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New York: One in three Africans is chronically hungry, despite $3 billion spent on food aid for the continent annually and $33 billion in food imports, the director of the food security at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has warned.

New York: The World Food Programme (WFP) has said it would welcome an independent inquiry into its operations in Somalia, after a United Nations monitoring group alleged that contractors have diverted the agency's food aid away from the hungry.

New York: All parties involved in Nepal's peace process must demonstrate their commitment to peace and the democratic process and not get bogged down in short-term political maneuvering, the top United Nations political official has said.

New Delhi: Air India is working on a proposal to construct a hanger at Delhi to cater for the major checks of B777 and B787 aircraft.

New Delhi: The Union Minister of State for Communications & Information Technology, Shri Gurudas Kamat in written reply to a question informed Rajya Sabha today that the Government is making all efforts to get the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) implemented at the earliest.

New Delhi: A telecom subscriber base of 600 million by the end of Plan period has been envisaged as per the 11th Plan (2007-2012). The wireless telephone connections are 545.05 million as on 31.1.2010. The wireless telephones connections have increased at the average rate of 56.75% per annum during the last 3 years i.e. from 31.3.2006 to 31.3.2009. As per the projections, the mobile segment market in India is expected to touch one billion by 2015.

New Delhi: There is no proposal for opening new Panchayat Sanchar Seva Yojana (PSSY) Kendras in India during the Eleventh Five Year Plan Period. Presently, the number of villages covered under the Panchayat Sanchar Seva Yojana in the country is 4962 (as on 31.3.2009).

New Delhi: The job additions are likely to be higher in 2010-11 than in Financial Year 2009-10 in IT sector. As per NASSCOM, during the Financial Year 2009-10, the direct employment in this sector is estimated to reach nearly 2.29 million from 2.20 million in the previous year.

Infrastructure deficiency is one issue that required urgent attention if India were to move on to the high economic growth trajectory of nine per cent or more. One would not be wrong in saying that the 2010-11 Budget has made an honest attempt to work towards removing this bottleneck.

WASHINGTON - The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved a $300 million loan to support access to finance for small and micro entrepreneurs whose role is vital in Egypt's job creation and economic growth.