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Imagine China joining the fray with already established and strong contingent of education exporters such as the USA, the UK, Australia, Germany and Singapore for a slice of the multi-billion dollar Indian market of overseas education seekers!

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Economic growth in the Pacific region in 2009 is expected to dip below earlier forecasts, but will remain positive at 2.8%, says a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) publication released yesterday.

New York: Global interest in introducing nuclear power is on the rise, with ground being broken for the largest number of reactors in decades last year, the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported.

New York: An independent United Nations human rights expert today voiced her concerns at the mass evictions planned by the River State Government in Nigeria which could leave hundreds of thousands of people homeless over the coming year.

BHOPAL: The Sikh community of Madhya Pradesh is sore with the BJP government of the state for organising the national convention of “Rashtriya Sikh Sangat” at Bhopal on Aug 8-9, 2009. The “Sikh Sangat” is considered a pro-RSS organisation, which, the mainstream Sikh organizations allege, is trying to drive a wedge into their community. The “Sangat” faces strong opposition in Punjab.

The Congress Party has identified three issues - drought, price rise and swine flu - for the UPA government to tackle in the next few months. The Congress is aware that Assembly elections in Maharashtra, Haryana, Jharkhand and Arunachal Pradesh are round the corner and the opposition would use them as poll issues.

Maintaining the current export-oriented growth of China would require significant gains in market share through lower prices in a range of industries. This, in turn, could be achieved through a combination of increases in productivity, lower profits, and higher implicit or explicit subsidies to industry.

New York: Action must be taken to mitigate the impact of landslides such as those triggered recently in parts of East Asia by Typhoon Morakot, which has reportedly buried entire villages and killed scores of people, a senior United Nations official working on disaster risk reduction stressed today.

New York: The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom has voiced deep concern today over a recent order to revoke the licences of 34 radio and television broadcasters in Venezuela.

New York: Young men and women around the world are hit excessively hard by the impact of the global economic meltdown and climate change, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned today in a message marking International Youth Day.