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New York: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said he hopes the upcoming meeting in the Russian capital of the diplomatic group supporting the Middle East peace process will lead to direct negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

New York: United Nations agencies are ramping up efforts to assist around 2 million Chadians who will require food aid this year because of poor rainfall and lean harvests, the world body has said.

New York: A huge shortfall in funding for life-saving emergency assistance to a drought-stricken region of Syria has forced the humanitarian arm of the United Nations to review its response plan for the population suffering under the three-year dry spell, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned.

New York: Users on so-called third-generation (3G) mobile telephones are set to receive a boost in worldwide compatibility, international roaming capability and greater access to high-speed data services from a new United Nations International Telecommunications Union (ITU) standard announced.

New York: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed an experienced Swedish police officer as the top United Nations police official, marking the first time in the world body's history that a woman has ever held the position.

New York: Failure to harness drugs could unleash a “health disaster” in the developing world, the head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has warned, underscoring that poor nations lack the necessary treatment facilities and law enforcement capacities to rein in narcotics.

Macroeconomic stability has been maintained in past years, but the global crisis is having a delayed impact on Nepal's economy and exposing its structural weaknesses.

New Delhi: The Government has informed Lok Sabha that 13,437 companies were prosecuted for non compliance of provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 during the last three years i.e. during the years 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09.

New Delhi: The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee has accorded approval for conducting genetic engineering tests on Genetically modified (GM) crops. They include cotton, rice, okra, brinjal, potato, groundnut, tomato, corn, cabbage, cauliflower, mustard and sorghum for generation of biosafety data. GEAC is the apex body notified under the 'Rules for Manufacture, Use, Import, Export and Storage of Hazardous Micro Organisms/ Genetically Engineered Organisms or Cells 1989' of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

New Delhi: The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee in consultation with eminent scientists would draw up fresh protocols for specific tests to establish the safety of Bt. Brinjal before commercialization of Bt brinjal is allowed.