a-day. It is equally, if not more, important to safeguard the sovereignty of the country from marauding multi-national finance capital.

Jammu and Kashmir often witnesses paradoxical situations. The most crucial has been India and Pakistan's failure to solve the imbroglio despite having twice evolved a formula during the last ten years. The other is reflected by the state's prevailing situation. First take the latest paradox.

Economic growth dropped sharply in 2009 in Africa, averaging only 2 percent in sub-Saharan region. However, prospects for the region in 2010 are for a recovery that is increasing in strength, in tandem with the world economy, and economic growth could rebound to 4¾ percent.

As it emerges from the worst crisis in decades, the world economy faces an uncertain and uneven recovery. The crisis interrupted progress in reducing poverty and the impact will be long-lasting. With only five years to meet the Millennium Development Goals, we must intensify efforts to reach the poor wherever they are - in Middle Income Countries, Low Income Countries, and especially in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The Twenty-First Meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee of the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund Chaired by Dr. Youssef Boutros-Ghali, Minister of Finance of Egypt on April 24, 2010 has concluded that signs of a strengthening economic recovery are encouraging but many challenges remain that need to be tackled collaboratively.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today called on the States to take more steps for strengthening the Panchayati Raj Institutions so that the Panchayats in country could play a more effective role in inclusive development and providing access to the masses in the Government programmes. Dr. Manmohan Singh was inaugurating the The National Panchayati Raj Day Function at Vigyan Bhawan New Delhi Today.