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New York: The top United Nations official in Iraq says that the parliamentary election this Sunday will mark a turning point for the whole country.

New York: A senior United Nations official this week sought to raise awareness of the “forgotten tragedy” of ethnic Mbororo refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR), as he stopped in Cameroon, where they are seeking refuge.

New Delhi: Pursuant to Cabinet decision dated 30.10.2008, it has been decided to explore the feasibility of revival of the closed public sector fertilizer units of Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Ltd. (HFCL) and Fertilizer Corporation of India Ltd. (FCIL) subject to assured availability of natural gas, to meet the emerging demand production gap of urea in the country.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee may disagree, but the Government is certainly not among the best money managers. The Government's huge access to public funds, jumbo-size administration, spend-thrift attitude with expenditure outsmarting income, lack of accountability and corruption in its ranks automatically makes it a poor money manager. The national assets the Government builds come at a much higher cost if one compares with the costs incurred to create similar assets by private sector enterprises.

KOLKATA: Two recent developments have brightened the prospects of a permanent and enduring peace in the country's north-eastern region which has continued to be plagued by one armed insurgency or another for nearly half a century.

New Delhi: The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), an international body, which develops standards to ensure web accessibility to all, will have its conference in New Delhi on May 6th-7th, 2010.

New Delhi: The Standing committee on Urban Development has invited suggestions on 'the Constitution (one Hundred and Twelfth Amendment) Bill,2009 for 50 per cent reservation in Urban Local Bodies.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is giving further assistance to an ongoing Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) technical assistance project designed to give civil servants the skills to manage and promote regional cooperation and integration activities.

New Delhi: Indian Railways has claimed that it has enhanced security of passengers in trains. However, record shows that crimes committed on trains are increasing year by year.

New Delhi: So far, 135 sites have been entrusted to the Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) of Ministry of Railways for development of vacant railway land.