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New York: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has repeated his call for ending all forms of discrimination against women and girls, stressing the need for not only effective laws and policies but also women who can serve as examples of empowerment to those around them.

Strong terms of trade, an insulated financial sector, and effective implementation of sound policy frameworks left Papua New Guinea well positioned at the onset of the global financial crisis. As a result, growth slowed only modestly. Recently, however, policy implementation has weakened as spending in 2009 from accumulated above-normal mineral revenue was far above the limit set out in the Medium-Term Fiscal Strategy (MTFS).

New York: The United Nations, together with the Guatemalan Government and aid partners, today launched a $34 million appeal to counter food shortages affecting 2.7 million people living in the Central American country's so-called 'dry corridor,' which even before last year's drought had one of the highest rates of chronic malnutrition in the world.

New York: Following the upheaval experienced in 2009 when a series of political assassinations threatened security and stability in Guinea-Bissau, current conditions bode well for progress towards peace and prosperity in the West African nation, a top United Nations official has said.

WASHINGTON — The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors today approved the First Safety Net and Social Sector Reform Special Development Policy Loan for Latvia in the amount of Euro 100 million (US$ 143,9 million equivalent) to ensure that local governments have the resources they need to keep providing basic social services. This loan is part of the international financial support program led by the International Monetary Fund and the EU aimed at mitigating the impact of the global financial crisis and rapid economic contraction.

New Delhi: Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal, the Union Minister for Water Resources released a “Report On Deep Wells and Prudence : Towards Pragmatic Action for addressing Groundwater Overexploitation in India” here today.

New Delhi: The Central Zoo Authority has prepared a document, “Vision2020” for improvement and development of Indian Zoos in the next 10 years (i.e. up to 2020).

New Delhi: Operation TRAM has seized large quantity of wildlife contraband in the country. During a month long country wide law enforcement operation, the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau participated as the National Operation Command Control.

New Delhi: The 'Paid News' issue was raised in Rajya Sabha today under Calling Attention Notice tabled by Shri Sitaram Yechury regarding the role of print and electronic media indulging in paid news in disguise as news.

New Delhi: The Eleventh Plan proposes to increase the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education to 15 per cent by 2011-12 which would require an annual increase in enrolment of 8.9 per cent and an appropriate increase in number of institutions of higher learning to meet the target.