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New York: An estimated 48,000 people uprooted by severe flooding in Burkina Faso are sheltering in temporary accommodation such as schools, churches and public buildings while another 40,000 are living with host families, the United Nations has reported.

New York: Urgent funding is needed to help combat an acute hunger crisis that is ravaging much of Guatemala, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned.

New York: The number of children dying before their fifth birthday has decreased steadily over the past few years and fell to under 9 million in 2008, thanks in part to greater use of health interventions such as vaccinations and insecticide-treated bednets to prevent malaria, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said.

New York: A United Nations-backed gathering on how to scale up a carbon credit system wrapped up today, with participants agreeing that the mechanism can help contribute to a successful outcome at this December's climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, which aims to conclude an ambitious new pact to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

BHOPAL: A string of decisions taken by the Education department has put the BJP government of Madhya Pradesh in an embarrassing situation. The government is also drawing flak for not taking certain decisions vis-a-vis the education set-up of the state. And the latter has even created a law and order problem.

Air India's official reaction to the near catastrophe at the Mumbai airport on September 4 when 213 passengers on board of a burning Boeing-747 flight before its take-off to Riyadh had to be rescued through flight chutes was probably the most horrendous one in the annals of corporate communication. An arrogant looking spokesperson of the airline appeared on television screen in almost all national channels saying that these things are minor incidents and normal in air-traffic business and gave full marks to the airlines staff for saving the lives of the passengers and the crew.

Nothing seems to be going right for the left parties since they lost in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections. The CPI-M's troubles seem to be brimming over. The party has gone down from its best electoral performance in 2004 to its worst electoral show in 2009 losing 63 per cent of the seats it had. As if its worst-ever electoral performance was not enough, the party has now become embroiled in critical situations in its strongholds of West Bengal and Kerala. Instead of improving, it is deteriorating with infighting, factionalism, scandals and disconnect with the people. The top leaders are indulging in a game of passing the buck with no one taking responsibility.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Board of Directors today approved a $500 million short-term loan to help Kazakhstan mitigate the negative impacts of the global economic crisis on Central Asia's major economy.

New York: Haiti has “a remarkable opportunity” to overcome decades of misrule and neglect, but major hurdles remain and the international community must step up its support to ensure the Caribbean country can consolidate its gains, the United Nations Special Envoy and former United States president Bill Clinton has said.

CHANDIGARH: Haryana, which earned the stigma of being the state of Aya Ram Gaya Ram during the sixties when politicians almost daily changed parties and political parties formed and broke alliances, is again witnessing the phenomenon.