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The Congress party is planning a grand year-long celebration of its 125th birthday from December 28. The party is keen on showcasing its past and dreaming about the future.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will invest $15 million to support clean energy projects in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) and South Asia through the Mekong Brahmaputra Clean Development Fund.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The People's Republic of China is getting a $100 million Asian Development Bank (ADB) loan to help boost the incomes of poor farmers in Shanxi province and to ease strains on the environment caused by traditional agricultural practices.

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the second review of Senegal's performance under an economic program supported by an Exogenous Shock Facility (ESF) arrangement. The approval enables Senegal to draw an amount equivalent to SDR 32.36 million (about US$51 million), bringing total disbursements under the ESF arrangement to SDR 88.99 million (about US$141 million). The Board's decision was taken on a lapse of time basis.

New York: Climate change is the biggest factor driving forced displacement, a top United Nations official said, underscoring that global warming is blurring the traditional distinction between refugees and migrants.

New York: The United Nations, the Nepalese Government and Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M) today signed an action plan to accelerate the release of nearly 3,000 child soldiers who served in the Maoist army during the country's decade-long civil war and remain in temporary camps three years after a peace deal ended the conflict.

New York: The United Nations today launched a pilot project to provide fuel-efficient stoves to some 150,000 women in Sudan and Uganda to cut the risks of murder, rape and other violence they face in gathering firewood, while at the same time protecting the environment.

New York: The Security Council today extended the mandates of the United Nations tribunals set up to deal with the worst atrocities committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s and the Rwandan genocide of 1994.

New York: Decrying what they called “a blow by President Hugo Chávez to the independence of judges and lawyers in the country,” three independent United Nations human rights experts called for the immediate release of a Venezuelan judge arrested after ordering the conditional release of a prisoner held for almost three years without trial.

New York: Although working conditions in Cambodian garment factories continue to improve, some concern remains over restrictions imposed on workers' rights and lingering discrimination, according to a new report from the United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO).