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New York: Israel continued to increase freedom of movement for Palestinians between most urban centres in the West Bank over the past six months, but access to land has not significantly improved, with 60 per cent of the area remaining largely off-limits for use and development, according to a new United Nations report.

New York: Increased threats to international staff in Darfur, including “extremely alarming” kidnappings, ongoing military action by Chad, Sudan and rebels, and Government limits on peacekeepers' movements continue to hamper efforts to stabilize the Sudanese area torn apart by nearly seven years of war, says a new report by the United Nations chief.

New York: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Republic of Korea signed plans today for a new policy centre and trust fund, marking a shift in their 40-year partnership to reflect the country's status as an emerging donor to development.

Large Hadron Collider, as we know, has been an issue of debate in recent days especially in the scientific community. Whether this issue is worth debating for it's negative outcomes or for it's positive value, is now the issue left. However, it is generally agreed that this experiment of colliding protons at a very high speed of the order 7eV will yield us some of the various dead blocks in particle physics.

New York: Although the number of researchers working in developing countries over the last five years has increased by 50 per cent, women only occupy a very small percentage of these positions in some regions, according to a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) report released today.

The global economy remains very much in a holding pattern—stable, and getting better, but still highly vulnerable—IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss Kahn said in London today.

Hardly has any other event in Haryana and Punjab's recent history symbolised the rottenness of our system as the two events of last week. Making media headlines, these events expose the role India's corrupt political class has been playing to pollute the system.

KOLKATA: In a bid to match the massive build-up of Chinese military infrastructure in Tibet and adjoining areas, India is taking counter measures, including major new road building and air defence arrangements.

WASHINGTON - The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved a US$5.5 million grant to the Government of Botswana for an innovative program designed to enhance human wildlife coexistence by engaging communities in managing natural resources and protecting biodiversity in northern Botswana. The project is financed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implemented by the World Bank.

Indian socialists, once a dominant political force, began losing support in the 60s and the 70s and finally disappeared by 1980. Many think that in 2011, it is going to be the turn of the traditional Indian Left to exit.